Daniel Ruiz
Data Analyst Intern
Experience
Research assistant · Buffalo State
Mapped 12 years of Lake Erie water data
Shift lead, Wegmans · 2024–now
Trained 9 new hires on inventory
Skills
Excel, R, Tableau, SQL
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Data Analyst Intern
Research assistant · Buffalo State
Mapped 12 years of Lake Erie water data
Shift lead, Wegmans · 2024–now
Trained 9 new hires on inventory
Excel, R, Tableau, SQL
Software Engineering Intern
Teaching assistant, CSE 115 · UB
Built a Q&A bot 300 students used
Intern, Rich Products · Summer '26
Cleaned 40k product records in Python
Python, SQL, React, Figma
Product Design Intern
Designer, UB Hacking · 2025
Rebuilt the sign-up flow, 2x completions
Freelance · 3 local restaurants
Menus, sites and order pages
Figma, Framer, HTML, CSS
IT Support Intern
Help desk, Canisius · 2024–now
Closed 1,100 tickets last year
Volunteer, Buffalo library
Set up 20 public laptops
Windows, Jamf, networking
Marketing Intern
Social lead, BSU · 2025
Grew the club account to 4k followers
Intern, Elmwood boutique
Ran their first email list
Canva, Mailchimp, copywriting
Machine Learning Intern
Capstone, RIT · 2026
Trained a model to sort recycling photos
Intern, Buffalo startup
Labeled 8k images for a vision model
Python, PyTorch, Docker
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Software Engineering Intern
Teaching assistant, CSE 115 · UB
Built a Q&A bot 300 students used
Intern, Rich Products · Summer '26
Cleaned 40k product records in Python
Python, SQL, React, Figma
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