About Me

Dr. Amir Rahbaran
Manager Data Analytics (Data Science & B.I.)

In the Intersection of

Business, Technology & Data
Strategy & Operations

I received a conventional business management education (Master + PhD), mainly focusing on strategic entreprneurship. However, parallel to my PhD-studies I've developed a huge interest for tech related topics which lead to learn programming, a thorough understanding of UX and eventually to data science (incl. machine learning).

I have received the opportunity to exploit my knowledge regarding data science with my former employer (OEV Online Dienste) and currently as a Senior Consultant Data for COCUS AG. The term data translator describes well my daily job (s. also here). In other words, I help companys to make sense of their data. Always happy to meet new people and talk about opportunities. Contact me via LinkedIn, Xing or email. :)

Experiences

COCUS AG
01/2020 - today
Düsseldorf,
Germany
Unit Manager Data Analytics (Data Science & B.I.)
  • COCUS AG offers tailored solutions for our clients' digital transformation
  • Business and discplinary responsibility for the newly created unit (four members)
  • Technical Project Mangement
COCUS AG
11/2019 - 01/2020
Düsseldorf,
Germany
Senior Consultant Data
  • COCUS AG offers tailored solutions for our clients' digital transformation
  • Building up a new data science / bi unit from scratch
  • Responsible for unit's HRM, pre-sales & hands-on execution of data science projects
ID.ALYTICS
03/2019 - today
Düsseldorf,
Germany
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
  • Agency-Consultancy hybrid for web & data related projects
  • Responsible for requirements engineering & project management
  • Responsible for in- & outsourcing of resources – technical lead
OEV Online Dienste GmbH
04/2015 - 02/2019
Düsseldorf,
Germany
Business Consultant
  • Visualised complex data flows for our client's board members to gain an overview & insights of their online-activities (in d3.js)
  • Developed a complex lead-marketing system for fostering a granular email marketing with a higher conversion rate
  • Elicit, analyse and manage requirements for clients to make their CMS more customisable and usable
Freelancer
11/2015 - today
Düsseldorf,
Germany
Project Manager, Developer, Requirements Engineer
  • Develope technical concepts to automatise spreading new content through different channels based on the client's unique requirements in academia
  • Manage project coordinating designers and developers
  • Programming in JavaScript
  • Now part of ID.ALYTICS
Crowducate
11/2013 - 07/2015
Düsseldorf,
Germany
Founder
  • Development of a crowdsourced and gamified learning platform
  • Responsible for strategy, project/product management
  • Partially programming the software (front-/backend in Meteor.JS)
VoidBox
11/2009 - 12/2012
Düsseldorf,
Germany
Co‑Founder
  • Development and publishing of social games (playable via Facebook)
  • Responsible for strategy, project/product management
  • Partially programming the game engine (frontend-development in Flash)
University of Zurich
10/2008 - 06/2009
Zurich,
Switzerland
Research Assistant
  • Chair of Organisation and Management (Prof. David Seidl)
  • Building a new chair (recruiting other assistants, amongst others)
  • Preparing and holding lectures as a lecturer
  • Participating in two empirical research projects
    (Science/practice relationship and corporate governance)
Mendeley
07/2008 - 10/2008
London,
England
Integral Part of Doctoral Thesis
  • Internship as part of the ethnographic field study (Participant-as-observant)
  • Search engine optimization (SEO). Development and writing a monetization strategy paper
First Clean 24
01/2007 - 12/2007
Düsseldorf,
Germany
Co‑Founder
  • Dry-cleaning franchise with innovation: automatically open 24 hours Locations in Dusseldorf,Neuss, Mönchengladbach, Aachen and Berlin
  • Responsible for marketing and PR
L’Oréal Germany
08/2005 - 11/2005
Düsseldorf,
Germany
Junior Product Manager (Intern)
  • Partly responsible for the hairstyling-division of the umbrella brand L’Oréal Paris (Studio Line, Elvital and Elnett)
  • Co-formation of a strategic re-orientation of the brand Studio Line
  • Writing and translating of advertising copy (FR/EN in DE). Market and competitor analysis via Nielsen (SAP-Software)

Education

  • 11/2016
    07/2017
    Germany

    Udacity

    Data Analyst Nanodegree, including nine practice relevant projects. Have a look at either the data science online portfolio for an overview or the github repository for all the files.

  • 04/2008
    11/2013
    Germany

    University of Oldenburg

    Doctoral thesis at the endowed chair of entrepreneurship (Prof. Alexander Nicolai). Title of the Book: "The Role of Bricolage in Strategic Entrepreneurship: An Ethnographic Study of Start-ups"

  • 10/2002
    10/2006
    Germany

    RWTH Aachen University

    Subject: Business Administration (Master of Science) with majors in Marketing and International Management. Master thesis: "Science and Practice – Problems and Possibilities of Knowledge Transfer. Graduated with honours."

  • 09/2004
    06/2005
    France

    Grande école de Reims (Reims Management School)

    Erasmus-scholarship for two semesters. Branch: Supérieure de Commerce (Sup de Co). Courses mostly on Strategy & Marketing (courses taught in French & English).

Contact

info .at. amir-rahbaran.com
@amir_rahbaran
in/rahbaran
amir-rahbaran.com/
Rahbaran
Crowducate

Skills

Strategic Concepts & Thinking
Data Science/Machine Learning for Business
Requirements Engineering
Concept Development with Stakeholders
CX/UX Understanding
Project Management

Languages & Tools

Process Modeling (BPMN/UML)
BI/Data Vizualization (D3.js, Tableau etc.)
HTML/CSS
R/R Studio
JavaScript/jQuery
Python: Pandas, Jupyter, Scikit
Wordpress
MongoDB/SQL
Beginner
Intermediate
Proficient
Expert

Languages

German
English
Persian
French

Hobbies

Lingustics & History
Happiness Economics
Tennis
Badminton
Ski
Running
Piano

Interests & Volunteering

Datenstammtisch Düsseldorf
Startup Dorf
  • Supporter of the local community for fostering entrepreneurship and start-ups in Dusseldorf