Experience

Ruby Industries Inc.

• Canada
• Software Development

• CTO and Lead Data Scientist

  • Jul 2012 - Present

  Kelowna, BC, Canada Architected and developed following data products: - Cityviz data platform for economic development, deployed at different levels of local government (regional districts, municipalities and regional organizations). - AI-powered property evaluation app for the real estate market. - Interactive data visualization application for BC housing market, in partnership with BC Stats and Innovate BC (Government of British Columbia agencies), as a winner of Data Visualization… Show more Architected and developed following data products: - Cityviz data platform for economic development, deployed at different levels of local government (regional districts, municipalities and regional organizations). - AI-powered property evaluation app for the real estate market. - Interactive data visualization application for BC housing market, in partnership with BC Stats and Innovate BC (Government of British Columbia agencies), as a winner of Data Visualization challenge. - Marketing and customer analytics API and dashboard. This includes: - Statistical analysis of marketing campaigns, cohorts of acquired customers, customer churn and retention rates. - Customer analytics based on machine learning models providing customer segmentation, performance analytics and forecasting. - RFM analysis to perform customer segmentation and applied customer analytics best practices (Fader, Hardie, Platzer, et al.) to generate probabilistic models to predict Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) and customer churn. - Web-based BI analytics and reporting system with Dashboards, Reporting, Data Visualization modules. Developed underlying Data Warehouse models (Kimball school) for the application, deployed on Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud on Redshift databases. - Automated intelligence reports generation system (R Markdown, programmed in R, exploratory data analysis (EDA), time series analysis, predictive models, advanced data visualizations). Tech stack: R, Shiny server, plotly, tidyverse packages, H2O, Docker. Machine Learning: Deep Learning, XGBoost, Gradient Boosting, Random Forest, GLM and stacked ensembles Machine Learning algorithms applied on classification and regression problems. Feature engineering and hyperparameter tuning to optimize model performance. Feature importance explanation and interpretability of black-box models. Provided project management and development team leadership through the whole software development lifecycle. Show less



RudiBela Business Solutions

• Canada
• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Co Founder

  • 2010 - Dec 2012

  Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada I co-founded RudiBela Business Solutions, company that supported its global client base by providing consulting services like data and system integration, Data Warehouse dimensional modelling, database modelling and development services, web development, and more. We developed a number of products and services around affiliate platform for online gaming: - Mobile version of the platform - Reporting system - High-availability solutions architecture and implementation -… Show more I co-founded RudiBela Business Solutions, company that supported its global client base by providing consulting services like data and system integration, Data Warehouse dimensional modelling, database modelling and development services, web development, and more. We developed a number of products and services around affiliate platform for online gaming: - Mobile version of the platform - Reporting system - High-availability solutions architecture and implementation - System administration - Affiliate platform front and back office customizations - Technical support - Data quality procedures - System integration points - SOAP and RESTful web services for integration with gaming platforms - Remote and on-site training - Sales meetings and promotions Some of our clients: - Tabcorp (Luxbet Affiliates) - Australian lottery with $4.4B revenue last year - Betsson (Affiliate Lounge) - one of the fastest growing online gambling companies - Gaming VC (Betboo Partners) In partnership with MyAffiliates, we worked with: - Bodog (Betting Partners) - Club7Poker - American Card Room (Doyle's Room) - and more. I deploy all my technical and soft skills and best practices acquired throughout my career. As the company grew, I worked across all functional and executive areas. BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION - business development and administration - client relationship management - vendors and partners negotiations PROJECT EXECUTION - business analysis and user requirements - solution architecture (UML) - system administration (Ubuntu, FreeBSD, Windows, OS X, security, Apache, SVN...). - project management - change management - front-end and back-end development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, PHP, Zend Framework, AJAX, XML, JSON, WordPress, MODx) - database modelling and development (MySQL and MS SQL) - data warehouse modelling - ETL Development Show less



