Shane Ausmus

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MBA / MS, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science · Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) · LGO Fellowship (~60% tuition) · Cambridge, MA

Vanderbilt University

B.A., Economics & Computer Science · GPA 3.95 / 4.00 · GMAT 750 (98th percentile) · Phi Beta Kappa · magna cum laude · Nashville, TN

Experience

Verkada

Data Strategy Associate · Global Revenue Informatics (GRIn) · San Mateo, CA

  • Archived 13M low-confidence contacts via SQL scoring model and k-means clustering; overhauled contact enrichment enterprise-wide · Unstoppable Award, top 15% of Sales Ops
  • Founded 3-person channel-mapping team; cut process time 75% via AI-assisted workflows across 100+ mappings/year
  • Built ML propensity model (AUC 0.83) to prioritize 2,000 UK schools; generated $10M+ pipeline via web-scraping and new-market expansion into France, Germany, and Mexico
DataAnnotation

AI Trainer · Freelance · Top Worker (top ~20%) · Remote

McKinsey & Company

Senior Business Analyst · Denver, CO

  • Re-segmented $1B of inventory across 10,000+ SKUs; identified $100M pre-IPO lifetime value for top fitness OEM
  • Led 40+ expert interviews for a $1B buy-side acquisition; contributed to $700M+ in attributed engagement revenue
  • Penned PMO playbook for $80B federal funding implementation; codified McKinsey Health Institute Brain Health reference deck
McKinsey & Company

Summer Business Analyst · Denver, CO

Principal Financial Group

Software Engineering Intern · Corporate Systems Support · Des Moines, IA

  • Introduced Elastic Stack for Treasury app observability; built AWS identity verification framework using Lambda, CloudTrail, and SNS

University Roles

Undergraduate Honor Council

Vice President (elected, 2021–2022) · Recording Secretary (elected, 2020–2021) · Vanderbilt University

Head Resident

Office of Housing and Residential Experience · Vanderbilt University

Teaching Assistant — CS 1101 & CS 2212

Vanderbilt University · Introduction to Java and Discrete Mathematics

Resident Advisor

Office of Housing and Residential Experience · Vanderbilt University

Skills

Python SQL JavaScript Go Java C/C++ Shell BigQuery MySQL Salesforce Looker Metabase Pandas scikit-learn Elastic Stack AWS Git HTTP APIs Web Scraping

Interests

  • Fiction writing — drafting a novel with an autistic protagonist; 20,000+ words written
  • Film & books — 650+ films on Letterboxd; avid Goodreads reader
  • Puzzles — Project Euler top 2% globally (90+ problems solved); GeoGuessr competition coordinator
  • Community — founded a local TEDx chapter; raised $3,000+ for Second Wind Fund (Denver)