Research Center

ANTONIO

Hometown: Roselle, IL 

Major / Minor: Actuarial Science

Extracurricular Activities @ U of I: Actuarial Science Club, Illini Wrestling Club, Intramural Soccer.

Favorite Class @ U of I:  Fin 221:  (Professor Dyer is hilarious!)

Hobbies: Playing sports, spending time with friends, eating.

Favorite Quote: "Impossible is nothing"

Hero/Role Model:  Mom

Favorite Restaurant in C-U: Number 1 (Chinese food)

Favorite Music: Everything except country

Favorite Movies: Transformers, all Adam Sandler movies

Favorite TV Shows: South Park, Dirty Jobs and Man vs. Wild

Best college advice:  "Be smart and have fun." -Antonio DeSario

Project Work @ RC: Alberta Ceding Study: Discovering a way to find State Farm’s ideal 4% of policies that can be grouped into a Risk Sharing Pool.  Large Loss Project: Developing the distribution of losses for the entire U.S. and then finding the appropriate threshold. The threshold is a number that determines if a loss is a large loss or not.

What brought you to the RC? Since the RC is so close to the U of I, I can go to school while having an internship.

Best thing about working at the RC: Actually working on meaningful and real projects that help State Farm in some shape or form. Also, the employees are very respectful and are always willing to help you.

Most surprising thing you’ve learned about State Farm: It is the top auto insurer in Illinois and in the whole U.S.