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Stockholm, Se

Stockholm, Se

Stockholms Län, Sverige

Linköping, Östergötland, Sverige

• Gozinto is a student consulting association, driven by top students with diverse backgrounds at Linköping University. Gozinto has 20+ years of experience within management projects including market analysis, customer surveys and Excel modeling for clients ranging from startups and SMEs to international listed enterprises• Executed long term strategic decisions alongside 5 other board members during one academic year• Led the knowledge management & IT committee, overseeing a team of 4. Guided the team to develop crash courses in PowerPoint, Excel, and case-solving, with 3.8/4.0 participant satisfaction• Spearheaded two market analysis projects as project leader – guided 3 consultants over a total of 4 months• Other projects: PoC analysis for a logistics research team – responsible for market sizing and competitors. Go-to-Market strategy for an agricultural tech start-up – responsible for evaluating a major market and potential partners, presented recommendations directly to the CEO. Market analysis for a MedTech start-up with over $12M in funding – responsible for evaluating potential partners

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

• Built a machine learning model to predict sales increase from potential stores in different areas for one of Sweden’s largest home electronics stores. Assembled and processed transaction data from an ERP system, session data from Google Analytics and demographics data from third-party sources to create features. Trained the model with multiple algorithms, automated feature selection, and evaluated performance with R2 score• Derived actionable insights about optimal placement of future stores and presented to non-technical stakeholders

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

• Aggregated and analyzed data on competitors, profitability potential, as well as legal and technical requirements. Created models to estimate market size, average prices and procured volumes per country and product type• Worked closely with CTO and data analyst to estimate potential energy production based on the assembled dataset• Presented findings and recommendations to the management team, alongside 4 other interns, resulting in further market research

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

• Chosen as one of the top 10% of applicants• Practiced case-solving with other students and Bain consultants

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

• Designed a circular strategy for a large Swedish food retailer in a team of 5 students, with guidance from BCG consultants• Presented the case to company representatives

Linköping, Östergötland, Sverige

• Taught programming and fundamental computer science, including recursion, linked lists, and functions, to a group of 20 students at the Department of Computer and Information Science• Planned and conducted weekly lessons and laboratory sessions. Graded 20+ programming assignments per week

Stockholm, Sverige

• Tutored two 9th-grade students (age 15), mainly in mathematics, French, and natural sciences, enhancing study techniques and motivation• Developed study strategies to prepare for high school applications, improving grades in 7 and 5 subjects respectively over one academic year. Both students were admitted to their desired schools and programs

Stockholm, Sverige

• Worked with door-to-door sales of sustainable clothes generating 200+ kSEK in revenue over 6 months• Taught sales skills to newly recruited employees, increasing performance and engagement

Bachelor Of Science, Computer Science And Engineering

• Program: MSc Industrial Engineering and Management, International - French • 1st place in I-Case Challenge 2022

Exchange Studies, Computer Science And Engineering

• 90% of courses in French. 20% of courses on graduate level • Courses in Machine Learning, Data Structures and Algorithms, Database.

High School Diploma, Natural Science

• Final project (Gymnasiearbete) within pharmaceutical chemistry. Researched and discussed the effectiveness of common drugs against acne

Year Abroad, Natural Science

• 1 academic year at the Swedish School of Paris in Neuilly-sur-Seine • Lived with a French host family and completed 3 extra courses.