Michael Marx
Miami,FL
Summary
Data Scientist familiar with gathering, cleaning and organizing data for use by technical and non-technical personnel. Advanced understanding of statistical, algebraic and other analytical techniques. Highly organized, motivated and diligent with significant background in Python, R, and SQL programming, automation, and business reporting.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Data Scientist
Southern Glazers Wine and Spirits
01.2022 - Current
- Southern Glazer's is the world's pre-eminent distributor of beverage alcohol
- They represent over 7,000+ brands and realize over US $25 billion in sales with over 24,000 employees
- Build, deploy and maintain Machine Learning (ML) models for Enterprise Forecasting using Amazon Web Services (AWS) SageMaker
- Automate delivered SAP Business Objects reporting across the entire Supply Chain Org (1k + users)
- Automate data consumption with PowerShell processes and SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
- Develop, test and deploy enterprise Tableau data sources, dashboards and supporting stored procedures
- Deliver End-to-End monthly and quarterly performance reporting for executive leadership
- Key contributor in strategic AI / ML enterprise initiatives
- Serve as point of contact for all technical troubleshooting of data sources, dashboard and report optimization and delivery
- Continuously advocate for quick and frequent experimentation with new and existing data sets and tools, to ensure constant learning and improvement
- Embody an ownership mindset and culture within the data science team as well as across product teams by using established metrics to help everyone understand which activities are working, which ones are not, and how to fix them
- Continue to maintain a stellar track record of developing enterprise metrics that gain traction and lead to tangible outcomes
- Key Accomplishments
- Redesigned and optimized the End of Month Key Performance Indicator dashboard to be generated in less than 40 minutes instead of usual 3-4 business day timeframe
- In addition, the improved data accuracy has led to a 100% accurate dashboard in the last 18 months
- The improved confidence in the quality of the data and the dashboard generating speed have aided the executive team to make improved strategic decisions that positively impact over 12000 employees
- Replaced a manual carrier and logistics data staging process with a fully automated one using Power Shell scripting
- The previous process was completely people dependent and prone to errors while the new process has been error free since its implementation April 2023
- Automated a daily inventory optimization process to run from 2 hrs per day to less than 10 minutes per day
- This process freed up 1500+ hrs of manual work previously done by the logistics team
- Soft Skills:
- Strong communication skills which enable me to work directly with business stakeholders and translate between data and business needs
- Experience communicating and presenting to executive leadership with strong follow up and quick iterations of improvements based on their feedback
- Domain experience in CPG – Wine and Spirits industry operational, sales and financial data sets
- Industry KPI’s
- Developed custom data analytics solutions, leading to improved operational performance and strategic planning.
- Assessed accuracy and effectiveness of new and existing data sources and data analysis techniques.
Education
Masters of Science - Data Analytics and Cyber Security
St. Thomas University
Miami, FL05.2023
Bachelor of Science - Cyber Security Computer Science
St. Thomas University
Miami, FL05.2021
Skills
- Technical Skills:
- Python Programming (6 years experience)
- R (5 years experience)
- SQL (7 years experience)
- Machine Learning
- AWS Sage Maker
- Data Wrangling, Mining and Prep
- Predictive Modeling
- Analytical Thinking
- Problem-Solving
- Decision-Making
- Time Management
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Attention to Detail
- Adaptability and Flexibility
- Machine Programming and Coding
- Tableau Data Source Development
- Tableau Dashboard Design
- SAP BO Dev and Automation
- SSIS and SSMS
- PowerShell Scripting
- Quantitative Analysis
- A/B Testing
- AWS Redshift
- Key Performance Indicators
- Data Visualization
- ETL Extract Transform Load large (multi TB sets)
- Data Science
- Clustering, Logistics Regression, decision trees, Naïve Bayes classification
- Natural Language Processing
- Statistical Analysis
Accomplishments
- Certifications:
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner – August 2022
- AWS Academy Graduate - AWS Academy Cloud Foundations – June 2022
- Tableau badges: Analyze and Model Data to Create Insights, Connect to and Transform Data, Create Views and Dashboards, Explore and Analyze Data, Publish and Manage Content
- Office Pro (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) – December 2018
Timeline
Data Scientist
Southern Glazers Wine and Spirits
01.2022 - Current
Masters of Science - Data Analytics and Cyber Security
St. Thomas University
Bachelor of Science - Cyber Security Computer Science
St. Thomas University
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