The JPMorgan Chase project team will design and deliver an analytics tool that will monitor and evaluate the current task work assignments of 2,200 global JPMC team members. The tool will recommend reassignment of project work between staff to better balance workloads and improve on-time delivery. All student team members will become JPMC 2022 Summer Interns based in Chicago, Il.
Abstract:
JPMorgan has 2,200 back office staff globally organized under 5 divisions. They can be generally categorized into about 20 different skill sets. There is duplication of skills across divisions and between regions (US, Europe, Asia) and thus the opportunity to share and redistribute work depending on staff availability. Currently, managers have limited visibility of the system and do not have access to any tools that support strategic decision-making. Students on the 2022 JPMC team will create a data analytics tool that will support optimal re-allocation of back office staff to project work by managers. The development team will have access to a historical database that indicates allocated, start and completion dates for tasks by individuals. The project will be built on JPMorgan standard tech stack: Java, Kafka, Oracle, React, Tableau, AWS (SageMaker, QuickSight). Students will be supported developing necessary skills across the tech stack.
Full Project Details
Data Analytics and Optimization (3 students)
Specific Skills: Broad range of big data analytics techniques including machine learning. Optimization techniques.
Likely Majors: DATA, IOE, CS, SI
General Programming (2 students)
Specific Skills: General skills in programming (both front end and back end). Strong interest in developing new skills. Must have completed EECS 281 or equivalent.
Likely Majors: CS, DATA, SI
Business Process Analysis (1 student)
Specific Skills: Business process analysis and development. Quantitative analysis of data/statistics. Customer needs identification. Students must have at a minimum introductory computer science skills and high motivation to develop; please be sure to identify these in your personal statement.
Likely Majors: IOE, BBA (with CS minor), CS (with BBA minor)
Sponsor Mentor
Collin Peterson
Vice President, CB Platforms & Shared ServicesCollin is a University of Michigan alum and a past member of JPMC’s 2013 MDP project team. Collin’s MDP experience led him to a full-time job with JPMC, with his first 5 years at the firm spent building the Commercial Bank’s collateral system of record. He then spent 2 years working outside the firm in sports data & analytics, where he managed engineering teams whose responsibilities included productizing AI models related to the NBA and NFL. Collin returned to JPMC in 2020 to lead the data & analytics journey for CB’s workflow platform, where his focus is on how data can help transform the business.
Executive Mentor
Todd Ippen
Executive Director, Wholesale Loan Technology
Todd is based in Chicago, Illinois and has been with the firm for over 21 years portraying many roles from application development to multi-year program management involving architecture required to support numerous lines of businesses and products. Mr. Ippen was responsible for the technical build and roll-out of the firm’s strategic loan platform to international countries in Europe, Latin America, and Asia. In addition, Mr. Ippen is responsible for the architectural design and build-out of a new global loan collateral tracking application. Outside of his day-to-day activities, Mr. Ippen is the JP Morgan Captain for University of Michigan recruiting and is a member of two Chicago Technology Operating Committee (CTOC) Work streams (Recruiting & Global Innovation. In his free time, Mr. Ippen enjoys spending time with his wife and two children travelling, boating, skiing, and attending various sporting activities.
Faculty Mentor
Kayvan Najarian, Ph.D.
The focus of Dr. Najarian’s research is on the design of signal/image
processing and machine learning methods to create computer-assisted
clinical decision support systems that improve patient care and reduce the
costs of healthcare. Dr. Najarian’s lab also designs sensors to collect and
analyze physiological signals and images, focusing on creating decision
support systems to manage traumatic brain injuries, traumatic
pelvic/abdominal injuries and hypovolemia. He serves as the Editor-in-Chief
of Biomedical Engineering and Computational Biology and the Associate
Editor of two other journals in the field of biomedical informatics.
Course Substitutions: Honors, ChE Elective, CS MDE/Capstone, CE MDE, Data Science Capstone, EE MDE, IOE Senior Design, IOE Grad Cognate, SI Elective, SI Grad Cognate
Citizenship Requirements: Due to JP Morgan’s employment requirements, this project is open to US Citizens/Permanent Residents only.
IP/NDA: Students will sign the JPMC IP/NDA agreement.
In Person/Remote Participation Options: This project will take place on campus with remote access to JPMorgan systems during Winter 22/Fall 22. All project team members will participate in the JPMorgan summer 2022 internship program based in Chicago.
As local safety protocols allow, students on this team must be able/willing to be physically present on campus in Ann Arbor, available to travel to JPMC Chicago office for meetings during W22/F22 (MDP provides all transportation) and able/willing to work at the JPMC Chicago office during the summer internship.
Internship/Summer Project Activities: Summer 2022 Internships (in Chicago, Il.) are guaranteed and required for all students who match to this project team. Every student who accepts an offer to join this project team must also accept a summer internship from JP Morgan.
- All project students must participate in the JPMorgan summer internship program and will be based in Chicago if public health permits otherwise remotely.
- All students must:
- Have cumulative University of Michigan GPA > 3.0
- Pass a background and drug test
- MDP project offer letters will include required dates, compensation, and other
conditions of the internship. Students will have 10 days to accept or reject their
combined MDP/JPMC offer.