William Tanna

💼 Projects

Academic and professional work showcasing financial analysis, data science, AI workflows, and investment strategies

PROJECT 01

🌱 ESG Automation Platform – “WITCH FOR FITCH”

Automated ESG PDF search and Scope 1–3 extraction for analyst workflows

Python ESG Automation AI Agents

Built a production-style ESG document pipeline for a Fitch-like credit research workflow. “WITCH FOR FITCH” automates discovery and analysis of ESG PDFs and drastically reduces analyst time spent finding and extracting Scope 1–3 emissions data.

Context
UIC Project – FIN 294, Data + AI
Duration
Nov 2025 – Dec 2025
Role
Data & Automation Lead

Key Highlights

  • Built a platform that automates ESG PDF search and Scope 1–3 extraction, delivering results in ~20 seconds per filing with ~95% consistency.
  • Re-engineered the backend with multi-step validation to remove false positives and increase document throughput by ~1700%.
  • Delivered a review pipeline that is 18x faster and 56x cheaper than manual analyst workflows.
  • Won the 2025 Chicago Tech Circle Competition with this project as the core product demo.

Links

GH
GitHub — ESG Scope Finder
Repository
YT
WITCH FOR FITCH — Demo
YouTube
PROJECT

ClearSpend Analytics

AI-driven vendor spend analysis platform — co-founder

Python ETL AI Fintech

Co-founded an AI-driven vendor spend analysis platform that landed 3 clients in its first month and identified over $15K in savings through ETL pipelines, KPI dashboards, and investor-grade materials.

Links

GH
GitHub — ClearSpend Analytics
Repository
PROJECT

Chargeback Risk Intelligence

Full-stack fintech ML platform for pre-dispute risk scoring

XGBoost Python Claude API Fintech

Designed and built a full-stack chargeback risk platform with a 23-feature XGBoost model (0.987 ROC-AUC) and Claude API integration for real-time fraud analysis narratives.

Key Highlights

  • 23-feature ML scoring engine with live API, multi-tenant patterns, and webhook ingestion.
  • 0.987 ROC-AUC — strong separation between chargebacks and clean transactions.
  • Claude API narrative generation across country risk profiles to speed analyst review.

Links

GH
GitHub — Chargeback Risk Model
Repository
PROJECT 02

Pathfind Careers — Résumé Matching Workflow

AI workflow system for scalable résumé screening and job matching

AI Agents LogicStudio Automation Career Tech

Designed an AI-driven careers workflow under the “Red Circle Consulting” concept. The system automates résumé parsing, job matching, and outreach to help students and early-career candidates find roles faster while reducing recruiting overhead.

Context
Red Circle Consulting – UIC FIN 294
Duration
Oct 2025 – Nov 2025
Role
Workflow & AI Systems Designer

Key Highlights

  • Developed a AI workflow system in LogicStudio that reduced résumé review time by 98% while improving screening accuracy by ~90%.
  • Designed specialized workflow steps for parsing, matching, and outreach, lowering costs from ~$4,000 to ~$23 per run.
  • Delivered a functional prototype that consistently surfaced top-10 job matches with verified listings and personalized recruiter email drafts.
  • Packaged the workflow as “Pathfind Careers,” a reusable module career centers and platforms can plug into existing pipelines.
PROJECT 03

📊 Lending Club Credit Risk Modeling

LightGBM model for default prediction and portfolio loss reduction

Python LightGBM Credit Risk Machine Learning

Built a credit risk model on Lending Club loan data to quantify default risk and translate model performance into real portfolio impact, focusing on profit, loss reduction, and fairness considerations.

Context
UIC Project – FIN 294, Data + AI
Duration
Sep 2025 – Oct 2025
Role
Quant & Risk Model Developer

Key Highlights

  • Developed a LightGBM model that boosted loan-default prediction accuracy from 57% to 95%, cutting projected losses by 95%.
  • Engineered features and tuned hyperparameters across 50+ borrower variables to improve precision and recall.
  • Created a confusion-matrix-based ROI analysis and Model Card to tie performance to ~$889M in projected profit impact.
  • Explicitly addressed fairness and bias mitigation, framing the model for responsible deployment in a real lending context.
PROJECT 04

📣 Marketing Project for BWYB

Brand and campaign buildout for a mission-driven apparel initiative

Project Leadership Marketing Strategy Adobe Photoshop Branding

Led a student consulting-style project for BWYB, a clothing initiative focused on unity and diversity. The work combined brand storytelling, campaign design, and visual collateral to support both for-profit and non-profit objectives.

Context
UIC Marketing Initiative – BWYB
Duration
Mar 2024 – May 2024
Role
Project Leader

Key Highlights

  • Led a team of 10+ students to design and market a clothing line promoting unity and diversity through branded apparel.
  • Coordinated 4 marketing streams: catalog design, social content, email promotions, and web-based campaign strategy.
  • Created a 5-page digital catalog in Adobe Photoshop highlighting BWYB’s mission and dual for-profit / non-profit structure.
  • Contributed to the sale of 50+ apparel items by boosting brand visibility via targeted, cross-channel outreach.