Rudy Pastel - Data Science Consultant

Q: Where is Rudy based?

Rudy is based in Unterschleißheim, Germany .

Q: What languages does Rudy speak?

Rudy speaks the following languages: French (Native), German (Advanced), English (Advanced), Spanish (Elementary) .

Q: How many years of experience does Rudy have?

Rudy has at least 18 years of experience. During this time, Rudy has worked in at least 8 different roles and for 5 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 3 months . Note that Rudy may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Rudy's latest experience?

Rudy's most recent position is Data Science Consultant at Rudy Pastel Consulting .

Q: What companies has Rudy worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Rudy has worked for Rudy Pastel Consulting .

Q: Which industries is Rudy most experienced in?

Rudy is most experienced in industries like Automotive , Banking and Finance , and Food and Beverage . Rudy also has some experience in Aerospace and Defense , Space Exploration , and Tourism .

Q: Which business areas is Rudy most experienced in?

Rudy is most experienced in business areas like Research and Development , Business Intelligence , and Product Development . Rudy also has some experience in Accounting , Marketing , and Information Technology .

Q: Which industries has Rudy worked in recently?

Rudy has recently worked in industries like Automotive , Banking and Finance , and Food and Beverage .

Q: Which business areas has Rudy worked in recently?

Rudy has recently worked in business areas like Business Intelligence , Product Development , and Research and Development .

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Unterschleißheim, Germany

Experience

Feb 2018 - Present

8 years 2 months

Data Science Consultant

Rudy Pastel Consulting

08/2021–now: Development of R packages and R-Shiny dashboards, maintenance and enhancement of the ETL software I developed
06/2023–12/2023: Migration of the codebase from R 3.6.3 to R 4.3.1
03/2019–07/2021: Development of an ETL software using R
02/2019–09/2019: Launch of a new product using R-Shiny
05/2018–09/2018 (Lowell Financial Services GmbH): Accountants now use the debt collection predictor I built through the GUI I developed
07/2018–08/2018 (Symrise AG): Redesign of modeling scripts into R packages
12/2019–01/2020 (Symrise AG): Development of a data-driven predevelopment tool with a GUI for flavor developers
11/2022–12/2022 (BDO AG): Review of a startup's R codebase as part of the technical due diligence team for a pharma giant
07/2023–09/2023 (BMW AG): Scientific and technology scouting for automated test case generation to validate cyber-physical systems

Technologies: R, devtools, testthat, roxygen2, httr, RCurl, Rmarkdown, R-Shiny, SQL, Git

May 2017 - Dec 2018

1 year 8 months

Round-the-world trip

Caribbean
Southeast Asia
Australia
New Zealand

Sep 2014 - Apr 2017

2 years 8 months

Munich, Germany

Cross-functional and cross-brand consulting, data analysis and development

Volkswagen Group — Data Lab

Consulting for the marketing, accounting and after-sales departments
Time series forecasting, outlier detection, association analysis
Development of R packages and Shiny visualizations
Mentoring and training new data scientists
Coordination of over 10 data scientists (07/2015–07/2016)
The intern I mentored was hired

Apr 2014 - Sep 2014

6 months

Self-directed data science training

Coursera, Udacity: Statistical Learning, Data Science for Business
Machine Learning Summer School in IST Lisbon: HMM for NLP
Science to Data Science Bootcamp in London

Nov 2013 - Mar 2014

5 months

Munich, Germany

Technology consultant, test manager

Zielpuls GmbH

At BMW: facilitated testing in the Connected Drive project

Apr 2013 - Oct 2013

7 months

Intensive German courses

Mar 2012 - Mar 2013

1 year 1 month

Ludwigshafen, Germany

Model Developer, Polymer Engineering

BASF

Developed a mathematical software solution based on reaction kinetics

Apr 2008 - Feb 2012

3 years 11 months

Paris, France

PhD Researcher, Probability Theory

ONERA

Calculated the collision probability between a satellite and space debris

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Automotive, Banking and Finance, Food and Beverage, Aerospace and Defense, Space Exploration, and Tourism.

