Timo P. Kunz
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
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.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
Google Cloud, Python, SQL Server DBA
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.
Work Experience
Senior Data Scientist
Yoox 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).
Data Scientist
Morrison 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.
PhD Candidate
Lancaster 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.
Retail Consultant
SAP
- 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”.
Experience
Main Publications
Skills
Languages
SQL, Python, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), R, SAS
Libraries/APIs
Pandas, Matplotlib, Scikit-learn
Paradigms
Data Science, Database Development, DevOps
Other
Quantitative Analysis, SAP, Data Structures, Algorithms, Optimization Algorithms, ERM, Optimization
Tools
MATLAB, SPSS Modeler, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), SPSS
Industry Expertise
Retail & Wholesale
Platforms
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google App Engine
Storage
SQL Server DBA, Databases, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Google Cloud
Education
PhD in Operations Research
Lancaster University - Lancaster, Lancashire, England
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