Mason Phung - Data Analyst & Scientist

About

I am a final year Data Science postgraduate student at Macquarie University, an active member of the MQU Business Analytics Club and the Statistical Society of Australia.

My journey into Data Science started with my love for the game Age of Empires, where tracking and analyzing post-game statistics ignited my curiosity about patterns and performance metrics. This interest grew as I blended my engineering and business background to recognize data as an invaluable asset across industries and the key to solving hidden challenges.

Driven by the goal of becoming a capable and proficient Data professional in the next few years, I’ve been engaging in side projects, online learning and Data challenges to continuously refine my skills. I am eager to apply my expertise to help businesses identify gaps, uncover insights, and solve complex problems through data.

Graduating in November 2025, I am actively seeking opportunities where I can contribute meaningfully while continuing to learn and grow, both personally and professionally.

Aside from studies & working on projects, I spend my free time jogging, hanging out with friends & working as a part-time tutor & a florist (Yes, I know how to make the best flower bouquets 🤣).

Experience

Aug 2024 — Now

Private tutor • Self-employed

Provide private tutoring for university students in SQL, Python & R coding support, data analysis techniques & statistics. Helped students achieve high grade, enhance their Data analytics skills.

Tutoring

Communication

Problem-solving

Presentation

Data Science

Statistics

Mar 2024 — Now

Part-time Florist • Bright Flowers

Run a shopping mall-based 1-man flower shop, take care of opening, operating & closing operations. Effectively communicate with customers for sales & consultation, reached the higest sales of 318 sales a day, with a revenue of AU$ 7,800. Maintain high quality flower products & ensure satisfaction by dealing with various customer requests in different allowed budgets.

Floristry

Customer Service

Sales

Work under pressure

Consulting

Risk Management

Communication

Mar 2023 — Aug 2023

Research Assistant • Pricing & Fairness Lab, Taiwan Tech

Collaborated with labmates to conduct researches for an academic paper in the AI dynamic pricing solutions market. Increased the research output by 10% by applying different data scraping techniques with R and Python.

Python

Excel

Data Analytics

Data Scraping

Data Manipulation

Market Research

Jul 2021 — Aug 2021

Project Manager Intern • Compal Electronics

Gained valuable experience in managing manufacturing projects with a focus on risk management and problem-solving. Managed a major project to meet deadlines with 7 times more units and time constraints.

Excel

Project Management

Communication

Problem-solving

Teamwork

Work under pressure

Jun 2020 - Aug 2020

Engineering Trainee • Techman Robots

Maximized the potential of AI robots by successfully implementing multiple computer vision-based projects, enabling object detection and task execution to meet diverse customer demands. Company's representative at Taipei International Industrial Automation Exhibition 2020.

Computer Vision

Object detection

Model training

Problem-solving

Automation

Communication

Presentation

Education

Feb 2024 — Dec 2025

Master in Data Science • Macquarie University

Focuses on advanced Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Statistics and in-demand data applications for business. Achieves a High Distinction average grade.

Machine Learning

Neural Networks

Deep Learning

Statistical Inference

Natural Language Processing

Big Data

Sep 2019 — Aug 2023

Bachelor of Science • National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

Specialized in Mechanical Engineering. I took a minor focus on Marketing (Research & Analytics) by taking optional courses and joining academic researches. Received the Taiwan Ministry of Education scholarship for excellence in 4 consecutive years.

Programming (C++, R)

Automation Control

System Design

Marketing Analytics

Pricing & Fairness

View My Certificates View Taken Courses

Projects

[On-going] 2025 EY Open Science AI & Data Challenge

Leading a team of 1 data scientist, 2 data analysts to work with satellite, sensor & weather datasets and build a Regression model that predicts the Urban heat island effect. The project not only aims to deliver an applicable ML model for the local policy makers, but also holds a vision to help reducing the impact of urban heating to our world.

To be updated

Global Disaster Dashboard - MQU DataViz 2024 Winner

Led a team of 4 data analysts, built an interactive dashboard that live updating global disaster data to promote natural disaster awareness and United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 13. Dashboard supports both Desktop and Mobile devices. Winner at Macquarie University DataViz Challenge 2024.

Intel Image Classification

A computer vision project utilizing Convolution Neural Networks. Distinguised 25k+ high similarity images with an accuracy score of >90%.

Data Analysis and Prediction of SpaceX Falcon9 rocket launches

Conducted exploratory Analysis and dashboard visualization of launches data to enhance data-driven decision making. Built 6 different Classification models to predict launch outcomes

Hyperparameter tuning