- FreelanceData ScientistDIGITALAGENTUREN & IT-CONSULTINGMai 2022 - Heute (2 Jahre und 11 Monate)- Working as an AI for Good Engineer at Fruitpunch.ai, leading the development of data pipeline handling from preprocessing to zero shot prediction/labeling for a text-based environmental impact assessment using NLP and Large Language Models (LLMs).- Collaborated with HAW Hamburg on satellite imagery analysis near the Ukraine-Russian border using QGIS, assessing vegetation health and organizing workshops for the faculty on GIS exploration fundamentals.- Provided fraud detection expertise as a consultant for a BNPL Fintech startup, delivering reports and recommendations that improved the fraud detection rate by over 50%.
- Sezzle EUData ScientistE-COMMERCESeptember 2021 - Mai 2022 (8 Monate)- Developed and deployed end to end machine learning-based fraud detection models from scratch for card payment transactions, reporting to the Chief Product Officer. Utilized AWS (Redshift, S3, SageMaker) for data analysis & Modeling and FastAPI for containerization.- Worked as the sole data scientist, collaborating with internal stakeholders throughout the modeling process. Validated data models with Pydantic and ensured REST API functionality through application containerization.
- FREE NOWData ScientistTRANSPORTWESENMai 2019 - August 2021 (2 Jahre und 3 Monate)Hamburg, Germany- Developed an improved driver churn prediction model, resulting in a 25% reduction in driver churn rates.- Aligned GMV forecasts with business goals, achieving a 20-60% reduction in forecasting error and optimizing revenue projections.- Enhanced destination selection on smartphones by achieving a 38% improvement in Mean Reciprocal Rank (MRR) for personalized recommendations.
- Master's degree, Media InformaticsRWTH Aachen University2016Master's degree, Media Informatics