Jacek Tomkow
Verified Expert in Management Consulting
Management Consulting Expert
Johannesburg, South Africa
Toptal member since August 11, 2022
Jacek is a highly experienced professional leading diverse teams at operational and C levels. He provided strategies to change how companies operate and work with information. Jacek is a precious asset to any organization by delivering international fintech projects and creating company-wide digitalization programs. Through freelancing, he strives for significant exposure to a global business community.
Career Highlights
Education Highlights
Case Studies
Fuel Management Solution | Logistics and Mining Asset Tracking
Visualization and Optimization for Decision-making Operations
Expertise
- Data Science
- Data Strategy
- Digitization
- Management Consulting
- Process Optimization
- Program Management
- Team Leadership
Work Experience
Chief Analytics Officer
Tomkow Analytics
- Created a network of partnerships and teams to deliver on almost any data science project globally.
- Provided analytical strategies and data science delivery expertise for many technology-oriented and engineering companies, including Deloitte.
- Structured and created data policy for large technology companies.
- Built custom analytics and visualization solutions for mining houses, including fuel management and real-time GPS tracking analytics for fleet management.
Senior Manager of Applied Intelligence
Accenture
- Launched and created a new analytics studio focused on developing artificial intelligence solutions and complex mining problems in the resources sector.
- Solved challenging problems through the studio for the global CDOs and CAOs in the most prominent international resource companies using an advanced analytical methodology. Hired top talents into the studio to provide multi-client deliveries.
- Shaped engagements with clients and stakeholders and developed the solutions to fit clients' analytics strategies and roadmap. Led delivery teams and provided enterprise-scale analytics and integration projects.
- Developed insights-driven and analytical solutions in the resources industry, where data-driven and data science solutions are built to enhance all aspects of operations with enormous financial benefits and gain.
- Built and managed multiple teams to deliver digitization programs across clients and teams while holding advisory and support functions.
- Engaged with multiple clients to establish the best strategies and options in data analytics and science projects and programs.
- Created a department, hired, and set multiple teams on site by early stakeholder engagements and sales discussions through high-tech projects across the globe.
- Led the mobilizing and technical direction for development teams and consultants to follow.
Manager
Deloitte
- Led client projects, work streams within large international programs in the fintech space, and the team for the first digital bank in South Africa.
- Created analytics strategies for the largest insurance companies in South Africa and engaged with all C suite team members.
- Developed, delivered, and implemented fully comprehensive analytics and IoT deliverable for the largest mining companies in South Africa and led the technology team through the discovery and strategy creation.
- Implemented new legislation for the banking and insurance industry while detailing the system, data integrations, and rules implementation across the banking environment.
- Created a fully digital bank without legacy systems, starting from the beginning with a brand-new cutting-edge architecture.
- Managed the team cost of around 40% of the $350 million project's cost.
Senior Advisor and Principle Corporate Performance Manager
Altron
- Led the analytical solutions for treasury trading desks at four big banks, enabling clients to analyze data for liquidity, profit, and loss.
- Scoped and executed over 20 projects, including analytics and insights for insurance companies, trading houses, national digital television, the largest mining houses in Africa, and the most prominent food production companies.
- Implemented data pipeline and analytical tools in engineering projects, enabling plant managers to monitor the effectiveness of operations. Worked on data structures, integration, and visualization.
- Scoped, managed, and implemented multiple complicated business solutions for many clientele, improving their insights and operational work process with every engagement, tight deadlines, and light teams.
- Designed and delivered financial analytics and auditing to establish a brand-new product and competency for company analytics as a head of product.
Senior Business Analyst
Business Science Group (Now Cyest Corporation)
- Delivered continuously to stakeholders' expectations on multimillion-rand projects, created new methodologies and logistics, and monitored underground operation calculations.
- Managed the project's scope and delivery, drove the product build's direction, and all features implemented in the product suite. The first-of-its-kind product was a joint venture with the most prominent global mining houses.
- Delivered the product and trained relevant users such as the mine planning department and management. The overall team doubled in size to accommodate increased work and delivery frequency, while the yearly managed budget was over ten million.
