Data Scientist Machine Learning

BILAL STAMBOULI

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ALSTREAM, INC, NEW JERSY, MAY 2024 TO PRESENT

Data Scientist Consultant

• Collaborate with clients to solve their data challenges by designing and implementing sophisticated AI-driven solutions tailored to their business needs.

• Provide strategic consulting on leveraging AI in clients' business plans, helping to integrate advanced analytics and automation into their overall strategies.

NUTRISYSTEM, INC., PHILADELPHIA, PA, DECEMBER 2022 TO MARCH 2024 SENIOR LEAD OF ADVANCED ANALYTICS

• Ideate, propose, and launch a transformative strategy to completely revamp analytics processes, resulting in streamlined data collection, analysis, and reporting, delivering actionable insights, and informing decision-making.

• Utilize advanced clustering analysis techniques to create unique customer personas which supply deep insights into customer behavior and preferences as well as advance targeted marketing and product development strategies.

• Draft a sophisticated product recommendation model and apply machine learning algorithms to personalize product recommendations for re-targeted customers, boosting engagement and conversion rates.

• Design an effective anomaly detection model to rapidly identify and flag anomalies within large datasets, such as unusual purchasing patterns, spikes or drops in website traffic, and outliers in financial transactions enabling timely intervention and optimization of business processes.

GATEWAY HEALTH (HIGHMARK), PITTSBURGH, PA

SENIOR DECISION SUPPORT ANALYST - RISK ADJUSTMENT TEAM, MARCH 2020 TO OCTOBER 2022

• Devised and implemented a CMS HCC financial model for the purpose of accurately forecasting midyear, final payments, and risk scores.

• Created automated ETL pipelines using a combination of Python and SQL in order to reduce the number of manual tasks, such as organizing provider addresses, and improve efficiency.

• Tracked, reviewed, and analyzed company KPIs and generated detailed reports and dashboards to identify and investigate variances.

• Applied statistical techniques, including regression analysis, time series forecasting, and hypothesis testing, to extract meaningful patterns from complex datasets.

• Implemented various machine learning algorithms, such as decision trees, random forests, and gradient boosting, to solve classification and regression problems.

• Analyzed model performance and key metrics, generating reports that distilled complex findings into actionable recommendations for product and strategy development.

• Collaborated with software engineers to deploy models into production, ensuring seamless integration within existing data infrastructure and minimizing system latency. GATEWAY HEALTH (HIGHMARK), PITTSBURGH, PA

DATA ANALYST - ENCOUNTER TEAM, DECEMBER 2018 TO MARCH 2020

• Synthesized, cleaned, and analyzed operational data prior to executing valuation and modeling for use by cross- functional teams.

• Studied, assessed, and optimized SQL queries, using advanced techniques, such as CTEs and window functions, to improve runtimes.

BIOMOTIVATE, LLC, PITTSBURGH, PA

DATA SCIENTIST LEAD, DECEMBER 2020 TO JANUARY 2022

• Scripted, queried, and modeled (SQL, Python) reporting, machine learning, and statistical forecasting techniques while overseeing a team of five data scientists.

• Obtained biometrics data to assess behavior through sensors and wearable technology, such as Empatica 4, EEG, and VR. BILAL STAMBOULI Page 2

• Designed, presented, and implemented novel solutions to support growth within the healthcare field, such as "The Emotional Bank".

• Increased the accuracy of the Xgboost model from 62% to 85%, thus improving the prediction of patients who leave treatment centers early.

• Conducted data preprocessing tasks including data cleaning, feature engineering, and normalization to prepare raw genetic data for analysis.

• Designed and implemented data pipelines using Apache Spark for distributed data processing and analysis.

• Conducted exploratory data analysis (EDA) to identify patterns and trends in complex biological datasets.

• Utilized cloud computing platforms such as AWS to scale computational resources for large-scale data processing tasks. BIOMOTIVATE, LLC, PITTSBURGH, PA

DATA SCIENTIST AND CONSULTANT, JULY 2018 TO NOVEMBER 2020

• Provided support to the company in refining its vision and honing strategic planning by delivering data-driven insights.

• Cross-collaborated with a specialized team to design a wearable for preventing addiction relapse.

• Designed and integrated several innovations to help people maintain sobriety by bringing real-time and appropriate intervention.

• Conducted exploratory data analysis (EDA) on large datasets using Python and R, identifying trends, patterns, and anomalies to derive actionable insights.

• Developed machine learning models, including regression, classification, and clustering algorithms, utilizing libraries such as scikit-learn and TensorFlow.

• Implemented data preprocessing techniques, including feature engineering, missing value imputation, and normalization, to improve model performance.

• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define project requirements, gather data, and deploy predictive models into production environments.

CASH FOR CARS, LLC, TORONTO, CANADA, SEPTEMBER 2013 TO APRIL 2016 BUSINESS ANALYST MANAGER

• Conducted data deep dives to understand areas of sub-optimal usage and provided recommendations for solutions.

• Led a team of 6 people to implement a strategic roadmap for the company.

• Implemented advanced analytics to streamline operations and improve efficiency.

• Collaborated with cross-functional teams including developers, testers, and project managers to ensure alignment of business goals and technical solutions.

• Developed comprehensive business process models, use cases, and workflow diagrams using tools such as Microsoft Visio.

EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS

MASTER OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, 2021

Washington University of Science and Technology, WA MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (M.B.A.), 2018

California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA

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