Hosung Kim · People & Business Analytics

Based in
Los Angeles, CA

People & Business
Analytics

MSBA · USC Marshall ’27

Turning people and organization data into decisions teams can trust. Clean data, clear methods, honest results.

I’m an MS Business Analytics candidate at USC Marshall (Dec 2027). I build documented datasets on how firms organize their leadership, and I’m starting my career in people analytics.

Résumé

Experience

Role · Dates

Research Assistant

University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business

Jun 2024 – Present

Los Angeles, California, United States
- Standardized 15,000+ firm-year records from SEC filings and commercial databases into a 30-year executive panel for a faculty research program on organization design, closing coverage gaps for 300+ executives.
- Designed a reproducible AI-assisted audit workflow (NotebookLM + Python) that flags role-classification errors and cross-year inconsistencies before analysis, ahead of publication in Strategic Management Journal.
- Launched the public database site (612 firms, 216,018 observations) with a codebook, methods pages and usage guide, making the data usable by researchers with no part in collecting it.
Skills: Python · Data standardization · Data validation · Research documentation · NotebookLM
Junior M&A Analyst

Sellside Group

May 2025 – Aug 2025

Dallas, Texas, United States
- Presented deal rationale in 8 CEO meetings after running owner outreach for 3 lower-middle-market engagements (one buy-side, two sell-side) ahead of CIM delivery.
- Built repeatable sourcing, screening and outreach workflows by designing a HubSpot screening rubric from client mandate criteria, narrowing 100+ companies to 5 qualified targets.
- Wrote strategic-fit and competitive-dynamics assessments used in client CIMs by analyzing each business’s cost structure, customer concentration and supply-chain position.
Skills: HubSpot CRM · Market screening · Business analysis · Client communication
Business Analyst Intern

eZar · Internship

Apr 2024 – Jul 2024

Seoul, South Korea · Hybrid
- Built Python scripts that pulled selected financial metrics for a changing list of companies from external data APIs into the web platform, keeping client-facing data current without manual updates.
- Reworked API requests to fetch only the fields the platform displayed, reducing data transferred and speeding up page loads for users.
- Worked with the team to identify which financial metrics mattered most to investors, focusing data collection on the highest-priority figures.
Skills: Python · REST APIs · Data pipelines · Automation
Statistical Analyst

OneHealthLab · Contract

May 2024 – Jun 2024

Seoul, South Korea · Hybrid
- Built an analysis-ready COVID-19 transmission network in R from raw case-level outbreak records, standardizing inconsistent records and resolving links between cases.
- Applied statistical methods to find patterns in the transmission networks, verifying output accuracy for the research team.
- Built data visualizations that contributed to a study published in Emerging Infectious Diseases (CDC), July 2025.
Skills: R · Data cleaning · Network analysis · Data visualization

Selected projects

2024 — 2026

Training & Retention in the Federal Workforce

People analytics · Personal project · Nov 2026

Designed and directed a study of 15 years of OPM Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey data (1.65M responses, 29 agencies) asking whether employees who feel well trained are less likely to plan to leave. AI-assisted analysis in Python (DuckDB, statsmodels) through a reproducible pipeline.
Found the raw ~23-point gap in intent to leave shrinks to about 5 points after controlling for supervisor support, workload and tenure. Year-to-year rises in agency development scores weren’t followed by less leaving (p = 0.81), so feeling well trained flags retention risk but isn’t shown to be a lever on its own.

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Organization Design Database

Public research data · USC Marshall · 2024 — now

Built the public site (Jekyll + GitHub Pages) for a hand-collected dataset on how S&P 500 firms structure their top management, standardized into role categories that stay comparable over time.
Wrote the codebook, coverage and methods pages and how-to guide so outside researchers can use data they never helped collect. The dataset supports a paper in Strategic Management Journal.

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Roundtable

AI product · USC Marshall AI Case Competition semifinalist · Fall 2026

Reached the semifinal of the 7th Annual AI Global Business Analytics Case Competition with a 7-person team by building Roundtable, a Discord bot (Python, Claude Code, Gemini) that helps MSBA teams decide together.
Scoped the MVP around private, anonymous decision rounds by mapping team-chat failures to root causes, keeping every decision in members’ hands, and verified the build with 577 automated tests.

Anua × USC KOJOBS

Industry partnership · Consumer analytics · Fall 2025

Led data collection and analysis for a 5-person consulting team, benchmarking 200 TikTok videos and surveying 350 US consumers; found a competitor drove ~20× the brand’s TikTok Shop GMV over 28 days.
Identified a pricing sweet spot through price-sensitivity analysis and won client adoption of the team’s pricing plan with recommendations on pricing, bundling and review accumulation.

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PythonRSQL · MySQL · PostgreSQLTableauPower BIExcel · XLOOKUP · Pivot TablesGitscikit-learn · XGBoost

RegressionQuantile regressionARIMA forecastingData validation & auditREST API pipelinesClaude CodeLean Six SigmaAgile / Scrum

Education

2021 — 2027

University of Southern California

Marshall School of Business · Progressive Degree Program

M.S. Business Analytics (STEM)
B.S. Business Administration, Business Analytics

Aug 2021 – Dec 2027 (expected) · Los Angeles, CA

GPA: 3.81
Dean’s List: 6 semesters
Honors: Dean’s Scholarship · Alpha Lambda Delta

Courses · Analytics & data

DSO 445Statistical Computing & Data Visualization (R, Python, Tableau)
DSO 459Business Analytics with Python
DSO 464Deep Learning for AI and Business
BUAD 310Applied Business Statistics
ACAD 220Introduction to Data Innovation

In progress · Fall 2026

DSO 510Business Analytics
DSO 552SQL Databases for Business Analytics
DSO 576Algorithmic Thinking with Python
DSO 424Business Forecasting
GSBA 545Data-Driven Decision Making
GSBA 542Communication for Management

Courses · Business & organizations

BUAD 304Organizational Behavior and Leadership
BUAD 311Operations Management
BUAD 497Strategic Management
BUAD 307Marketing Fundamentals
BUAD 308Advanced Business Finance
BUAD 302Communication Strategy in Business

Certifications & training

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
Scrum Master
Anthropic AI Fluency
Google Data Analytics · IBM Data Analytics
AI Product Boot Camp for Technical Professionals (USC Marshall, Oct 2026)

Clubs

USC Marshall

01
Global Supply Chain Club

Introduces students to supply chain management through networking, academic topics and hands-on problem-solving and analysis.
02
High Tech Association

Prepares members for tech careers across product management, product marketing, strategy & operations, finance and more, from big tech to start-ups.
03
Marshall Golf Club

Brings Marshall students together through golf at every skill level, with networking and rounds across Los Angeles.

Military service

2022 — 2023

Sergeant

Republic of Korea Marine Corps

May 2022 – Nov 2023

Gimpo, South Korea · Future Operations team

Led 55 Marines on the Future Operations team through Ulchi Freedom Shield, the ROK–US combined exercise.
Interpreted Korean–English in real time between ROK and U.S. forces, bridging language and command structures.

Skills: Leadership · Korean–English interpretation · Cross-cultural communication