Hi, I'm Ree Jung đź‘‹

Data Analyst & Scientist passionate about solving complex problems through data-driven insights and machine learning solutions.

Seoul, South Korea reejung.kim@gmail.com

About Me

Data scientist with 5+ years of experience applying advanced analytics and machine learning to drive strategic business decisions across real estate, consulting, and technology sectors.

Proven track record of translating complex data science concepts into actionable business insights for diverse stakeholders.

Currently based in Seoul, South Korea, I specialize in developing and implementing data-driven solutions that help businesses make better decisions.

Experience

Independent Product Engineer

2025.08 - Present

Seoul, South Korea

Building AI-powered products that solve real-world problems.

  • Shipped 4 production AI applications using modern LLM stack (LangChain, RAG, Streamlit), demonstrating end-to-end product development capability from concept to deployment.
  • Baby Flashcards PWA (live app): Built and deployed progressive web app combining parenting insights with technical execution, hosted on Netlify with full SEO optimization.
  • Language Tutor Agent: Created interactive AI-powered English conversation app with voice/text input, real-time TTS responses, and customizable difficulty levels—addressing real user need for accessible language practice.
  • Instagram Automation: Designed n8n workflow for automated carousel posting.
  • RAG Agent: Developed retrieval-augmented generation system with vector database (embeddings, retriever, rerank) for intelligent knowledge base queries.

Big Data Research & Analysis

2021.05 - 2025.07

ZIGBANG

Seoul, Republic of Korea

Led end-to-end data science initiatives, owning the complete cycle from problem identification through production deployment—developing ML models and analytical products that informed strategic decisions for construction and financial industry partners.

  • Present complex analytical findings to executive stakeholders and external partners, translating technical insights into actionable business recommendations.
  • Conducted research and applied ML/DL algorithms and advanced statistical methods to analyze real estate housing market to provide insights and improve decision making system.
  • Prototyped, developed, and implemented research analysis on B2B web service to enable consumers in construction and financial industry to intuitively understand real estate markets.
  • Developed ETL scripts in Python to load data from multiple sources and to clean and transform data for analysis.
  • Developed interactive visualized dashboards to enable data exploration by clients.
  • Python, MySQL, Presto, Kubeflow, Airflow, Git, API, Tableau, AppScript, Slackbot.

Senior Data Analyst

2019.05 - 2021.05

Welcome Digital Saving Bank

Seoul, Republic of Korea

Developed data-driven business intelligence solutions, creating comprehensive dashboards and analytical models to optimize performance and inform strategic decision-making.

  • Built predictive models for user engagement, conversion optimization, and ROI analysis, contributing to strategic business growth.
  • Established robust QA processes for data analytics workflows, ensuring reliability and accuracy of analytical outputs.
  • Collaborated with product managers and executives to define analytics requirements and communicate insights effectively.
  • Developed alternative credit scoring system and oversaw model validation.
  • Python, Oracle SQL, Tableau, Air Bridge.

Data Analyst Consultant

2018.06 - 2019.03

Ernst & Young (EY)

London, U.K.

Delivered data-driven tax advisory insights for private equity clients through complex data transformation and validation workflows.

  • Built solutions to extract and transform complex data sets to validate data and check information accuracy and integrity.
  • Delivered tax advisory report for private equity executives and partners.
  • Python, VBA, Power Pivot, Power Query, HTML, CSS.

Business Intelligence Intern

2018.04 - 2018.08

Meero

Paris, France

Developed data-driven business intelligence solutions, creating comprehensive dashboards and analytical models to optimize performance and inform strategic decision-making.

  • Developed comprehensive dashboards and KPI tracking systems to monitor business performance and identify growth opportunities.
  • Created compelling visualizations to communicate complex business metrics to stakeholders.
  • Extracted and transformed raw data stored in SQL into actionable insights and business strategies.
  • Implemented regression analysis on time series data and client segmentation analysis.
  • MySQL, Tableau, VBA, R

Data Specialist

2017.11 - 2016.10

Mini Pharmacy Enterprise Inc.

L.A., C.A., U.S.A.

Developed data-driven business intelligence solutions, creating comprehensive dashboards and analytical models to optimize performance and inform strategic decision-making.

  • Designed dashboards using QlikSense and PowerBI and eased the presentation of key business metrics.
  • Created VBA modules to automate procedure of tracking and calculating balance status of account receivables.
  • QlikView, QlikSense, PowerBI, VBA

Education

École Polytechnique

Masters 1 (completion of 1st year)

Economics, Data Analytics & Corporate Finance

Palaiseau, France

September 2017 - September 2018

University of California, Berkeley

B.A.

Economics, Sociology

Dean's Honors list for Fall semester 2013

Berkeley, C.A., U.S.A.

August 2010 - May 2014

Van Nuys Senior High

Math & Science magnet

Honors list

Van Nuys, C.A., U.S.A.

August 2007 - June 2010

Featured Projects

AI Agents Projects

RAG Agent

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) agent that uses a vector database to store and retrieve information from a knowledge base.

  • embedding, vector database, retriever, rerank, langchain, streamlit

Language Tutor Agent

An interactive English conversation practice application powered by AI. Practice speaking English with an AI-powered tutor that responds with both text and speech, adapting to your language level and preferred conversation style.

  • voice input, text input, ai-powered responses, text-to-speech, customizable settings, conversation history, session management

Machine Learning / Deep Learning Applications

Semantic Segmentation

Seek to answer what's in the image, and where in the image is the class located

  • Model/Algorithm used: pascal voc, ade20k

Object Detection

Detect and classify objects using YOLO v3

  • DL framework: OpenCV
  • Model/Algorithm used: YOLO v3

Time Series Analysis

Stock price prediction and analysis using various models

  • LSTM Keras
  • Prophet
  • Seasonal decomposition

Bankruptcy Prediction

Predict bankruptcies using machine learning models

  • Models: Random Forest, GradientBoost, XGBoost, LightGBM
  • Feature selection: RFECV
  • Model interpretation: SHAP, Morris Sensitivity

Exploratory Data Analysis / Visualization

Project Demos

Technical Skills

Programming Languages

  • Python
  • Java
  • JavaScript
  • R
  • HTML/CSS
  • VBA

Query Languages

  • MySQL
  • Oracle SQL
  • Hive
  • Presto
  • Power Query

ML/AI Frameworks

  • TensorFlow
  • PyTorch
  • Scikit-learn
  • Computer Vision
  • LangChain
  • RAG

Big Data & Cloud

  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Airflow
  • API
  • Netlify
  • Heroku
  • SEO
  • Render

BI & Visualization

  • Tableau
  • Power BI
  • QlikView
  • QlikSense
  • Google Analytics
  • Streamlit

Other Tools

  • Git
  • n8n
  • AppScript
  • Slackbot
  • PWA
  • Lovable
  • LLM: ChatGPT/Claude/Grok/Gemini

Certificates

SQL Developer

Completion ID: SQLD-044001484

Google Analytics Individual Qualification

Completion ID: 106382292

An Introduction to Object-oriented programming with Java

Certificate of Completion

Completed in March 2019

Languages

Korean

Native

English

Native / Bilingual proficiency

French

Basic