Rick Iaccarino Resume Data Scientist IT Consultant v2-1
1. Riccardo (Rick) Iaccarino Miami-Dade , FL 33154
Tel. (347) 647-9272 email&skype: rick@valueamplify.com
www.linkedin.com/in/rickiaccarino
JUNIOR DATA SCIENTIST & IT CONSULTANT
Mastering the Microsoft Cortana Analytics Suite Platform. Successfully completed several BI projects with
both traditional reporting and predictive analytics. Expertise in combining CRM and BI expertise.
Microsoft Data Scientist Certification planned for Oct 16 (Passed 8 exams out of 10: Statistical Thinking,
Advanced R programming, Advanced Power BI, Data Science Essential, Machine Learning, among those).
Technology Area
MS Power BI, Azure Machine Learning
Azure SQL Server, Apache Spark
T-SQL, R
Leadership, Management, and Business
DBA for IBM Italy CRM
Member of MAPA (MS Association of Practicing
Architects)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Value Amplify Consulting (Miami, FL) 2013-present
Jr. Data Scientist & IT Consultant
Developing POC (Proof of Concepts) to win business leads. Building Dashboards, ML experiments, descriptive
and predictive visualizations
Client: Restaurant Toscana Divino (2015)
Assignment: Data Scientist. Developed custom retail BI and analytics solutions, plus Power BI reporting
visualizations and assessing Client value ROI (Return of Investment) through tailored RFM (Recency,
Frequency, Monetary value) Customer segmentation.
VioVi (Kirkland, WA & Palermo, Italy) 2007–2013
IT Consultant & CRM Consultant
After years of IT centric consulting and leadership in value of IT to the business, I needed a professional
experience in the business side of an enterprise, from owner perspective.
I directly supported ownership to implement state-of the-art CRM, develop BI dashboards and a cloud based
solution for value chain integration.
IBM Italy (Milan, Italy, 11 years) 1996 – 2007
DBA of CRM
As leader of DB administration team, I was called to improve sales process and develop workshops/kits for
company data quality, together with Corporate Business Partners and other EMEA DBAs.
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RELEVANT JOBS WHILE AT IBM
IT Project Manager for new HQ in Milan (Italy) 2003-2007
In collaboration with specialized partners, led about a dozen of upper level management consulting projects
across multiple industries in Europe. Monitored and analyzed IT project activity against goals.
CRM & DBA (Italy & Europe) 2000-2003
Managed at EMEA level the core of IT systems and data IBM-dedicated to CRM for FSRs, TSRs and Partners
channel activities. DBA and Data Stuart for IBM Italy.
CALL CENTER IT SETUP in Milan (Italy) 1996-2000
Led the whole IT implementation of IBM Italy Customer Call Center, including telephony, VoIP, and next the
following emerging internet channels
EDUCATION
Bachelor & Master, Electronic Engineering, State University of Genoa (WES recognized!) 1987-1994
Thesis: Analysis and Development of Neural Networks for Image Recognition
Forthcoming official Microsoft Data Scientist Certifications (8 exams out of 10) plan.10/16
Languages: German (B2 Goethe Zertifikat 2014), English (TOEFL Certification 2015), Italian (mother tongue),
Spanish and French (A2)
Hobbies: Tennis Instructor, Poetry, Literature
Book author: Punti Cardinali (novel in Italian)
- Available on amazon.it