Yize Zhang

Student pursuing degree of business analytics in Columbia University, looking for summer intern 2025

Sinolink Securities Shanghai, China

Business Analytics Intern May 2024 - Aug 2024

• Provided support for departmental operations, including maintaining and organizing documentation and tracking logs, ensuring efficiency and accuracy in project records.
• Conducted detailed reviews of financial instruments and investment reports, drawing insights to refine recommendations for infrastructure-related investments.
• Participated in meetings with internal and external stakeholders, documenting key takeaways and action items to facilitate seamless collaboration.
• Conducted market research on transportation and infrastructure trends, contributing to the strategic evaluation of financial opportunities.

Data Analyst Intern Jun 2023 - Sep 2023

• Developed visual reports and dashboards leveraging R/Excel to track marketing performance, contributing to a 20% increase in client acquisition and improved business outcomes.
• Reduced operational costs by 6.4% monthly by uncovering inefficiencies in business processes.
• Performed data cleansing and exploratory analysis using Python for an e-commerce business, detecting patterns in customer behavior and purchase trends through correlation analysis.
• Conducted descriptive and predictive analysis on 3 years of Zhejiang travel data, delivering insights on trends and aiding partner agencies in making informed business decisions.
• Discovered 17 potential clients need data solutions by analyzing businesses and bottlenecks.

Data & Marketing Coordinator Intern Jan 2023 - Jun 2023

• Generated visual reports for management, comparing year-over-year data to identify trends, enabling targeted outreach to founders for digital communications and fundraising strategies.
• Researched AAPI issues and proposed solutions, contributing to the development of the AIM 2024 strategic plan.
• Designed event tracking sheets for AIM team, facilitating data collection and supporting future engagement efforts.
• Co-designed and coordinated 18 marketing and engagement events in Asian American & Pacific Island Heritage Month, attracted 1.2k participants and raised awareness and reputation of AIM in company.
• Increased event registrations to 2000+ (40% YoY) by providing advertising team with plans for web design & emails.

Columbia University New York, NY

M.S. in Business Analytics Expected Dec 2025

• Relevant courses: Business Analytics, Probability Stat & Simulation, Data Analytics, MS Marketing Analytics.