Sunnie Qin

Sunnie Qin has a diverse work experience history. Sunnie currently holds the position of Principal Risk Modeler at Pacific Premier Bank since November 2021. Prior to this, they worked at Western Alliance Bank as a Model Data Architect, where they managed a team of SAS programmers and was involved in the development and maintenance of SAS programs for CECL forecast. Sunnie also held the role of Sr. Risk Modeler at the same bank, contributing to multiple model development projects and developing SAS macro programs for key modeling stages.

Before joining Western Alliance Bank, Sunnie worked at Fifth Third Bank as a Sr. Quant Analyst, Credit Risk. Sunnie also had experience at Axcess Financial as a Senior Analyst and Analyst, Marketing Analytics, as well as positions at the University of Houston as a Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant. Sunnie began their career at Bank of America Shanghai Branch as an Intern, collaborating on project reorganization and fulfilling customer requests.

Sunnie Qin holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Applied Mathematics from the University of Houston, which was obtained between 2008 and 2013. Prior to that, Sunnie obtained a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Applied Mathematics from Fudan University between 2004 and 2008. In 2015, Sunnie obtained a certification as a SAS Certified Base Programmer for SAS 9 from the SAS Institute.