Betsson - Affiliate Lounge

• Technical Product Manager

  • May 2009 - Jul 2010

  Initialized Data Quality, EDW and BI Reporting projects and provided leadership to technical teams to the realization of the projects Provided technical direction for development, design and system integration from definition phase through implementation. Designed and developed dimensional model for affiliate program Data Warehouse. Developed ETL procedures to populate and maintain Data Warehouse. Acted as strategic technology advisor to Affiliate Director and Head of… Show more Initialized Data Quality, EDW and BI Reporting projects and provided leadership to technical teams to the realization of the projects Provided technical direction for development, design and system integration from definition phase through implementation. Designed and developed dimensional model for affiliate program Data Warehouse. Developed ETL procedures to populate and maintain Data Warehouse. Acted as strategic technology advisor to Affiliate Director and Head of BI. Managed projects and technical risks throughout development life cycle. Worked closely with business stakeholders to provide business support for BI projects and regularly presented in front of steering committee to keep business owners and C-level executives up-to-date with project status. Established and coordinated highly motivated cross-functional teams. Produced cost-effective technical designs for high-availability, scalable solutions using MySQL replication, defined disaster recovery procedures. Recognized operational system deficiencies, enforced standard system communication procedures and ensured data integrity and data quality. Show less



ST Microelectronics

• France
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CAM Systems Engineering Specialist

  • Jun 2004 - May 2009

  Technical project lead for implementation of web-based reporting system that was adopted as official reporting application at a corporate level, deployed across all company’s manufacturing facilities worldwide, used by all departments involved in the process, from central corporate planning to operators. Data integration team leader responsible for maintenance and execution of ETL procedures for feeding data into EDW. Deployed Data Quality project to manage incidents during data… Show more Technical project lead for implementation of web-based reporting system that was adopted as official reporting application at a corporate level, deployed across all company’s manufacturing facilities worldwide, used by all departments involved in the process, from central corporate planning to operators. Data integration team leader responsible for maintenance and execution of ETL procedures for feeding data into EDW. Deployed Data Quality project to manage incidents during data integration for daily and end-of-month/quarter/year cut-off procedures. Led a team of engineers to successfully deploy multimillion Equipment Monitoring and Control and Computerized Maintenance Management Systems on production lines, increasing efficiency of technology and human resources. Corporate Change Advisory Board manager in the process of MES software change management. Show less



Icon Business Solutions Ltd.

• Software Engineer/Business Analyst

  • Feb 2003 - Jun 2004

  I participated in creating user requirements specifications, business analysis and solution design. The major project I was working on was a customization of Microsoft Dynamics NAV (formerly Navision) for the major retailer of books and magazines in Malta. I have improved clients business workflow with the proposed solutions for Distribution module, increasing his profit. I have also developed a number of custom reports improving the visibility of operating procedures and… Show more I participated in creating user requirements specifications, business analysis and solution design. The major project I was working on was a customization of Microsoft Dynamics NAV (formerly Navision) for the major retailer of books and magazines in Malta. I have improved clients business workflow with the proposed solutions for Distribution module, increasing his profit. I have also developed a number of custom reports improving the visibility of operating procedures and strengthening decision making process. Show less



Elprom d.o.o.

• Slovenia
• Information Technology & Services

• Software Engineer

  • Sep 2002 - Feb 2003

  I was responsible for development and implementation of accounting software for producing annual reports based on calculated depreciation of fixed assets. The software was developed using client-server architecture in VB6 and MS SQL server. It was deployed in a number of medium-sized companies.



Cressida Technology

• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• IT Consultant

  • Aug 2002 - Sep 2002

  Conducted research and provided feasibility study for implementation of backup and disaster recovery procedures for IBM WebSphere MQ. The study was used in design and development of comapny's flagship product at the time, ReQuest for WebSphere MQ.



GVS EiNIT

• Software Engineer

  • Sep 2001 - Sep 2002

  Responsible for development of automated tests for digital public telephone switching system SRCE.



High School of Economics "Djuka Dinic"

• IT Lecturer

  • Oct 2000 - Sep 2001

  - Teaching computer operating systems basics, Microsoft Office and relational database management systems. - Developing practical tests for students.