MARIANO R. VIOLA, PHD

New York, NY

ady8pz@r.postjobfree.com

www.linkedin.com/in/marianoviola1

917-***-****

EXPERTISE – DATA ANALYSIS, PYTHON, SQL, & APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Please refer to this GitHub link for Python projects I have worked on: https://github.com/marianorviola/Python-Projects

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Post-Graduate Certificate in Data Science & Machine Learning Awarded October 2022

Data Analyst / Business Intelligence Analyst / Data Scientist

Market Research, Sales Forecasting and Predictive Modeling that give companies an edge.

Python and SQL programming for big data use cases that deliver actionable solutions.

Data visualization in Tableau to effectively communicate results to stakeholders.

Economics (PhD) and Statistics to build predictive models that clarify strategic issues. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

European Union, Brussels, Belgium

Investment Grant Evaluator and Data Analyst

January 2018 – June 2021

Perform due diligence on applications to the European Union’s €80B Horizon 20/20 fund, which provides grants to SMEs that develop new products and services; application proposals cover innovation in e-commerce, consumer retail and healthcare.

Viola Advisory LLC, New York, NY

Investment Data Analyst

June 2006 – June 2021

Source Long/ Short ideas for companies in multiple sectors and industries.

- Utilized fundamental valuation and event-driven models to derive long and short equity trades

- Constructed, maintained, and updated a database of detailed quarterly financial models to analyze historical and future financial performance, evaluated relative valuation, and assessed investment scenarios

- Attended scientific and biotech/ pharma conferences and investor relations calls for due diligence

Authored research reports on relevant investment themes, events and news

Business development: Marketing and sales of research coverage to institutional investors (hedge fund portfolio managers and analysts)

Please refer to www.ViolaAdvisory.com for more information Graduate Center of the City University of New York Earth and Environmental Sciences Program, New York, NY Research Associate

January 2003 – June 2004

Utilized the GIS (geographic information systems) model to aid the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in their cost/ benefit analysis for beach re-nourishment decisions for each coastal county in the U.S. J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., New York, NY

Investment Banking Associate – Public Finance Group June 2001 – June 2002

As an Associate Investment Banker in Public Finance, I built spreadsheet models to forecast the debt service for State and Local Government agencies:

Commonwealth of Massachusetts:

- Developed debt restructuring proposals for Commonwealth General Obligation debt, tobacco bonds, pension obligation bonds and Housing Finance Agency bonds

State of New York:

- Managed the RFP process for Monroe County, which led to our selection as senior managing underwriter for Monroe County Airport Authority

Merrill Lynch (fka Advest, Inc.), New York, NY

Investment Banking Associate – Public Finance Group February 2000 – May 2001

Participated in client presentations to various issuers such as Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, NY State Environmental Facilities Corp. and New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority

Citi (fka Salomon Smith Barney, Inc.), New York, NY Fixed Income Analyst – Sovereign Debt Group

August 1997 – January 1998

Performed country risk analysis using top-down approach on selected Asian, Middle Eastern and Eastern European sovereign debt issuers using credit and economic data from various primary and secondary sources

Contributed to the overall profitability of the Emerging Markets Trading desk by formulating fixed-income strategies utilizing yield curve and relative value analysis EDUCATION

PhD in Economics, Cum Laude

Eberhard Karls University

Tübingen, Germany

MA in Applied Economics

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, California

MBA in Entrepreneurial Development

National University

San Diego, California

BA in Political Science

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine

Limestone High School

Limestone, Maine

Member of National Honor Society

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