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Accounting student who turns data into actionable recommendations

I combine accounting training with people-data and startup analysis from Amazon and HP Tech Ventures externships to solve operational and hiring challenges.

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Work samples

Work includes an Amazon externship using web-scraped employee reviews to inform retention strategies, and an active HP Tech Ventures externship focused on deal sourcing and startup analysis.

  • Amazon Operational Strategy & People Analytics Externship
    Amazon Operational Strategy & People Analytics Externship
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    Amazon · Aug 2025 · ✅ Verified by Extern

    Amazon Operational Strategy & People Analytics Externship

    Imagine shaping how AMAZON — yes, THE Amazon — welcomes and keeps its workforce. Every year, Amazon loses billions because new hires leave before Day 90.You’re going to fix that. In this externship, you’ll web scrape real-world employee reviews from across the web, extract actionable insights, and design persona-driven strategies to help Learning Ambassadors connect smarter, faster, and more humanely.It’s part research, part strategy—and all about learning how people data drives big decisions.

    Data AnalysisAI & MLPythonStrategyPresentation Skills

About me

I combine accounting training with people-data and startup analysis from Amazon and HP Tech Ventures externships to solve operational and hiring challenges.

I am Khaled Alkurd, Director of Operations with a background in accounting (B.S.) and a Master of Science in Accountancy student at George Mason University. I blend operations leadership at NextDay Inspect with analytics skills in Python, SQL, Tableau, Alteryx, and Excel. My experience spans operations management, assurance and deals internships, and externships with Amazon and HP Tech Ventures focused on people analytics and startup deal sourcing.

Externships

HP Tech Ventures: Deal Sourcing & Startup Analysis Externship

HP Tech Ventures

Experience

Graduate Research Assistant

George Mason University Costello College of Business · Aug 2026 - Present

Graduate Teaching Assistant

George Mason University Costello College of Business · Oct 2025 - Present

Master of Science in Accountancy Student Ambassador

George Mason University Costello College of Business · Aug 2025 - Present

Director of Operations

NextDay Inspect · Jan 2024 - Present

Audit Associate, Full Time (Incoming)

Baker Tilly US · Oct 2026

Deals Intern, Financial Due Diligence

PwC · Jun 2026 - Aug 2026

Extern, Deal Sourcing & Startup Analysis Extern

HP Tech Ventures · Jul 2025 - Sep 2025

Assurance Intern

Baker Tilly US · Jun 2025 - Aug 2025

Operational Strategy and People Analytics Extern

Amazon · May 2025 - Jul 2025

Accounting Intern

Ryan and Wetmore, PC · Jan 2025 - May 2025

Operations Manager

NextDay Inspect · Jan 2019 - Jan 2024

Real Estate Office Manager

Northern Virginia Real Estate Network, Inc. · Apr 2012 - Apr 2019

Operations Coordinator

NextDay Inspect · Jan 2015 - Jan 2019

Education

George Mason University

Master of Science in Accountancy · Class of 2027

George Mason University

Bachelor of Science in Business · Class of 2026

Skills

PythonSQLTableauAlteryxMicrosoft ExcelFinancial Modeling
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Amazon · Aug 2025 ↗

✅ Verified by Extern

Amazon Operational Strategy & People Analytics Externship

Imagine shaping how AMAZON — yes, THE Amazon — welcomes and keeps its workforce. Every year, Amazon loses billions because new hires leave before Day 90.You’re going to fix that. In this externship, you’ll web scrape real-world employee reviews from across the web, extract actionable insights, and design persona-driven strategies to help Learning Ambassadors connect smarter, faster, and more humanely.It’s part research, part strategy—and all about learning how people data drives big decisions.

Data AnalysisAI & MLPythonStrategyPresentation Skills

Overview

The work analyzed employee feedback from multiple public sources to surface operational pain points across an Amazon fulfillment center. It collected role-level details, cleaned and merged review text, applied sentiment scoring and keyword analysis, and implemented theme tagging. The deliverables included segmented datasets and a five-slide pilot recommendation.

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What I've accomplished

I produced annotated employee-review examples, a cleaned and merged dataset with sentiment scores and theme tags, a segmented cohort table, and a five-slide pilot plan recommending a cross-train-and-rotate test for front-line associates.

Project breakdown

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