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Seiji Sasaki is a recent Duke University graduate (class of 2020) with a B.S. in Economics with a concentration in Finance. He is currently a full time high net worth property and casualty insurance Underwriter working for a multi-national company out in Chicago, IL. 

During his time at Duke, by taking on classes such as Econometrics, Forecasting Financial Markets, Intermediate Statistics, Linear Algebra, and Multivariable Calculus, he has gained a strong understanding of math and statistics. Through his prior work experience as a data intern at StrongKey and at Variant Perception, he has gained the technical expertise to leverage tools such as R and Tableau to visualize data in an understandable and actionable manner.

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