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Alex Zolot, Ph.D.
SUMMARY
Results-oriented Scientist with over 16
years of successful professional and managerial experience in mathematical
modeling, data mining, and business analytics. Targeting positions as a Director of Analytics, Principal Scientist or similar.
SKILLS and STRENGTHS MODELING SKILLS 16+ years of experience in: - Econometrics, financial and business analysis - Applied numerical analysis: probability, stochastic processes, optimization, PDE, actuarial calculations, risk measurement and modeling - Data mining including supervised and unsupervised machine learning, longitudinal and survival analysis, prediction/classification (using parametric and non-parametric methods: neural networks, k-NN, logistic regression, etc.), PC/factor analysis, clustering, time series analysis, MCMC, spatial analysis/kriging, DOE, representation and visualization of results for marketing/ CRM/ web analytics/ fraud/ reliability problems (consumer, credit & fraud scoring, segmentation, profiling, cross-sell, up-sell, attrition, retention analysis, MBA, trade area analysis).
TECHNICAL SKILLS - Proficiency in SAS (Certified Advanced SAS Programmer – Base/ Stat/ Graph/ IML/ QC/ ETS/ SQL/ Access/ IntrNet/ ODBC/ Macro), R/S+, VB/VBA (Microsoft Certified Professional), MS Excel/ Access/ SQL Server, Teradata, MS VSS, GIS, Windows, UNIX/Linux, shell scripts, CGI, AJAX/ (X)HTML/ XML/ Javascript, perl, awk, python, SDLC - Some experience in C++, Java, JCL and Oracle. - Worked with grid computing, distributed multi-terabyte (thousands of variables and billions of observations) databases, ETL/data warehouses. Remote execution of SAS programs on UNIX server with Win client.
MANAGERIAL SKILLS - 9 years of experience in team development/ leadership/ management (more than 20 subordinates);
PERSONAL SKILLS - Broad-minded, resourceful and flexible. Proven super-fast learner. - Strong analytical, consultative and problem-solving skills. - Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills. Strong team player/leader.
THE LARGEST CLIENTS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
MICROSOFT CORP., Redmond, WA Bing. Senior Researcher 2010 – current - Web Analytics. STATVIS CONSULTING, San Diego, CA StatVis Consulting provides data mining and business analytics services. Principal Scientist / Director of Analytics 2009 – current - Led a number of projects in areas
of customer behavior analysis, multicriteria optimization, stochastic spatial analysis,
clinical trial analysis and organization, and evolutionary biology.
- Won Awards for Innocentive challenges: SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC., San Diego, CA Sun has 34,900 employees, provides network computing solutions worldwide. Sr. Statistician / Sr. Staff Engineer SW 2007– 2009 - Provided corporate analytics and reliability analysis to Sun and its customers - Found a new effect in reliability data and developed methods to improve accuracy of reliability analysis - Significantly (by 3 - 5 times) improved functionality and performance of s/w for reliability analysis - Created, implemented and presented on conferences 6 new methods of data analysis and visualization
FICO, San Diego, CA FICO (Fair Isaac Corporation) is the global leader in predictive analytics Analytic Science Manager / Lead Scientist 2006 – 2007 Analyzed and modeled fraud in telecommunication business. Developed s/w for creating and scoring customer profiles. Compared different methods of classification/scoring.
DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES, Riverwoods, IL, contract via SHCG Discover FS (14,000 employees) operates the Discover® Card brands with over 50 million cardmembers. Sr. Statistical Consultant 2005 – 2006 - Discovered business important relationship between cardholders’ purchasing and redemption behavior patterns (cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis, including linear, GLM and logistic regression, time series and survival analysis) - Received the “Smart Appreciation” Award for commitment to corporate values
CARLSON MARKETING GROUP, Minneapolis, MN, US, contract CMG is one of the top four U.S. global direct marketing services agencies. Carlson Comp. is a global leader in the marketing, travel, and hospitality industries, employing about 190,000 people in more than 140 countries. Senior Statistician 2005 Participated in a contract for Visa USA, the largest CMG client. Estimated effectiveness of four credit, debit and contactless card promotion campaigns using statistical analysis (clustering, linear and non-linear, parametric and non-parametric regression and logistic regression, time series and survival analysis) of cardholder’s transactions combined with census data. Analyzed e-mail survey data.