Automotive

Banking and Finance

Food and Beverage

Aerospace and Defense

Space Exploration

Tourism

Business Area Experience

See which departments and functions this freelancer has contributed to most.

Experienced in Research and Development, Business Intelligence, Product Development, Accounting, Marketing, and Information Technology.

Research and Development

Business Intelligence

Product Development

Accounting

Marketing

Information Technology

Skills

R [8 Years]
Package Development
Shiny [8 Years]
Taught Success Methods
Git [8 Years]
Systematic Application
Sql [8 Years]
Etl Using R
Machine Learning
Statistics And Mathematics
Decision Trees
Random Forest
Support Vector Machine
Clustering
Nearest Neighbor Classification
Bagging
Cross-validation
Statistics
Linear Regression
Logistic Regression
Elastic Net
Stochastics
Time Series Analysis
Probability Theory
Monte Carlo Simulation
Mcmc
Bayesian Filters
Data Mining
Apriori
Frequent Itemset Mining
Frequent Sequence Mining
Modeling
Bridging Business And Science Through Technology

Languages

French

Native

German

Advanced

English

Advanced

Spanish

Elementary

Education

Apr 2008 - Feb 2012

ONERA

PhD in applied mathematics · Applied mathematics · Paris, France

Oct 2005 - Jun 2008

ENSTA ParisTech

Master of Engineering – Diplôme d’ingénieur, Modeling and numerical computation methods · Engineering · Paris, France

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 8

Experience in Automotive 11 y

Avg length 2 y 4 m

Longest experience 8 y 1 m

Global Experience

Countries worked in 2 (Germany, France)

Primary country Germany

Expertise

Recent roles Data Science Consultant, Round-the-world trip, Cross-functional and cross-brand consulting, data analysis and development

Main industries Automotive, Banking and Finance, Food and Beverage

Main business areas Research and Development, Business Intelligence, Product Development

Qualifications

Highest degree Doctorate

Profile

Created

November 2025

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Where is Rudy based?

Rudy is based in Unterschleißheim, Germany.

What languages does Rudy speak?

Rudy speaks the following languages: French (Native), German (Advanced), English (Advanced), Spanish (Elementary).

How many years of experience does Rudy have?

Rudy has at least 18 years of experience. During this time, Rudy has worked in at least 8 different roles and for 5 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 3 months. Note that Rudy may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Rudy be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Rudy would be well-suited for roles such as: Data Science Consultant, Round-the-world trip, Cross-functional and cross-brand consulting, data analysis and development.

What is Rudy's latest experience?

Rudy's most recent position is Data Science Consultant at Rudy Pastel Consulting.

What companies has Rudy worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Rudy has worked for Rudy Pastel Consulting.

Which industries is Rudy most experienced in?

Rudy is most experienced in industries like Automotive, Banking and Finance, and Food and Beverage. Rudy also has some experience in Aerospace and Defense, Space Exploration, and Tourism.

Which business areas is Rudy most experienced in?

Rudy is most experienced in business areas like Research and Development, Business Intelligence, and Product Development. Rudy also has some experience in Accounting, Marketing, and Information Technology.

Which industries has Rudy worked in recently?

Rudy has recently worked in industries like Automotive, Banking and Finance, and Food and Beverage.

Which business areas has Rudy worked in recently?

Rudy has recently worked in business areas like Business Intelligence, Product Development, and Research and Development.

What is Rudy's education?

Rudy holds a Doctorate in Applied mathematics from ONERA and a Master in Engineering from ENSTA ParisTech.

What is the availability of Rudy?

Rudy is immediately available for suitable projects.

What is the rate of Rudy?

Rudy's rate depends on the specific project requirements. Please use the Meet button on the profile to schedule a meeting and discuss the details.