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Location
Budapest, Hungary
Toptal Member Since
October 3, 2022
Robert is a former McKinsey specialist with 10+ years of experience using data science to drive growth rates of over 12% per project. He has served over 15 Fortune 500 clients, delivered over 30 projects, and created more than five SaaS products. Robert looks forward to the opportunity of working with top-tier clients, leveraging his unique combination of business and technical knowledge to enhance revenue growth.
Career Highlights
Director
WorldQuant Predictive
Head of Advanced Analytics
P3 Denmark (through Acquisition)
Solution Specialist | Associate
McKinsey & Company
Expertise
Work Experience
Owner | Independent Consultant | PM
2022 - PRESENT
Stratolytics Ltd
- Oversaw the rollout of an AI-powered platform for improving revenue growth at a major consumer packaged goods (CPG) company in Latin America.
- Served as a single point of contact for a client to roll out a regression-based promo optimization tool. Led a team of 5+ multidisciplinary experts and advised and trained 15+ client members.
- Advised on the strategy and built the go-to-market deck for an Eastern European data consultancy to enter the US market.
Focus areas: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Predictive Analytics, Consulting, Project Management, Product Owner, Revenue Management, Customer Analysis, Demand Planning, Tableau, Think-cell, Data Science
Director
2019 - 2022
WorldQuant Predictive
- Initiated, shaped, and marketed AI-powered products that solve significant business problems, primarily in CPGs and retail. Invented an investment portfolio built around a quant heritage.
- Organized a team of more than ten members, including data scientists, data engineers, subject matter experts, developers, and marketers.
- Contributed to landing the first Fortune 500 clients and taking the company from zero to more than $3 million in revenue in 1.5 years.
- Brought to market a marketing mix optimization product that was in production for over a year at a Fortune 100 company in the US, generating an uplift of $20 million yearly.
- Brought to market a price and discount optimization product at a leading pet food company in the US, improving return on investment (ROI) on discounting tactics at Amazon by 20%.
- Brought to market a sales coverage optimization product that enabled the sales team at a leading producer of veterinarian products to achieve a $70 million lift in sales by better organizing their sales force.
Focus areas: Product Owner, Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), Revenue Management, Predictive Analytics, Machine Learning, Think-cell, Alteryx, Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM), Portfolio Analytics, Project Management, Demand Planning, Econometrics, Consulting, IT Projects, C-suite, Customer Analysis, Big Data, Customer Segmentation, Tableau, Churn Analysis, Promotion, Data Science
Head of Advanced Analytics
2017 - 2019
P3 Denmark (through Acquisition)
- Built the company's advanced analytics practice. Created offerings, acquired first clients, and set up processes for scaling. Helped bring the latest data science capabilities to major Nordics clients.
- Implemented a price optimization system at a major furniture manufacturer in Denmark and Sweden.
- Implemented a profitability prediction system at a significant business-to-business (B2B) service company.
Focus areas: Machine Learning, IT Projects, C-suite, Think-cell, Alteryx, Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Project Management, Demand Planning, Econometrics, Consulting, Customer Analysis, Big Data, Customer Segmentation, Tableau, Churn Analysis, Revenue Management, Promotion, Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), Predictive Analytics, Data Science
Solution Specialist | Associate
2015 - 2017
McKinsey & Company
- Supported a world-leading cosmetics manufacturer with product portfolio recommendations in five major European countries, totaling over ten retailers.
- Created an assortment strategy for a Fortune 100 pharma company in the top five accounts in the US.
- Recommended a new product development initiative to a world-leading beer manufacturer to maximize demand souring from significant competitors.
- Advised a world-leading beverage manufacturing company on pricing and packaging strategies in Europe.
- Shaped and managed the implementation of a new generation of McKinsey solutions focusing on assortment optimization.
Focus areas: Revenue Management, Pricing, Promotion, Portfolio Analytics, Enterprise SaaS, Think-cell, Alteryx, Deal Analysis, Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Project Management, Demand Planning, Consulting, IT Projects, C-suite, Optimization, Customer Analysis, Big Data, Customer Segmentation, Tableau, Churn Analysis, Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), Predictive Analytics, Machine Learning, Data Science
Senior Associate
2012 - 2015
I-Insight
- Created a churn prediction system for a Fortune 500 manufacturer of professional electronic equipment.
- Developed a customer segmentation and sales targeting model for a leading B2B company.
- Built a profitability model for a global leader in smart sensor equipment.
Focus areas: Pricing, Marketing Mix Modeling, Customer Segmentation, Churn Analysis, Think-cell, Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Project Management, Demand Planning, Consulting, IT Projects, C-suite, Economics, Customer Analysis, Big Data, Tableau, Revenue Management, Promotion, Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), Predictive Analytics, Machine Learning, Data Science
Advisor to Secretary of State
2011 - 2012
Ministry of Rural Development
- Created an econometric study proving that current schemes for absorbing EU funds were generating divergent trends in territorial development, i.e., a gap between rich and poor regions was widening.
- Created a data intelligence system measuring the absorption rate of EU funds across key regions in Romania week by week.
- Created more than five key reports for the European Commission about the state of agricultural development in Romania.
Focus areas: Economics, Project Management, Consulting, Cost-benefit Analysis, C-suite, Predictive Analytics, Think-cell, Data Science
Education
2009 - 2011
Master's Degree in Economics
Aarhus University, School of Business and Social Sciences - Aarhus, Denmark
Certifications
NOVEMBER 2017 - PRESENT
PRINCE2
The Chartered Institute for IT
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