Brian Blitz

Small Business → Case Work → Teaching Abroad → Data Analytics

HR Analyst → Trader I

Data ↔ Domain Context ↔ Real-World Stakes

Based out of Las Vegas, NV

Work

I'm a Trader I at Caesars Sportsbook in Las Vegas, managing live pricing and market operations across the sportsbook's nationwide markets 24/7. The work spans strategy (film review and input from risk and other trading teams to sharpen lines), operations (managing multiple interfaces for market creation and activation), and data quality (ensuring consistency across the website, mobile app, and kiosks). I coordinate globally with teams in the UK and Australia, collaborate cross-functionally to refine strategy, and investigate market trends daily to identify emerging opportunities and risks.

Beyond daily operations, I've built two analytical projects for the trading team. A performance monitoring system, with findings presented weekly in company-wide reports, surfaced inefficiencies that led to an optimization strategy and improved results in key markets. I also built a pipeline for ad-hoc comparative research on pricing that improved performance across multiple markets.

I didn't start in data: first, there was a degree in Anthropology. Then, I opened a small café in Greensboro, NC. Later, I ended up as a caseworker resettling refugees. As I earned my master's degree, I taught ESL in South Korea for ~5 years.

Each step showed me something valuable. Anthropology taught me pattern recognition. Case work taught me that data points can be much more than just variables on a spreadsheet. Teaching taught me to make complexity click for people starting from zero. Each step remains as memorable as the last.

Full work history, education, and skills: Resume (PDF)

Education

Certificate in Spanish — Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, August 2023
M.S. in Data Analytics — Colorado State University Global Campus, June 2023
B.A. in Anthropology — UNC Greensboro, December 2015

Side Hustles

🎓 I tutor ESL on the side.

📖 I also write novels—unpublished, but coming soon.

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