Grant Pedersen

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Master in Management, Specialization in Analytics · August 2025 – June 2026

Chicago Booth Scholar; admitted to deferred MBA program

• Dean’s Honor List (Spring 2026)
• Selected coursework: Data Analysis with Python & SQL, Healthcare Business Analytics, Data Visualization for Decision-Making, Machine Learning, Managerial Decision Modeling, Business Statistics, Accounting

Duke University – Duke Kunshan University

Bachelor’s Degrees in Interdisciplinary Studies and Computation & Design (Dual-degree) · August 2021 – May 2025

• Graduated with Distinction; Merit Scholar (~$160K); 3.68 GPA; Dean’s List
• Signature Work: Cancerliteracy.com – designed, built, and tested a data-driven cancer-literacy platform using CHLT-30 and health design thinking, with responsive UI and accessible data visualizations
• Selected coursework: Data Visualization & Information Aesthetics, Modeling & Predicting, Computation & Problem Solving
• Alumni Interviewer for Undergraduate Admissions; conducted evaluative applicant interviews

Numena

Frontend Software Engineer · September 2025 – January 2026 · Chicago, IL

• Designed and developed front-end experiences for a concept-stage on-chain equity platform, translating fundraising, trading, and banking workflows into clear interfaces
• Built responsive React components in TypeScript from Figma prototypes and user flows, creating a reusable component library

CURA Health

Co-Founder, Product · August 2024 – August 2025 · New York, NY

• Co-founded a pre-launch health technology venture and shaped product strategy, the business model, and feature priorities from research through prototyping
• Analyzed 100+ survey responses and translated findings into product requirements and user flows

Freelance

Web & Product Designer · December 2024 – May 2025 · Shanghai, China / New York, NY

• China Wine Club: Designed and launched the company’s first U.S. website using WordPress and Elementor; configured GA4 to analyze acquisition channels and user behavior; the site recorded 2,300+ active users in 2025, including approximately 1,800 in the U.S.
• Social Supply Shanghai: Designed and developed the agency’s flagship website; implemented SEO improvements and launched the Social Wire blog to streamline content publishing and management

Play (acquired by Apple, Inc)

Research & QA Intern · June 2024 – July 2024 · New York, NY

• Identified and documented 50+ product and user-experience friction points ahead of a major software launch
• Mapped user flows, reproduced edge cases, and synthesized recurring issues into priorities for product and engineering teams
• Produced customer-facing social posts, thumbnails, and product visuals to communicate new Play 2.0 features and support launch outreach across marketing channels

Duke Kunshan University, Office of Global Education

Web Designer (Part-Time) · February 2023 – May 2024 · Kunshan, China

• Designed and maintained responsive WordPress and Elementor pages for study-away programs and student resources
• Designed visual, step-by-step PowerPoint guides to help students navigate the study-away application process
• Partnered with office staff to translate program information and updates into clear, student-facing web content

Valcon Consulting

Tech & Data Intern · May 2022 – August 2022 · Copenhagen, Denmark

• Defined performance metrics and conducted forecasting for a $54B transportation client, translating analysis into recommendations presented to stakeholders
• Built Power BI dashboards using SQL and Excel to surface key performance trends for business and technology teams

Home Credit Default Risk Model

Machine Learning and Business Analytics Project · May 2026

• Built a credit default prediction model using Home Credit application, bureau, previous loan, payment, and credit-card history
• Engineered thousands of predictive features, including repayment ratios, missingness indicators, aggregate bureau variables, and credit behavior patterns
• Trained and evaluated XGBoost models using cross-validation, hyperparameter tuning, and calibration to estimate borrower default probability

Cancer Literacy Research Project

Healthcare Analytics and Research Project · September 2023 – May 2025

• Conducted a cancer-literacy survey in Ho Chi Minh City to study how symptom awareness correlates with socioeconomic and demographic factors
• Collected and analyzed over one hundred initial survey responses, which helped secure university funding for a broader research collaboration
• Later partnered with a local university and hospital to expand the study to more than one thousand residents