Xiaobing (Peter) Shang

CDFM · MBA

Federal Financial Manager · Data Scientist · Agentic AI Specialist · Digital Transformer

Senior federal financial professional with 15+ years of experience in financial management combiningAI/ML, data science, and full-stack development to build production systems at the intersection of policy and technology.

Data Science, M.S.Cybersecurity, M.S.Cyber Forensics, M.S.IBM Data ScienceAgentic AI

Professional Summary

Senior Federal Financial Management professional specializing in financial management, budgeting, enterprise analytics, and internal controls. Extensive CFO-level advisory experience supporting $1,000B+ portfolios. Expertise spans financial governance, reconciliation, cost modeling, risk analysis, technology adoption, and systems modernization.

Core Competencies

Federal Financial Management & Governance

Financial Reporting & Compliance Oversight

Budget Formulation & Execution Strategy

Payroll & Workforce Cost Modeling

Financial Systems & GL Integration

Contract Oversight (COR)

Congressional & OMB Financial Reporting

Advanced Data Analytics & Dashboards

Financial Statement & Ratio Analysis

Capital Budgeting & DCF Analysis

Quantitative Modeling & Forecasting

Professional Experience

Portfolio Manager - Analytics & Reconciliation

Office of the Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), Department of Defense
Pentagon, DC | GS-0560-15

08/2023 – Present

Lead enterprise financial analytics portfolio supporting senior leadership. Oversee multidisciplinary team delivering CFO decision-support tools using ADVANA platform.

  • ▸Directed integration of 20 general ledgers into centralized execution reporting covering $338B in obligations/expenditures and $200B in accounts receivable, payable, revenue, expenses
  • ▸Developed Department-wide Spend Plan Module aligning planned funding with execution outcomes
  • ▸Designed payroll and workforce liability forecasting models
  • ▸Established financial governance metrics and reconciliation controls improving audit traceability
  • ▸Provide executive-level variance, trend, and risk analysis for senior leadership decision-making

Senior Budget Analyst

Office of the Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), Department of Defense
Pentagon, DC | GS-0560-15

08/2020 – 08/2023
  • ▸Managed formulation and execution review for major defense portfolios
  • ▸Reviewed 40+ Budget Justifications; issued 50+ Program Budget Decisions; identified $2B+ realignments
  • ▸Conducted financial trend and variance analysis; responded to OMB and Congressional inquiries
  • ▸Automated financial databases improving reporting speed and reconciliation accuracy

Financial Systems Analyst / Budget Analyst

Department of Defense – Office of Inspector General
Alexandria, VA | GS-13/14

09/2017 – 08/2020
  • ▸Built automated spend plan forecasting and financial risk assessment models
  • ▸Reconciled 700K+ transactions resolving $10M abnormal balances
  • ▸Performed COR duties overseeing contract cost, schedule, and performance compliance
  • ▸Conducted internal control reviews and authored financial management procedures

Budget Analyst / Resource Manager / Program Analyst

U.S. Army (Multiple Commands)
Redstone Arsenal, AL | Germany | Korea | GS-11/12

2010 – 2017
  • ▸Managed $45M payroll program for 500+ personnel; reduced payroll excess by 20%
  • ▸Managed financial operation, internal control, GPC program and 1,100 individual GTC accounts; reduced GTC delinquency rate by 40%
  • ▸Executed funds in GFEBS (SAP-based ERP) and conducted UMD/ULO reconciliations
  • ▸Applied Earned Value Management to monitor acquisition cost, schedule, and performance

IT & Data Science

Analytics & Data

Python (Pandas, NumPy), SQL, R, Advanced Excel (VBA), Tableau, Power BI, Qlik, Databricks, Amazon S3, Financial Data Modeling, ETL Automation, Dashboard Development, Data Visualization, Statistical & Predictive Analysis

Technology & Systems

Next.js 15, React 19, TypeScript, Prisma ORM, PostgreSQL, NextAuth v5, Gemini 2.5 AI, Vercel, GitHub Actions · Machine Learning, Agentic AI, RAG, LLM Prompting · Financial Systems Integration, Cloud Computing (AWS), Data Engineering & Automation, Cybersecurity & System Controls, Full-Stack Development

Education

Master of Data Science

Saint Peter's University

2025

M.S. Cyber Investigation and Digital Forensic Investigation

University of Maryland Global Campus

2023

M.S. Cybersecurity Technology

University of Maryland Global Campus

2022

MBA

University of Phoenix

2009

B.S. Accounting

University of Maryland University College

2010

Certifications

Certified Defense Financial Manager (CDFM)

DoD Financial Management Level III

IBM Data Science Professional Certificate

DAWIA Financial Management Level II (Acquisition)

George Washington University Data Analytics Boot Camp

5-Day AI Agents Intensive Course with Google

Portfolio & Projects

Real-world applications in federal financial management, AI engineering, and data science.

