Himanshu Behl

1928 Calla Lily Drive, Bakersfield, CA 93304

559.223.0892 | h.behl@outlook.com

Actuarial Exams

Exam P/1

Exam FM/2

Exam MFE/3F

Exam C/4

Education

University of California, Santa Barbara, CA

BS, Actuarial Science

Founding Father & Scholarship Chairman, Sigma Nu, Kappa Eta

March 2015

August 2015

November 2015

Sitting June 2016

Graduated June 2015

September 2012 – January 2014

● Responsible for completing the recharting criteria, ensuring the reintroduction of the fraternity. Maintained

constant contact with both fraternity nationals as well as the campus Greek Life Counselor, collaborating on

programs and strategies to improve fraternity standards. Developed an Academic Standards Action Plan and

successfully increased overall academic performance through scholastic review, tutoring and coordinated study

hours.

Relevant Coursework

● PSTAT 172 A & B – Actuarial Statistics I & II

o Applied probabilistic and deterministic contingency mathematics in life and health insurance, annuities

and pensions. Investigated survival distributions and life tables, life insurance, life annuities, net

premiums and reserves. Also gained understanding of multiple life functions, multiple decrement

models, valuation theory for pension plans, insurance models including expenses as well as

nonforfeiture benefits and dividends.

● PSTAT 174- Time Series

o Investigated stationary and nonstationary models and their applications, seasonal time series and

ARMA models including the calculation of ACF, PACF, mean and ACF estimation. Gained experience

in ML method identification techniques, diagnostic checking forecasting, spectral analysis and the

periodogram.

● PSTAT 170 – Math Finance

o Utilized mathematical methods for estimating and evaluating asset pricing models, equilibrium and

derivative pricing, options, bonds and the term-structure of interest rates. Also was introduced to

finance optimization models for risk management and financial engineering.

Notable Projects

● Forecasting Stock Prices

o Utilized R software to extract past stock prices from Yahoo Finance and performed pre-processing to

make the data stationary. Used the past data for future forecasting by using AR and ARIMA models.

● The Electronics Company--Excel

o Sorted company's expenditure data, analyzed the data by using SUMIF, COUNTIF and Pivot Tables,

Presented the data to non-technical people by using tables, graphs and dynamic charts. Lastly, forecasted

future data using GOALSEEK

Professional Experience

BP Gas Station, Milwaukee, WI

August 2015 – Present

Self Employed

● Initiating small talks with customers, Market analysis and SWOT analysis to maximize revenue, Making

management decision to minimize expenses, Experimenting with different strategies to maximize customer base

Software and Technical Skills

Excel, Access, VBA, SQL, SAS, R, C, Python, Word, PowerPoint