Data scientist with substantial expertise in: statistics & machine learning, data analytics in finance, search engines, natural language processing, software engineering, python, c/c++, unix.
* NOTE: While this document truthfully describes the candidate, the candidate’s name was replaced with a fictitious name for the purpose of anonymization.
since 2018: Undisclosed Company in Web Search
Senior Backend Engineer
reported directly to c-suite executives: mathematical modelling & simulation of the anonymity properties within the data exchanged between a private web search engine and upstream service providers.
2017–18: Telefónica Germany
consulting data scientist
data-driven business process optimization in network operations based on ticket data and technical logs.
2016–17: Flowminder Foundation
machine learning subject lead
statistical analysis and geospatial visualization of call data records from a mobile phone network for humanitarian purposes.
2015–16: Eurofunk Kappacher
consulting data scientist
responsible for search engine-specific data modelling and the setup of a highly available distributed setup.
2015: Upper Austrian Insurance Corporation
consulting data scientist
reported directly to c-suite executives: this consulting engagement included preprocessing of data from internal sources, analysis and reporting.
2013–16: insight Tourism
industry partner
publicly funded science project (€500k) on data-driven demand analysis in tourism; member of the steering committee.
2012–15: Juju
Senior Search Engineer
sole person responsible for data-driven development, simulation, and evaluation of improvements to the search engine.
2013–15: Theklatur
general contractor
an internet search engine: general contractor and main developer, managed a team consisting at times of up to 6 developers.
2010–12: Goldman Sachs
Quantitative & Algorithmic Trading Strategist
member of a high-frequency trading desk in equities, solely responsible for data-driven research and development of large-scale statistical data analysis infrastructure, applying insights for decision-making by the heads of the business.
2004–08: Software Competence Center Hagenberg
member of scientific staff
one of Austria’s largest data science-related research facilities: 2x internship 1x freelancer.
1999–2006: IBM
software engineer
IBM offices in Linz: 5x internship, 3x freelancer.
2014: University of Malta
casual lecturer, Machine Learning for Natural Language Processing
module leader: responsible for every aspect of the course from selection of content through preparation of lecture materials to final examination.
2006–10: University of Cambridge Ph.D., Computer Science and Technology
DOC fellowship of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, EPSRC DTA studentship, honorary Cambridge European Scholar; three publications, reviewer for four journals.
2005–06: University of Cambridge
M.Phil., Computer Speech, Text, and Internet Technology
EPSRC studentship, Cambridge European Bursary.
2003–04: University of Derby in Austria
B.Sc., Computer Studies
2015
certified bookkeeping assistant
WIFI Linz
2007
Level 3 Certificate in Securities & Derivatives
Chartered Institute for Securities & Investments. As prerequisite for “registered person” status of the British Financial Services Authority (now FCA).
German
native
English
fluent (lived in the U.K. for 7 years).
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