Lauren Krzaczek

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I graduated from Saint Mike’s in 2017 with a major in Math and a minor in Medieval Studies. Those two different fields of study were far different and nearly unrelated, but I’m still glad I decided to spend my time in the classroom using both sides of my brain as I think it made me a more well-rounded individual.

After graduation I accepted a position as a credit analyst at a local agricultural lender. I worked in that position for nearly five years, learning how to underwrite loans for farmers and rural homeowners. The work I did at Yankee Farm Credit was both challenging and rewarding, and I learned so much about the agricultural community of Vermont. Eventually I found myself missing some of the math I had learned at SMC and decided to complete an online certificate in Applied Data Science through the Dartmouth Thayer School of Engineering. The coursework in the program focused on developing data science skills such as data visualization, machine learning, risk management, and predictive capabilities using coding in Python.

After the completion of the program, I began searching for a career where I could use my newly developed skills and ended up accepting a position as a Financial Analyst at Burton Snowboards here in Burlington. While my job as a Financial Analyst doesn’t require me to use my data science skills every day, Burton will provide me with opportunities to build my career in the direction I wish to take it and I hope to be working with the global data science department at some point in my career there.