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Graduate student focused on operations and people analytics

Master's candidate in Business Administration, gaining hands-on experience through an Amazon Operational Strategy & People Analytics externship.

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Work samples

Portfolio includes work completed during the Amazon Operational Strategy & People Analytics externship, focused on practical analysis and strategy in operations and workforce analytics.

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    Amazon Operational Strategy & People Analytics Externship
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    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 AnalysisPythonStrategyOperations

About me

Master's candidate in Business Administration, gaining hands-on experience through an Amazon Operational Strategy & People Analytics externship.

I am Rick van der Maas, a graduate student in a master's program for Business Administration/Management. I have some work experience and I'm completing the Amazon Operational Strategy & People Analytics externship to build practical skills in operations and people analytics.

Externships

Amazon Operational Strategy & People Analytics Externship

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Experience

Consultant 2d Investment Strategy & Connectivity (Division: ITU-Development | Future Networks & Spectrum Management)

INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION · Jan 2026 2d Sep 2026

Program Manager (Division: Talents Venture, Italy)

NEW GENERATION CONSULTING · Jan 2026 2d Sep 2026

Consultant 2d Strategy, Transformation & Sustainability (Divsion: Sam27s Club)

WALMART CHINA · Jan 2025 2d Dec 2025

Research Associate & Sustainable Finance Fellow (Division: Investment & Enterprise)

UNITED NATIONS TRADE & DEVELOPMENT (UNCTAD) · Oct 2023 2d Mar 2025

Project Coordinator 2d Circular Economy (Division: ISO Central-Secretary & City of Geneva)

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION (ISO) · Jan 2024 2d Sep 2024

Education

NUS BUSINESS SCHOOL, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE

Master of Science in Business and Management & CEMS Master in International Management

SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY & MANAGEMENT, TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY

Master of Science in Public Administration & Policy

SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA

Master of Science in Innovation, Human Development & Sustainability (Governance & International Relations)

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY & RESEARCH

Bachelor of Science in Tourism (Environment, Economics, Geography & Society)

Skills

Operational strategyPeople analyticsBusiness analysisData-driven decision makingProject-based externship experience
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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 AnalysisPythonStrategyOperations

Overview

The externship analyzed retention and onboarding challenges within Amazon's fulfillment operations. The work combined web-scraped employee reviews with structured analysis to identify themes in new-hire experience, and it produced persona-driven recommendations and supporting data artefacts used in subsequent strategy deliverables.

Amazon Operational Strategy & People Analytics Externship

What I've accomplished

I investigated how fulfillment centers operate and how their workflows affect employee experience, extracting operational context that informed my subsequent analysis and personas.

Project breakdown

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