ALEJANDRO PERELIS
E-mail: *********@*****.***.** Address: Ayres del Pilar, El Lazo 2, Del Viso (1629)
Cell: (54911) 153*******
Very strong analytical professional with 20 years of experience in researching, designing, implementing, and managing - marketing analytics, pricing, optimization, and revenue management systems for multiple Fortune 500 clients and academia within main Universities in Buenos Aires.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Marketing Mix Modeling
Marketing and Analytics Consulting
Forecasting and Predictive Modeling
Media Planning and Optimization
Media Saturation Analysis
Price Optimization
Assortment Optimization
Design of Test and Control Experiments
Product Test
Survey Research
22 Years Hands-on Modeling with SAS/SPSS
Experience in America, Europe, Asia and Australia
Projects and Team Management
Main Client Engagements in the last 10 years: Frito-Lay NA, Pepsi Canada, Unilever Latam, Kraft, Cadbury Adams, Wal-Mart, Toyota, LG, Pepsi Brazil, Gamesa, Sabritas, Bestfoods, Nestle Brazil, Dulcolax, Unilever US, Procter & Gamble, Reckitt Benckiser.
EDUCATION
M.Sc. IN STATISTICS
University of Buenos Aires
Degree in POLITICAL SCIENCE
University of Buenos Aires
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Value Consulting 360 – Buenos Aires, Argentina June 2016 – Current
- OWNER
Agency focused on Customer Experience (development of mobile apps to improve CX areas) and Analytics (Marketing Mix Modeling, Assortment and pricing
Market Fusion Analytics – New York, NY January 2010 – April 2016
- DIRECTOR OF ADVANCED ANALYTICS
Modeler for the two largest clients; Frito-Lay US and Pepsico Canada, that constitutes more than 60% of total company revenue.
Develops Simultaneous Equations models (Share models). Category models and Portfolio models.
Also in charge of the Chili’s and Applebees analysis, developing Traffic Growth Drivers (TGD)
Market Fusion Analytics – New York, NY January 2005 – December 2009
- DIRECTOR OF LATINOAMERICA OFFICE IN BUENOS AIRES
Managing the accounts of Unilever (Argentina and Mexico) and Kraft (Brazil) and providing Marketing Analytic’s complete suite of tools (Marketing Mix Modeling, Pricing, Assortment Optimization, New Products Incrementality studies, and Trade Solver).
Also supported to the US office for the following accounts: Unilever US, Cadbury Adams, Procter & Gamble Australia, Bestfoods and Dulcolax,
Managing a team of 9
AC Nielsen Bases – Oxford, UK August 2002 – October 2004
- MANAGER IN THE CLIENT SERVICE AREA
Managing Reckitt Benckiser new products development and testing in EMEA Region (Europe, Middle East and Asia)
Local Agencies in Buenos Aires, Argentina May 1994 – October 2001
- DIFFERENT POSITIONS RANGE FROM ANALYST TO PARTNER IN DIFFERENT MARKET RESEARCH AGENCIES
Providing consultant and strategic services to different clients, not only in Argentina but also in South America (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia)
The main clients in this period were Unilever, Pepsi, Mc Cann Erikson and Telecom
Developing teams in most of these companies for the Quantitative Area
RELEVANT ACADEMIC COURSEWORK
1991-2001 - Professor at the University of Buenos Aires
1989-1994 – Researcher at the University of Buenos Aires
1997-2001 - Professor at the University of El Salvador
COMPUTER SKILLS
Statistical Analysis: SAS and SPSS
General Applications: Microsoft Office: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint