Philipp Grunert
Data Scientist & Data Engineer
Experience
Data Scientist & Data Engineer
Data-Science Factory GmbH
- Build, implement, and sell automated data science solutions like Scorecard Factory and Forecast Factory
- Implement automated end-to-end cloud processes
- Develop LLM and NLP models
- Create interactive reports
- Support national and international large corporations as well as medium-sized companies
Founder and Head
Sentiment Analytics
- Create automated CFD financial trading based on web crawling and statistical text mining algorithms
- Hedge stock portfolios
Head of Digital Solutions
E.ON Deutschland GmbH
- Build the Digital Analytics pillar (strategic, organizational, procedural)
- Build the team and implement use cases, processes, and automation
- Integrate online and offline data
- Perform over 300 analyses and updates annually
- Internal clients: sales, marketing, and controlling in the private and SME sectors
Managing Consultant / Team Lead Germany Big Data Analytics
Capgemini Consulting
- Projects in data mining, analytical CRM, risk management, and customer value analytics
- Build and lead the Big Data Analytics division in the DACH region with 8 employees
- Business development, sales, and presales for international large corporations
Manager and Team Lead Analytics
SHS VIVEON AG
- Data mining, analytical CRM, risk management, and customer value analytics
- Technical and disciplinary leadership of an analytics team with up to 10 employees
- Business development, sales, and presales for international large corporations
Senior Data Miner
ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG
- Building a new department for data mining
- Strategic projects in financial controlling, risk management, market research and research
- Customer segmentation, forecast models and churn prevention
- Development of new business models based on analytics
Coach and Lecturer
Statistics Institute
- Training in statistical software and statistical consulting
- Supervision of bachelor's theses, master's theses and doctoral theses
- Projects for large corporations, medium-sized companies, universities and technical colleges
Data Scientist & Data Engineer / Analyst & Reporter (Freelancer)
IMSP – Institute for Market Research, Statistics and Forecasting
- Statistical analyses in the health sector and market research studies (design, planning, execution, evaluation)
- Data mining and strategy analyses with recommendations for action
- Business planning and health economics studies
- Book publications and corporate training in data science, economics, business administration, statistics, CRM, controlling
- Projects for large corporations, medium-sized companies, federal agencies and the European Union
Research Associate
Bundeswehr University Munich, Institute for Applied Statistics
- Work in research and teaching on multivariate methods and longitudinal data analysis
- Conducting exercises, lectures and seminars
- Dissertation on methodological concepts of trajectory analysis of complex criteria
Intern
Schöllhammer Tax Consulting Firm
- Assistance with audits, controlling and preparing financial statements for medium-sized companies
Full-time teacher for math, business administration, accounting, and data processing
Privatschule Sabel
Staff member
Consline AG
- Medium-term planning until 2005 for an energy provider
- Analyses of electricity and gas markets in European countries and the automotive industry
Consultant
Institut für Wirtschaftsanalyse und Kommunikation (IWK)
- Preparation of market research studies, competitive analyses, and economic forecasts
- Projects on Basel II, exchange rate and country analyses, risk management
- Clients included Robert Bosch GmbH, Bayerische Landesbank, Wacker Chemie, and BMW
Intern
Institut für Wirtschaftsanalyse und Kommunikation (IWK)
- Industry structure analysis of the construction sector and employment and sales forecasts for Bayerische Landesbank
Summary
- Data Scientist and Data Engineer
- Expert in data science, machine learning and AI, data mining, big data analytics, data engineering as well as in the development and production deployment of data science models and use cases with Python, R, SAS, SPSS, Knime, Stata, PowerBI, Tableau, SQL, Streamlit, Flask, Dash, Kubeflow and others since 2001
- Expert in customer, business and risk analytics
- Hands-on implementation of models (ad hoc analyses and reporting, end-to-end production deployment)
- Example projects: end-to-end development of NLP and large language models and chatbots; automated pricing with several million price points to generate new customers; awarded most successful single project in the company; automated scoring systems; analytical models responsible for double-digit million budgets; company-wide innovation award from a client for developing and implementing a forecasting framework
- Extensive experience in project management, supporting the setup of analytics teams and departments
- Many years as a lecturer, coach and trainer in companies and as a university lecturer at several universities with numerous publications
- Statistical consulting for the EU and the German federal government and ministries
- Book publication "Machine Learning and Neural Networks in Python" (bestseller on Amazon)
Skills
Core Competencies
- Data Science, Data Mining, Statistics, Big Data, Data Engineering, Reporting, Development Of Analytical Models, Customer And Business Analytics, Scoring, Building Analytical Business Models
- Forecasting, Optimization, Simulations, Analytics Processes, Automations, Cloud, Analytics Setup And Quick Wins, Llm, Nlp
Tools
- Python, Sas, R, Spss, Stata, Statistica, Knime, Rapid Miner, Powerbi, Tableau, Sql, Streamlit, Flask, Dash, Kubeflow
Industries
- Retail B2c, Retail B2b, Finance, Insurance, Health, Telco, Media, Transport, Industry, E-commerce
Expertise – Analytical Crm
- Model Development, Deployment, Automated Production, Scoring, Forecasting, Uplift Modeling, Customer Segmentation, Customer Value Forecasting, Churn Prevention, Cross- And Up-selling, New Customer Acquisition, Customer Retention, Response Optimization, Campaign Selection, Campaign Evaluation, Campaign Optimization, Nlp And Llm Models, Campaign Management, Driver Analysis, Media Mix Models, Customer Journey Analysis, Cex And Nps Models, Social Media Analytics, Web Analytics, Geo-analytics, Lead Scoring, Predictive Maintenance, Customer Lifetime Value (Clv) Calculations, Sentiment Analysis, Market Basket Analysis, Recommendation Engines, Multi-channel Analysis, Time Series Analysis, Anomaly Detection, Event-driven Marketing, Attribution Modeling, Retargeting, Customer Experience Measurement, Price Optimization, Real-time Analytics
Expertise – Business Analytics
- Forecasting, Simulations, Business Cases, Cost-benefit Models, Optimization, Potentials, Budget Management, Predictive Modeling, Data Mining, Driver Analysis, Rca – Root Cause Analysis, Operations Research, Geographic Models, Market Models, Process Mining, Performance Management, Analytical Decision Theory, Market Research (Survey Analysis), Deriving Recommendations From Kpis, Benchmarking, Scenario Analysis, Dashboarding, Ad-hoc Analysis, Financial Modeling, Risk Analysis, Monte Carlo Simulations, Value Driver Trees, Time Series Analysis, Portfolio Analysis, Sensitivity Analysis, Kpi Monitoring, Balanced Scorecard, Exploratory Data Analysis (Eda), Hypothesis Testing, Data Visualization, Business Process Modeling, Log File Analytics
Expertise – Risk Management
- Risk Management Strategies, Risk-value Balance, Maturity Assessments In Risk Management, Risk Indicator Systems, Risk-based Pricing, Basel Ii Compliant Risk Scoring, Pd, Lgd, Ead, Rating, Application Management, Limit Management, Receivables Management, Debt Collection Processes, Fraud Prevention, Profit-based Offering, Stress Tests And Scenario Analysis, Operational Risk Management, Compliance Management, Risk Identification And Assessment, Risk Mitigation Techniques, Credit Risk Analysis, Market Risk Management, Liquidity Risk Management, Reputation Risk Analysis
Expertise – Business Intelligence
- Migrations Between Languages, Creation Of Standard Reports, Data Quality Analysis, Reporting, Kpi (Key Performance Indicators) Definition, Olap, Business Scorecard, Planning And Budgeting, Data Integration, Dashboards, Ad-hoc Reporting, Data Warehousing, Etl Processes (Extract, Transform, Load), Self-service Bi, Data Governance, Advanced Analytics, Mobile Bi, Real-time Reporting, Drill-down Analysis, Data Visualization, Predictive Analytics, Big Data Analytics, Data Lakes, Benchmarking, Geographic Information Systems (Gis), Cloud Bi, Natural Language Processing (Nlp) For Bi
Expertise – Data
- Database Architecture, Data Modeling, Analytical Data Marts, Abts, Automations, Cloud, Docker, Data Integration, Data Cleansing, Data Lakes, Etl Processes (Extract, Transform, Load), Data Governance, Metadata Management, Big Data Technologies, Nosql Databases, Data Migration, Api Development, Real-time Data Processing, Data Lineage, Data Catalogs, Master Data Management (Mdm), Scalability, Stream Processing, Kubernetes
Expertise – Data Protection
- Certification, Support In Setting Up Data Protection Compliant Analytics Marts And Use Cases, Coordination With Data Protection Officers
Method Competencies – Analytics/statistics/data Mining/data Science Methods
- Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Reinforcement Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Regression Analysis, Multi-category And Multinomial Models, Decision Trees, Random Forests, Gbm, Gbc, Xgb, Neural Networks, Simulations (Monte Carlo), Linear/quadratic Optimizations, Time Series Analysis (Xarima-x, (I, E)-garch-(m), Smoother, Forecasting Models, Econometrics, Panel Data Models), Cluster Analysis, Discriminant Analysis, Factor Analysis, Mds, Conjoint Analysis, Survival Analysis, Genetic Algorithms, Association Analysis, Bagging, Boosting, Support Vector Machines, Bootstrapping, Cost-benefit Analysis, Cost-effectiveness Analysis, Text Mining, Natural Language Processing (Nlp), Large Language Models (Llm), Experimental Design, Sampling, Social Media Analysis, Web Mining And Crawling, Bayesian Inference, A/b Testing, Principal Component Analysis (Pca), Hierarchical Clustering, Anomaly Detection, Gradient Descent, K-means Clustering, Collaborative Filtering, Recommendation Systems, Image Processing, Sentiment Analysis, Transfer Learning, Feature Engineering, Cross-validation, Dimensionality Reduction, Reinforcement Learning, Causal Inference, Bayesian Networks, Markov Chains, Hidden Markov Models
