Robert Piccone Email & Phone Number

Boston, Ma, Us

• Solutions design, development and implementation in the realms of data science, engineering, analytics, warehousing, and ETL• Long and short term C2C projects• Independent R&D Selected Engagements through Caserta:Hedge Fund with +$10B AUM• Designed an NLP classification/topic modeling system that assigns news articles to topics associated with distribution lists; Tech used: Python/scikit-learn using Non-negative Matrix Factorization (NMF) and Latent Dirchelet Allocation (LDA)• Developed a Snowflake/Matillion/AWS-based data lake and warehouse that: - ingests transaction-level Investran data and calculates month-end fund and investor level position-based accounting-book-of-record metrics using transaction-type and account-type hierarchy values - ingests/normalizes data from multiple sources/granularities into a centralized source of truth for investment-book-of-record metricsHedge Fund with +$25B AUM• Developed a Databricks/PySpark/AWS-based data lake, warehouse and analytics engine that continuously ingests, processes, parses, and unifies unstructured, semi-structured and structured data from disparate sources and generates BI-layer presentation/exploration data for alternative data use-casesInvestment Banking Advisory Firm• Developed a Databricks/PySpark-based data analytics engine that auto-ingests, normalizes, and extends Thomson-Reuters data and enables rapid development and runtime of business use-cases• Developed a series of analytics and machine learning solutions using the developed platform in conjunction with Factset data; techniques included decision trees, random forest, logistic regression, OLS regression, and LASSO regressionDigital Marketing Firm• Developed the data warehouse and scheduling/targeting engine for an audience-aware, interactive digital media kiosk platform ; managed team of 3 other developers• Designed and implemented algorithms orchestrating the allocation and selection of media spot plays across the device fleet

New York, Ny, Us

• Columbia University academic research appointment in Dr. Yaniv Erlich's lab, investigating portable, low-cost DNA forensics• Developed and validated Bayesian-based algorithms that match limited amounts of genomic data from Oxford Nanopore MinION sequencers to a DNA sample's correct personal identity• Developed, scaled, and automated a data pipeline that aligns the raw sequenced data (FAST5) of a DNA sample to the human reference genome, extracts SNP allele values, runs the matching algorithm against a large pool of potential candidates, and outputs the results as tabular data and visual plots

New York, Ny, Us

• Reported to the CTO with managerial responsibility of the group that oversees all aspects of data management, development and implementation pertaining to the processing, warehousing, analysis and reporting of marketing and business intelligence data.• Developed and implemented the analytics and reporting functionality of various productofferings that selectively targeted customers with specific campaigns and offers based onindividual purchasing behavior, demographic attributes, and brand clustering throughvarious statistical and data mining techniques.• Collaborated with the Product Development and Account Management teams to develop business/technical specifications and implementation plans for new products/features, reports and analyses. • Developed, implemented and maintained all in-house technology driving marketing analytics, campaign performance measurement and standardized reporting.

· Collaborated with sourcing managers to reengineer the process of managing their respective commodities, developed customized applications to enable the reengineered process, and trained stakeholders in use of developed application.· Defined, developed, and implemented electronic invoicing solutions with external vendors that performed logical and customized business-defined invoice data validation, enabled manual review and editing of rejected invoice line items, exported the validated data to the AP and procurement systems (Peoplesoft and Ariba), and provided reports on invoice exceptions, invoice line item modifications, and historical spend.· Defined the data requirements of the entities that interacted with the Global Procurement department and designed and implemented solutions that provided the data in the optimal format via the most suitable delivery method.

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· Led the modification, configuration, and implementation of an Oracle-based warehouse management system in a start-up warehousing and distribution facility handling all U.S. product distribution for a global tableware and collectible manufacturer, and participated in the design and implementation of all its business and operational processes.· Defined, designed, and implemented all inbound and outbound data requirements, conventions, and flows between Schenker's Warehouse Management System and vendors’ ERP systems.· Developed inventory management, tender management, order planning, and demand forecasting applications for use on small to mid-sized Logistics accounts and led implementation and training.

Munich, De

· Negotiating, purchasing, and contract management responsibilities with Information Technology and Telecommunications suppliers.· Webmaster responsibility for Supply Management intranet site.

Munich, De

· Participated in functional and cross-functional teams to design, implement, and execute logistics plans for various projects.· Performed cost-benefit analyses on transportation alternatives to reduce project logistics costs.· Estimated transportation costs for new project proposals and acted as liaison between Logistics and Marketing.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Master Of Science (M.S.), Data Science

B.S., Business Logistics And International Business