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Dr. Jürgen Schwärzler

Zürich

Summary

"Experienced data scientist, ex-Google, ex-Netflix, ex-Uber with consulting and management experience (MBA) in Switzerland. I have a knack for Big Data, experimentation (A|B testing) and an endless hunger to learn new technologies and apply Data Science for the greater good.”

Work History

Data Science Manager

Swissblock Technologies
Zug
06.2021 - Current
  • I led the expansion of the Information Provision Team from 3 analysts/data scientists to a multidisciplinary team of 10+ professionals.
  • Ideated and developed analytical products and profitable trading signals for the crypto market.
  • Enhanced operational efficiency by implementing automated data flow through ARGO CICD, Airflow, and MongoDB in data pipelines.
  • Hired a designer and data visualization engineer to produce branded visualizations.

Senior Consultant

D|One Solutions
Zurich
06.2018 - 05.2021
  • Personalization of medical devices (predictive modeling) - Health Care (Databricks, Azure)
  • Marketing Data Analytics - Telecommunications (Tableau)
  • Data Engineering - Banking compliance (SQL/pyspark)
  • Predictive Modeling, marketing campaign optimization - Non-profit (Azure Machine Learning Studio)
  • Churn modeling - Banking & Telecom (python, Dataiku, Knime)
  • Data Analytics, identifying upsell opportunities - Banking (R/SQL & Shiny)
  • Decision support tool - Commodity trading (R/Shiny & Tableau)
  • Exploratory Data Analysis - Internet startup (SQL/Tableau)

Senior Data Scientist

Uber Technologies
San Francisco
11.2015 - 04.2018
  • Launched and grew the Rider-to-Driver conversion channel to the largest signup channel for Uber drivers (A|B testing, log Analysis).
  • Implemented a predictive model for rider-to-driver conversion (scoring of 300M+ riders) and oversaw testing in Latin American markets.
  • Increased driver revenues by $30M+ per year through the launch of Driver Profiles slashing rider cancellations (experimental design, A|B testing, post-launch analytics).

Senior Data Scientist

Netflix
Los Gatos, CA
02.2013 - 01.2015
  • Successfully launched the “Top Picks row” based on a matrix factorization approach showing a significant uptick in Streaming Hours per user (A|B testing, experimental design)
  • Methodological research on measuring recommendation experiment (recommendation diversity, predicting customer retention, streaming hour changes).

Decision Support Engineering Analyst

Google
Mountain View, CA
10.2007 - 02.2013
  • Statistical Lead on the Google Public Data project (www.google.com/publicdata); onboarded 50+ statistical data providers from national and international organizations with a team of 3 software engineers
  • Presented Google Public Data at conferences and organizations (Eurostat, ECB, US Census, Worldbank, BEA, IMF, UN, UNODC, OECD, US Academy of Science, US FEMA and numerous national statistical offices)
  • Led the I18n process of the public data onebox and public data explorer to 10+ languages
  • Search Quality Evaluation – compiled close to 100 search quality evaluation reports. The thematic focus was on Google Video/YouTube ranking, onebox placement and synonym & (de-)compounding experiments in German and French (besides English).

Statistician / Programme Manager

United Nations
New York
02.2002 - 06.2007
  • Streamlining operational efficiency of the National Accounts Aggregates data estimation programme: reduced the time needed to accomplish the annual programme by 2 months by introducing an agile work mode (led a team of up to 5 statistical assistants)
  • Managed software application development for standardizing repetitive publication workloads; this reduced overtime spending for the Section by 100% compared to previous years
  • Methodological work on Statistical Classifications, National Accounts, Trade in Services
  • Organization of international meetings, conduct of workshops, contributions to newsletters.

Education

MBA - Business Administration

Quantic
Washington DC
05.2022

Ph.D. - Applied Statistics

University of Vienna
Vienna, Austria
03.2004

Master of Science - Statistics

University of Vienna
Vienna, Austria
06.2000

Skills

  • Data Science
  • Information Provision
  • Data Pipelines
  • Data Visualization
  • Analytical Products
  • Research Analysis
  • Software Engineering
  • Data Engineering
  • Predictive Modeling
  • Churn Modeling
  • Upsell Opportunities
  • Decision Support Tools
  • Exploratory Data Analysis
  • A/B Testing
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Public Data Analysis
  • Search Quality Evaluation

Certification

  • Certified SAFe Agile Product Manager - ScaledAgile
  • AWS Machine Learning Specialty - Amazon AWS
  • Azure Data Scientist Associate - Microsoft
  • Dataiku DSS Advanced Designer - Dataiku
  • Tableau Desktop certified user - Tableau

Languages

German
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
French
Intermediate (B1)
B1
Spanish
Elementary (A2)
A2
Russian
Beginner
A1

Timeline

Data Science Manager

Swissblock Technologies
06.2021 - Current

Senior Consultant

D|One Solutions
06.2018 - 05.2021

Senior Data Scientist

Uber Technologies
11.2015 - 04.2018

Senior Data Scientist

Netflix
02.2013 - 01.2015

Decision Support Engineering Analyst

Google
10.2007 - 02.2013

Statistician / Programme Manager

United Nations
02.2002 - 06.2007

MBA - Business Administration

Quantic

Ph.D. - Applied Statistics

University of Vienna

Master of Science - Statistics

University of Vienna

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