Method Competencies – Leadership Skills In The Data Science Environment
- Team Leadership, Technical And Disciplinary Management, Including Interim Roles For Clients (In Various Companies Up To 10 People), Managing Director, Company Founder, Interim Manager, Change Management, Coaching And Mentoring, Strategic Planning For Analytics And Data Science, Project Management, Decision Making, Staff Development In Data Science, Corporate Culture Development, Resource Management, Stakeholder Management, Innovation Promotion, Team Building, Goal Setting And Evaluation Capabilities, Agile Leadership, Network Building And Maintenance
Method Competencies – Project Management In The Data Science Environment
- Project Leadership (Classical And Agile), Scrum, Kanban, Design Thinking, Scrum Master, Product Owner, Project Management Methodology, Process Models, Project Planning And Control, Risk Management, Budget And Cost Control, Milestone Planning, Resource Management, Stakeholder Management, Communication Management, Quality Management, Change Management, Project Controlling, Time Management, Project Closure And Documentation, Conflict Management, Requirements Management, Agile Coaching, Hybrid Project Management
Method Competencies – Strategy For Data Science
- Creating Roadmaps For Data Science Departments, Consulting And Coaching Up To C-level Of Large Dax Companies, Building Multiple Data Science Departments And Companies, Strategic Planning And Implementation, Competitive Analysis, Market And Trend Analysis, Company Development, Innovation Management, Business Model Development, Transformation Management, Analytical Support In Mergers & Acquisitions (M&a), Kpi Definition And Monitoring, Swot Analysis, Risk Analysis And Assessment, Benchmarking
Method Competencies – Communication
- Presentation, Moderation, Communication Techniques, Workshop Facilitation, Analytics Storytelling, Support In Hiring
Method Competencies – Process Management
- Process Analysis, Process Mining, Process Optimization And Simulation, Transformation Processes From Reporting To Analytics And Then To A Data Science Company, Implementation Of Best Practices, Interface Management, Quality Management, Performance Measurement, Risk And Compliance Management
Method Competencies – Architecture And Role Concepts
- Building Data Processes, Setting Up Data Science Architectures Including Role Concepts, Full Automations Including Model Versioning
It Skills – Analytics/reporting Tools
- Python (Pandas, Numpy, Matplotlib, Tensorflow, Pytorch, Keras, Pyspark, Streamlit, Dash, Flask), R (R-studio, Tinn R, Shiny, Knitr), Sas Eg, Sas Forecast Studio, Sas Enterprise Miner, Sas Ci, Sas Di, Sas Ma, Sas Mo, Sas Visual Analytics, Sas Workload, Spss Statistics, Spss Modeler, Statistica – Data Miner, Rapid Miner, Stata, Data, Amos, Excel Solver, Excel Monte Carlo, Excel Bootstrapping, Portrait Uplift, Delta Master, Knime, Portrait Miner, Smartpls, Ms Project, Google Cloud, Google Analytics, Google Big Query, Tealium, Responsys, Intelliad, Adobe Sitecatalyst, Vertexai, Qlik, Powerbi With Daxstudio, Tableau, Llm (Bert, Llama2, Gpt-4), Gpower, Databricks, Looker, Aws, Snowflake, H2o.ai
It Skills – Programming Languages
- Python, R, Sas Base, Spss Syntax, Stata, Sql, Plsql, Vba, Bayesx, C++, Java, Html, Javascript, Matlab
It Skills – Applications
- Jira, Confluence, Git(hub), Kubernetes, Docker, Microservices, Cloud Run, Airflow, Kubeflow, Trello, Jenkins, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Bitbucket, Azure Devops, Apache Spark, Apache Kafka, Jupyter Notebook, Vs Code, Pycharm
It Skills – Databases
- Sql/no-sql Databases, Azure, Aws, Bigquery, Google Cloud, Snowflake, (Gcp), Oracle, Sap Bw/isu, Mysql, Hadoop, Teradata, Dbeaver, Microsoft Sql Server, Db Visualizer, Ms Access, Mongodb, Postgresql, Cassandra, Gis, Mariadb, Ibm Db2, Sqlite, Clickhouse
It Skills – Other
- Ms Office, Pc#tv, Datev, Axciom, Infas
Languages
Education
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Diploma in Business Administration, top honors · Business Administration · Frankfurt, Germany · 1.3
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Master of Science in Statistics, graduated with distinction · Statistics · Munich, Germany · 1.3
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
University Certificate in Statistics · Statistics · Munich, Germany
Certifications & licenses
Data Protection Certification
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