When:
Friday, October 20, 2023
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM CT
Where: Chambers Hall, Ruan Conference Room – lower level , 600 Foster St, Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Graduate Students
Cost: free
Contact:
Kisa Kowal
(847) 491-3974
Group: Department of Statistics and Data Science
Category: Academic, Lectures & Meetings
How to Prepare for a Career as an Industrial Statistician
Shuguang Huang
Chief Scientific Officer, Stat4ward
Northwestern 2001, PhD in Statistics
Talk 1:00 PM-2:00 PM
Networking Reception 2:00 PM-3:00 PM
This talk will start with a brief introduction of Dr. Huang’s career experience, followed by a few topics that can be helpful in preparing for a career as an industrial statistician. These topics will include: the important attributes of an industrial statistician, the ways in which students can prepare while in school, tips for resume writing, and how to successfully interview.
Dr. Shuguang Huang has 20 years of experience working in pharmaceutical and diagnostic companies. He had assumed technical and management positions at Eli Lilly, Wyeth, and Pfizer. His most recent position was Associate VP, department head of Biostatistics at Helomics, a cancer diagnostic company. In 2014, he co-founded and assumed the Chief Scientific Officer position for the statistics consulting company Stat4ward.