GENERATION-5 MATHEMATICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC., Toronto, Canada 2002 – 2005 Generation-5 specializes in the development and implementation of data mining CRM solutions using econometrical and statistical analyses, data mining and artificial intelligence. From Data Analyst to Senior Statistician - Executed a number of successful data mining marketing CRM projects for some of the largest Canadian and U.S. banks and companies as a statistical leader/Sr.SAS programmer. Used client and third party credit and non-credit data for statistical modeling (clustering, profiling, prediction/classification, discrimination…) to predict response and approval rates to increase success of customer acquisition campaigns for credit card and retail markets. - Improved a number of data mining algorithms that significantly increased accuracy and performance (by 5-10 times). - Delivered 20+ presentations of results for peers, managers, clients, International workshop on data mining. - Received “The Most Resourceful Team Member” Award.
The Successful Investor Inc. ,Toronto, contract - IT Consultant & SW Developer 2001 - 2002 - Developed an ETL/ Data Warehouse application that extracted information from Internet, transformed and loaded it into data warehouse and prepared financial statements and reports (including Risk and Balance Reports) for portfolio management, using VBA / MS Excel / COM. - Developed, analyzed, and recommended tools for operation improvements and system modifications
SAP, SMS Modern Inc,.. Toronto, Canada –contracts via Accountemps - Financial Analyst 2001 - Prepared Q3 consolidated financial report (including P&L, balance sheets, cash flow, ratios, analysis of deviations from plan for branches and corporation). - Analyzed procedures/workflows and implemented changes to the application, which gathered information from timesheet files and prepared reports, including pivot tables in MS Excel and VBA.
Yekaterinburg, Russia - Financial Expert for the Regional Government 1997 – 2000 Yekaterinburg – the 4th largest city of Russia, capital of the Ural Economic Region with population 22 million - Provided economic analysis and forecasts of different industries' economic trends, growth and risks. - Co-founder and Chairman of Directory Boards for two Professional Associations. - Co-founder and member of Directory Boards for Yekaterinburg SE, RTS, NAUFOR, RANPF.
Link Companies, Yekaterinburg, Russia - Co-founder, Director, CEO 1992 - 2000 Mainly management and consulting, but also I led and performed some analytical and IT jobs: - Actuarial calculations, survival analysis and annuity portfolio risk modeling (VaR and expected shortfall); - Self-Learning Real Time System for technical analysis and forecast for FX and securities traders using Pattern Recognition with Neural Networks (MLP with back propagation for time series analysis) and risk analysis (path dependent option pricing using Crank-Nicholson, binary trees and Monte-Carlo methods) . - “System for Statistical Analysis of Physiotherapy and Spa Treatment” for Research Institute of Physiotherapy and Spa-treatment. The System for phase I -III clinical trials compared clinical measures for a treatment and control group, implemented statistical tests, produced screening and reports for medical research. - Received “Leader in Business” regional award. My company was ranked # 18 in Russia, # 1 in the region.
Russian Academy of Sciences,
IMP, Yekaterinburg – Sr. Scientist 1988 - 1992 Award for the best scientific achievement of the year.
EDUCATION 2000 - Ph.D. in Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences. Thesis – Analysis of Influence of Bankruptcy Processes on the Investment Climate (included econometrics - analysis of correspondence between parameters of defaults and financial ratios). - Graduate degree in Theor. and Math.Physics (Statistics), Russian Academy of Sciences. - Alumni of “Kolmogorov Boarding School” in Physics and Mathematics at Moscow State University. - Captain of the team that won the University Mathematic Olympiad.
Training: 2004 - The Fields Institute, Toronto, International workshop on data mining – Invited speaker 2002 - IBM Workshops: Web Services, Linux for UNIX Professionals, Linux & Java. 1998 - NationsBank (now – Bank of America) and PricewaterhouseCoopers, USA. 1997 - State University of Management, Moscow 1996 - The Economic Development Institute of the World Bank – Management.
CERTIFICATION - Microsoft Certified Professional - VB Programmer - SAS Certified Programmer - Based and Advanced - Brainbench Certified Professional - Project Manager, Accounting Specialist, Financial Analyst, Financial Industry Knowledge, VB, C++, SQL, COBOL programmer.
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