- Managed the business analytics team on the account and all client engagements concerning the build and features.
Analyst
Nedbank Group
- Promoted to the advanced analytics team as a custodian of analytics for Eyethu, the first black empowerment share scheme in South Africa.
- Worked on transfer pricing analytics project to maintain the movement of funds between departments for rendered services and associated costs apportioned appropriately. This process included line items such as ATM costs between account types.
- Analyzed customer attrition and propensity models during the life stage of clients to show migration between accounts and behavioral pattern detection, including home loan profitability models, client type, and account behavior detection.
- Created models to predict house values using AI methodology and modeled the return on marketing investment (ROMI) with its attributed costs associated with relevant spending to optimize targeted expenditure efficiently.
Research Statistician
The Nielsen Company
- Led modeling and analytics studies to create product and client analytics and to effectively advise clients on strategic options for the future of their products.
- Designed and built marketing and analytics studies, monthly reports, and research for various clients.
- Conducted marketing and analytics studies to determine product behavior across various FMCG products within different regions and store types.
- Executed behavioral analytics of various stores to optimize the sales, inventory management, and pricing options, enabling producers to gain value through optimal pricing and distribution of products.
- Analyzed competitive analytics and price elasticity statistics to provide a technical range for maximizing product profitability per region and store type.
- Represented the statistics team that internally changed operations and reduced data pipeline timelines required for analytics by 40%. Presented results to the operating company on behalf of the chief statistician.
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Management
The University of South Africa (UNISA) - South Africa
Bachelor's Degree in Applied Mathematics
The University of Pretoria - South Africa
Skills
Finance
Business Intelligence (BI), Valuation, Data Analysis, Forecasting, Market Research, Budgeting, Capital Placement, Home Lending, M&A Reporting
Output Software
Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word
Data & Analysis Software
Financial Data, Tableau
Industry Expertise
Logistics, Real Estate
Other
Data Analytics, Program Management, Business Development, Strategy, Data Strategy, Process Optimization, Digitization, Use Cases, Team Leadership, Thought Leadership, Microsoft Power BI, Excel 365, Project Leadership, Analytics, Proposals, Product Delivery, Project Delivery, Management, Team Building, Team Development, Product Owner, Value Proposition, Data, Data Governance, Data Visualization, Leadership, Teamwork, Execution, Delivery Management, Delivery, Graphs, Analysis, Requirements, User Requirements, Functional Requirements, Requirements & Specifications, Business Intelligence Consultant, Process Flows, Process Mapping, Business Process Modeling, Software Sales, Product Sales, Transportation & Logistics, BI Reporting, Reporting, Management Information Systems (MIS), Management Consulting, Business Cases, Business Planning, Business Models, Business Strategy, Digital Transformation, Executive Presentations, Strategic Planning, Data Science, Business Proposals, Software Design, Leadership Strategy, Metals & Mining, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Fintech, Logistics & Supply Chain, Operations, Supply Chain, Machine Learning, Team Mentoring, Team Management, Sales Growth, Sales, Hiring, Partnerships, Networking, Financing, Business Setup, Pitch Presentations, Client Presentations, B2B Partnerships, Partnership Management, Stakeholder Management, Technical Leadership, Data Modeling, Client Relations, Project Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Presentations, Warehouse Operations, Software Integration, UX Design, UI Design, Business Analysis, Financial Ratios, Microsoft, Data Mining, New Product Rollout, New Product Development, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Design, Routing Optimization, Client Services, Finance, Statistics, Statistical Modeling, Statistical Forecasting, Statistical Data Analysis, FMCG, Large-scale Projects, Growth Strategy, Marketplaces, Workshop Facilitation, Workshops, Knowledge Management, Product Development, Optimization, Research, System Integration, Supply Chain Optimization, Azure Machine Learning, System Implementation, Database Modeling, Azure, Scope of Work (SOW), Development, APIs, API Integration, Corporate Planning, SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS), Presales, Consumer Banking
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