Hi, I am Anthony

Anthony Lusardi

Grid Modernization Research Analyst M.S. Statistics at Bonneville Power Administration

I am statistician with 6 years of working experience building data solutions for various industries. Currently I serve Bonneville Power Administration as an Operations Research Analyst in renewable energy and grid modernization. Here I help provide critical information to energy operators on Pacific Northwest to achieve efficient and effective grid operations.

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Hard Working
Fast Learner
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Recent Posts

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Brewing Day

Brew day is here! And now we await the results for the ‘Bootstrap Brew’ in 14 days. This is my 7th brew so far over the course of 3 years or so. Since I bought the wort chiller it has drastically reduced the waiting time for the wort to cool from 3 hours to about 40 mins total. Wort Chiller I had followed the all grain recipe for a classic summmer hazy IPA to a tee (including measuring the exact milliliters and grams for ingredients ).

June 8, 2022 Read
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Shiny application: Pricing Transformers Based on Historical Sales

Coming Soon

June 3, 2022 Read
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Predicting Restaurant Guests with Prophet

As a Graduate Student in Statistics at Oregon State University, I had taken it upon myself to find an low-cost way by means of a machine learning algorithm with a desire to produce accurate predictions for dinner guest counts on given night for a local restaurant in Corvallis Oregon using actual, historical restaurant data. The burning question on any restaurant management team is this because from it, helps run their store efficiently:

June 3, 2022 Read

Experiences

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Independent Consultant
Independent Consulting.

Sep 2016 - Present, Corvallis, OR

A history of relevant consulting jobs for local companies.

Responsibilities:
  • L & M Industrial Fabrication - Aided to optimize trucking costs for deliveries
  • Maddox Transformers - Created a pricing tool utilizing historical data to optimize online product price setting
  • Agronomic Research OSU - Aided with statistical interpretation of results and significance for fungicide research on hazelnut trees
Grid Modernization Operation Research Analyst
Bonneville Power Administration.

Jun 2021 - Present, Portland, Oregon

BPA delivers reliable, affordable and carbon-free hydropower produced in the Columbia River Basin to communities across the Northwest.

Responsibilities:
  • Produce and Maintain Valuation of projects present findings to stakeholders
  • Build and Maintain Shiny Dashboard report to summarize weekly operations
  • Construct modelling techniques to optimize hydro operations for Banks Lake
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Oregon State University.

Jan 2019 - Mar 2021, Corvallis, Oregon

Oregon State University is a public land-grant research university in Corvallis, Oregon.

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Sep 2020 - Mar 2021

  • Assisted, an undergraduate course averaging 60 students per term
  • Taught methods of obtaining and statistically sound evidence to answer questions of research
  • Developed quizzes, labs and homework
Statistical Consultant

Jan 2019 - Mar 2019

  • Consulted on experimental design in the Departments of Agriculture and Social Sciences and summarize findings
  • Tasked to determine the appropriate statistical tool to use in data analyses for time-series and longitudinal data analyses
Data Consultant
The Old Spaghetti Factory.

Sep 2016 - Oct 2020, Corvallis, OR

OSF served as a gateway experience to enter into the Graduate program at Oregon State.

Responsibilities:
  • Providing managers valuable data-driven insight using check averages for increasing weekly sales per year for each store.
  • Redesigned company’s national training methods for new employees based on improvements found in said analysis
  • Created a mobile app to calculate maximum profit for server’s income for new servers.
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Projects

Predicting Restaurant Guests with Google Searchs
Predicting Restaurant Guests with Google Searchs
Author Sep 2020 - Dec 2020

This project is to uses available data collected on google searches for a restaurant title to then generate a linear regression model to predict the average amount of guests expected to come in on a given day.

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Genetic Reconstruction Graduate Coursework
Genetic Reconstruction Graduate Coursework
Statistical Consultant Jan 2021-March 2021

Ever wondered why Statistics and Genetics are related? Here’s a chance to find out! Prepare for an overview of a biological wonder and math intensive project to solve natures largest puzzle

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Beer Brewing
Beer Brewing
Brewer June 2022 - July 2022

Summer is here and its time to brew beer!

Skills

Achievements

Graduation

Nominee for Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant

Outstanding Student Group

Club of the Year