Featured Project
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MyThing — Personal Knowledge Platform

shangthing.vercel.app · Full-stack AI-powered web application

A production-grade personal knowledge management system built entirely from scratch — 102 files, 4,300+ lines of TypeScript. Features an AI agent (Gemini 2.5), automated tech news aggregation, AI-analyzed daily journaling, federal finance Q&A, and a full portfolio showcase. Architected, designed, and deployed end-to-end.

Gemini 2.5 AI

AI chat agent with Peter's full context, live search, and RAG over personal notes

Tech News Feed

Automated Python scraper with GitHub Actions ingesting RSS feeds daily via AI summaries

Daily Notes + AI

Personal journal with AI analysis — headline, key ideas, action items, sentiment, themes

NextAuth v5 Auth

Google OAuth + passphrase login with private/public route middleware protection

Fed Finance Q&A

AI knowledge base over federal financial regulations, OMB circulars, DoD policy

Full-Stack Platform

Next.js 15, React 19, Prisma ORM, Neon PostgreSQL, Vercel Edge deployment

Tech Stack

Next.js 15React 19TypeScriptTailwind CSSPrisma ORMNeon PostgreSQLNextAuth v5Gemini 2.5 AIVercelGitHub ActionsPythonNodemailerFramer MotionRechartsZustandZod

Federal Financial Management

Budget Spend Plan Model

Scenario-driven self-balance tool to plan and monitor Federal budget execution. Enables financial managers to create multiple scenarios and track real-time execution.

ExcelVBAFinancial Modeling

Federal Spending Dashboard

Interactive Tableau dashboard tracking federal budget and spending across agencies. Provides visual insights into budget allocation and execution trends.

TableauData VisualizationFederal Budget

Budget Execution Tracker

Tableau-based dashboard to track and compare budget execution across fiscal years. Identifies variance patterns and execution efficiency.

TableauAnalyticsOMB Reporting

Excel VBA Automation Tools

Suite of VBA tools for data comparison, mining, and analysis. Streamlines repetitive financial management tasks.

VBAExcelAutomation

Data Science & Analytics

ML AI Knowledge Hub

NEW

Comprehensive machine learning reference with 8+ algorithms (Logistic Regression, SVM, Random Forest, SGD, KNN, Naive Bayes, K-Means, GMM), evaluation metrics, clustering techniques, and production AI agents framework. Real-world DoD/federal use cases.

Next.js 15TypeScriptMLAI AgentsGemini 2.5

Python Excel Automation Suite

Automated tools to combine Excel workbooks, compare data changes, and perform large-scale data transformations for financial reporting.

PythonPandasAutomation

Machine Learning Analysis

Applied Python machine learning algorithms to analyze and explore happiness metrics. Includes regression analysis and predictive modeling.

PythonScikit-learnML

Federal Employment Analytics

Comprehensive analysis of FY 2018 federal employment data including salary trends, agency comparisons, and workforce demographics.

TableauPublic DataAnalytics

SQL & Python Data Pipeline

Integrated SQL database queries with Python for automated data extraction, transformation, and visualization workflows.

SQLPythonETL

Interactive Data Visualization

Built interactive dashboards using Python, JavaScript D3, and Leaflet for geographic and temporal data exploration.

D3.jsPythonLeaflet

COVID-19 Tracking Dashboard

Real-time Tableau dashboard visualizing COVID-19 spread patterns and trends over time with interactive filtering.

TableauPublic HealthReal-time Data

Tableau Citi Bike Analysis

Analyzed NYC Citi Bike Share Program usage patterns, identifying peak hours, popular routes, and seasonal trends.

TableauUrban AnalyticsBig Data

Text Sentiment Analysis

Python-based natural language processing tool performing sentiment analysis on large text datasets.

PythonNLPSentiment Analysis

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