- Senior Data Scientist2016 - 2016Yoox Net-A-Porter Group
- Developed customer behavior models (e.g. customer value, various segmentations, and algorithmic customer feature identification).
- Implemented and tested models and algorithms that were created (e.g. gender identification for personalization; customer value for bidding and conversion optimization).
Technologies: Python, SQL, AWS - Data Scientist2015 - 2016Morrison Supermarkets PLC
- Conceptualized, coded, and implemented various customer behavior models (e.g. delivery slot pricing, customer lifetime value, customer lapse propensity).
- Analyzed ad hoc projects in order to inform business decisions (e.g. range, targeting, conversion, advertisement).
- Pioneered predictive and prescriptive data sciences in the online business.
Technologies: Python, SQL, SPSS Modeler, Google Cloud - PhD Candidate2010 - 2014Lancaster University
- Studied for my PhD in operations research (main research interest: demand modelling for retail pricing and revenue management, operationalization of transaction retail data).
- Wrote a thesis titled: ”The retail revenue management problem: studies on the interplay of data, demand, and price models”.
- Wrote papers that were published. More details can be found in my portfolio.
Technologies: MATLAB, R, SAS, SQL - Retail Consultant2007 - 2010SAP
- Worked as a consultant for analytical retail price optimization solution.
- Implemented projects for international retail clients (e.g. Boots, and Dansk Supermarked).
- Did analytical work as a member of the global competence center “Retail Price Optimization”.
Technologies: Various SAP products, Various Databases, VBA
Timo P. Kunz
London, United Kingdom
Member since May 23, 2016
Timo is a data scientist and former IT consultant with a quantitative PhD and over 10 years of retail, eCommerce, and pricing experience. He has implemented state-of-the-art statistical methods for a variety of small and mid-sized companies mainly using the SQL/Python data science tech stack and Google Cloud environment.
Timo is now available for hire
Portfolio
- Yoox Net-A-Porter GroupPython, SQL, AWS
- Morrison Supermarkets PLCPython, SQL, SPSS Modeler, Google Cloud
- Lancaster UniversityMATLAB, R, SAS, SQL
Experience
- SQL, 10 years
- Python, 5 years
- Pandas, 5 years
- Google Cloud, 2 years
Availability
Part-time
Preferred Environment
SQL DB, Python, Google Cloud
The most amazing...
...thing I have done in terms of monetary impact, is the implemention of various predictive customer value models. One model improves a plethora decisions.
Employment
Experience
- Main Publications (Other amazing things)
Wrote a paper that was published: "The impact of practitioner business rules on the optimality of a static retail revenue management system - An empirical analysis of the solution space" in the Journal of Revenue & Pricing Management 14, 198-210 (June 2015). It was about the effect of data preprocessing on a retail price optimization system. Also was published in Decision Support Systems 84, 16-27 (February 2016).
Skills
- LanguagesSQL, Python
- Libraries/APIsPandas, Matplotlib, Scikit-learn
- ParadigmsData Science, Database Development, DevOps
- OtherQuantitative Analysis, Retail, ERM, Optimization, Algorithms, Optimization Algorithms, Data Structures
- ToolsMATLAB, SPSS, AWS SQS
- PlatformsGoogle App Engine
- StorageMySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Google Cloud
Education
- PhD in Operations Research2010 - 2014Lancaster University - Lancaster, Lancashire, England
