About Me

I am a Master of Science in Business Analytics student at The University of Texas at Austin.

My passion for data analytics began as a sophomore. I took a few statistics courses where I was introduced to my first machine learning tool, linear regression! Alongside learning to code in R, I was hooked. I had so much fun in these classes and I became the go-to coder in my group projects. I continued to pursue this interest by specializing in the Quantitative Finance Track where I had the opportunity to take classes such as Times Series Forecasting alongside MBA students during my senior year of undergrad. Using R, we were able to implement various time series models such as seasonal decomposition, exponential smoothing, and a simple introduction to ARIMA models (COVID did not allow us to complete this section of the course 😠). It was through these experiences that I realized the Data Science field is for me, and I took the opportunity to expand my skill set through the MSBA program. In about three weeks before the program started, I taught myself the fundementals of Python and have made huge strides in my understanding of Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing and Data Management tools. I am currently working alongside Dell on a capstone project that seeks to answer questions regarding their pricing strategy while completing my last semester in the MSBA program. Please scroll through my resume and learn more about me and some of my recent work!

Contact Details

Bryant Leal
Houston, TX 77039 US
(713) 228-7325
Bryantleal@utexas.edu

Education

McCombs School of Business

Master of Science in Business Analytics Expected Spring 2021

Current GPA: 3.55

Current coursework: Advanced Data Analytics in Marketing, Stochastic Control & Optimization, Learning Structures/Times Series, Pricing & Revenue Management

Past coursework: Data Analytics Programming, Predictive Modeling, Advanced Predictive Modeling, Data Management (SQL, Spark, MapReduce), Advanced Corporate Finance

McCombs School of Business

Bacholor in Business Administration Spring 2020

Major: Finance, Quantitative Finance track
Overall GPA: 3.81
Major GPA: 3.78

Work

USAA

Financial Analyst Intern May 2019 - July 2019

During my time at USAA, I worked under the External Reporting team where I handled various tasks that provided me with exposure to the external reporting process such as auditing financial statements. I also provided analytics work to the team by analyzing control processes across the five reporting teams and presented any interesting insights such as overlaps or opportunities for increased consistency. While I had minimal time to find anything of use for the team, I produced a method for analyzing these controls in a way that is useful and interpretable.

Skills

These are my Technical Skills.
Some packages that I am familiar with:
Pandas, SciKit-Learn, Numpy, Selenium, Beautiful Soup, ggplot2

  • Excel
  • R
  • Python
  • SQL

Important Quotes

  • Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.

    Clint Tuttle - UT Austin
  • Data is everywhere. In my internship, I saw the vast amount of data that was generated and how little time my team had to analyze it.

    Bryant Arroyo Leal

Get In Touch.

If you wish to contact me, my information is found below:

Bryant Leal
Houston, TX 77039 US
(713) 228-7325
Bryantleal@utexas.edu