SULAN CHEN
Department of Economics, Santa Cruz, CA. 95064
(831) 502-6843
sulanchen@hotmail.com
http://www.csua.berkeley.edu/~dalia
EDUCATION
University of California, Berkeley, CA
BA, Economics and Business Minor, 1998
University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
MS, Applied Economics and Finance, June 1999
Relevant course work: Applied Econometrics Analysis I & II; Microeconomic Analysis; Macroeconomic Analysis; Corporate Finance; Money & Banking; International Finance & Trade; Cost Accounting; Intro to Advance Financial Accounting.
RECENT RESEARCH
UC Santa Cruz, CA
· Stock price analysis and hedging. Test various variables in correlation with stock prices of different industries.
· ARCH/GARCH forecasting; Comparison on forecasted stock prices by using ARMA and ARCH/GARCH model. · Risk analysis on Australia including intense research for employment, trade, the effect of different policies and etc. Supported by econometric analysis with tools such as TSP and Excel with PowerPoint presentation.
· The analysis on factors involving dropout rate for 12 grader and below.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Teaching Assistant: Microeconomics & Macroeconomics; UC Santa Cruz, CA
· Teach sections and responsible for students' understanding of course material, solve economic problems and lead discussion for real world economic issues during class and office hours. Winter & Spring 1999
Accounting Assistant: SC Biotechnology, Santa Cruz, CA
· Organize accounts in the AR department, such as journal entries and posting journals. Collection from customers and finalize entries into computer system. Fall 1998
Executive Assistant: National American Bank; San Francisco, CA
· Assist CEO with planning, marketing and budgeting for bank and help to perfect each task. Summer 1998
Team Leader: Mervyn's Summer Internship
· Intense training for Team Leader for the fast pace Retail Industry, which included time management, on-hand-management experience, learned to practice analytical skills and to become a Team Leader. Summer 1997
Cashier/Teller: Money Exchange, Calexico, CA
· Worked with minimal supervision, requirement of Spanish and detail oriented. Balanced daily budged of $30,000 of cash flow in Pesos and Dollars. 1993-94
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Excellent English, fluent verbal and written in Spanish, and Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin and other Cantonese dialects).
COMPUTER SKILLS
Proficient in Excel, Unix, TSP, SAS, Lindo, Gino, WordPerfect, Word, PowerPoint, Pascal, HTML, and experienced with Internet applications.
EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Member of Toastmaster at UCSC 1998-present
Member of Undergraduate Economics Association at UCB 1997-1998
Historian of Chinese Student Organization (Community Service Oriented) at UCB 1994-1995
REFERENCE: Available upon request