Resume

Quinn James

Waterloo, ON • quinner.james@gmail.com

EDUCATION

Wilfrid Laurier University | BA Honours Economics Expected 2027

Relevant Coursework: Applied Econometrics (A) • Game Theory (A+)

Economics of Management and Strategy (A) • Intermediate Macroeconomics II (A−)

LEADERSHIP & PROJECTS

Laurier Supply Chain Association | Vice-President, Finance 2026–2027

• Track club spending and available funds, maintain and check financial records, and support financial oversight of association

activities and events.

Quinn’s Investment System Aug. 2026–Present

Portfolio & Investment Research Application

• Defined product requirements and directed AI-assisted implementation of a TypeScript/React personal-use application on

Cloudflare Workers with D1/Drizzle storage and read-only Questrade integration.

• Designed portfolio logic for holdings/transactions, allocation/DCA planning, performance/exposure analytics, ETF look-

through, concentration monitoring and research/decision workflows; tested, debugged, validated and iterated the system

using personal account data.

Applied Econometrics Project Dec. 2025

Elasticity of Cigarette Demand (EC395 Coursework)

• Used Stata and U.S. state panel data to estimate cigarette-demand price elasticity across OLS, first-difference and IV

specifications, incorporating FRED controls and state/time fixed effects while examining price endogeneity.

Personal Investment Research & Portfolio Monitoring

• Research personal investments using earnings, sector/macro analysis, valuation and growth metrics, historical valuation

ranges, competitive positioning, and documented investment rationales.

• Maintain a separate Excel system for holdings, transactions, gains/losses, allocation/returns, DCA plans, investment

guidelines and FRED/macroeconomic monitoring.

TECHNICAL & ANALYTICAL SKILLS

Excel: PivotTables/PivotCharts, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, SUMIFS, IF/IFS, structured tables, conditional formatting, Analysis

ToolPak regression, portfolio dashboards, FRED/macroeconomic data

Stata: Data cleaning/merge/reshape, OLS and multiple regression, robust standard errors, interaction/log models, fixed effects,

first differences, instrumental variables, diagnostic testing, time-series analysis, do-files

EXPERIENCE

Lakeshore Lawn & Landscape | Landscaper Summers 2024–2026

• Completed three consecutive summer seasons on landscaping projects, operating professional equipment and working under

tight timelines in physically demanding conditions.

• Communicated directly with clients and coordinated with crew members across job sites; received repeat invitations to return

for subsequent seasons.

Metro | Clerk 2021–2023

• Handled inventory, stocking, truck unloading, pallet-jack operation, product movement and customer service in a high-

volume grocery environment.

• Worked day, night and overnight shifts, maintaining pace and accuracy across physically demanding stocking and inventory

tasks.

ADDITIONAL

French (Intermediate) • Intramural Flag Football - two seasons; division champion • Microsoft Word • PowerPoint