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Oliver Holloway

Freelance Data Analyst
United KingdomToptal Member Since May 10, 2016

Oliver is a versatile data scientist and software engineer combining over a decade of experience and a postgraduate mathematics degree from Oxford. Career assignments have ranged from building machine learning solutions for startups to leading project teams and handling vast amounts of data at Goldman Sachs. With this background, he is adept at picking up new skills quickly to deliver robust solutions to the most demanding of businesses.

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Christopher Karvetski

Freelance Data Analyst
United StatesToptal Member Since August 24, 2016

Dr. Karvetski has ten years of experience as a data and decision scientist. He has worked across academia and industry in a variety of team and client settings, and has been recognized as an excellent communicator. He loves working with teams to conceive and deploy novel data science solutions. He has expertise with R, SQL, MATLAB, SAS, and other platforms for data science.

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Renee Ahel

Freelance Data Analyst
CroatiaToptal Member Since June 18, 2020

Renee is a data scientist with over 12 years of experience, and five years as a full-stack software engineer. For over 12 years, he has worked in international environments, with English or German as a working language. This includes four years working remotely for German and Austrian client companies and nine months working remotely as a member of the Deutsche Telekom international analytics team.

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Eva Bojorges Rodriguez

Freelance Data Analyst
MexicoToptal Member Since November 11, 2014

Eva is a skilled back-end developer and machine learning engineer with experience in scalability issues, system administration, and more. She has a flair for well-structured, readable, and maintainable applications and excellent knowledge of Python, Ruby, and Go. She is a quick learner and has worked in teams of all sizes.

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Vu Quang Hoa

Freelance Data Analyst
VietnamToptal Member Since August 9, 2016

Hoa, nicknamed Joe, is a brilliant engineer capable of grasping new concepts very quickly. His most striking quality is the commitment he shows in whatever he does. He specializes in full-stack, highly scalable Python-Django applications. He has over 10 years of experience developing applications on the Django framework at many companies worldwide, one of them being the StoryTree company—one of the top 500 startups in the US.

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Aljosa Bilic

Freelance Data Analyst
SwitzerlandToptal Member Since August 8, 2016

Aljosa is a data scientist and developer who has more than eight years of experience building statistical/predictive machine learning models, analyzing noisy data sets, and designing and developing decision support tools and services. He joined Toptal because freelancing intrigues him, and the best projects and people are to be found here.

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Derek Owens-Oas

Freelance Data Analyst
United StatesToptal Member Since January 21, 2020

Derek has a PhD in statistical science from Duke and has worked as a data scientist and software developer at Xylem. He's the founder of Tech Smart Magic. Published in the Journal of Classification and a TA of the year, he's an expert in research and teaching. He provides interactive apps, visualizations, and reports. Derek's Python and R programming, top AI and ML methods, and ability to communicate make him an asset to any company. His specialties include text data and online social networks.

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Demetrio Rodriguez

Freelance Data Analyst
AustriaToptal Member Since May 25, 2021

Demetrio is an experienced data scientist who's comfortable with the entire data science stack. He excels at developing sophisticated machine learning models and leveraging highly tractable and robust statistical methods. Besides his technical and statistical expertise, Demetrio's presentation style and powerful visualizations effortlessly get across key takeaways of highly technical results to any audience.

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Sebastián Castaño

Freelance Data Analyst
GermanyToptal Member Since September 13, 2021

Sebastián has a PhD in machine learning and data science and a decade of experience in interdisciplinary projects in medicine, banking, marketing, and consumer products, among others. His expertise includes designing data collection systems, analyzing and modeling complex data, and developing and deploying ML pipelines. As a seasoned researcher and educator, Sebastián constantly delivers compelling data-driven insights and intuitive tools for technical and non-technical colleagues.

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Elizabeth Eardley, PhD

Freelance Data Analyst
GermanyToptal Member Since February 23, 2022

Elizabeth is a versatile data scientist, combining a strong scientific background from postdoctoral research with six years of industry experience, including Booking.com and Skyscanner. She excels at applying scientific techniques to data to support and automate decision-making, optimize products, and uncover actionable insights. Elizabeth has conducted extensive A/B testing and built and scaled multiple online experimentation platforms and optimization programs.

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Timo Klock

Freelance Data Analyst
GermanyToptal Member Since September 13, 2021

Timo is a full-stack data scientist with eight years of professional experience in data-heavy applications and a PhD in machine learning and statistics. He can work in different roles on the data lifecycle in industrial applications as a data engineer, data scientist, ML engineer, or data analyst. Timo is experienced with Python and SQL, and many modern data frameworks.

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  • How are Toptal data analysts different?

    At Toptal, we thoroughly screen our data analysts to ensure we only match you with talent of the highest caliber. Of the more than 100,000 people who apply to join the Toptal network each year, fewer than 3% make the cut. You’ll work with engineering experts (never generalized recruiters or HR reps) to understand your goals, technical needs, and team dynamics. The end result: expert vetted talent from our network, custom matched to fit your business needs.

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    We make sure that each engagement between you and your data analyst begins with a trial period of up to two weeks. This means that you have time to confirm the engagement will be successful. If you’re completely satisfied with the results, we’ll bill you for the time and continue the engagement for as long as you’d like. If you’re not completely satisfied, you won’t be billed. From there, we can either part ways, or we can provide you with another expert who may be a better fit and with whom we will begin a second, no-risk trial.

  • What type of talent does Toptal have?

    Our platform hosts a very diverse range of skill sets, experiences, and backgrounds. Our freelancers range from software engineers, user experience designers, business intelligence experts, and product managers to finance experts who have worked at leading tech companies such as Google, LinkedIn, Amazon, IBM, and many more.

    Our data engineers are highly skilled in programming languages such as Python and have great analytical skills. They also have several years of experience building data visualization, data mining, and data management applications.

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    Besides our talent matching services, we also provide web and application development services like a development company. Through our Toptal Projects team, we assemble cross-functional teams of senior project managers, business analysts, web developers, app developers, user interface designers, and other technical skills. Our team members follow a well-defined development process to build a fully functional solution.

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