John Mattox
Data Scientist
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Ottawa, OttawaMember since November 21, 2025
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About
● Data Scientist with 7+ years of experience developing data-driven products within financial institutions.
● Led high-impact analytics projects, influenced data strategy, and managed teams delivering initiatives that generated over C$5.6M/yr.
● Experience across the full data lifecycle — from engineering to experimenting, automated deployment, and performance tracking.
● Known for bridging technical and business teams, partnering with senior stakeholders, and providing strategic insights that support decision-making.
● Intermediate French and Spanish.
● Engineer with post-secondary education in IT Business Analysis.
Experience
- Designed and deployed scalable data architectures (star schema, automated ELT/ETL, cloud pipelines) that transformed fragmented data into reliable, analytics-ready systems.
- Built advanced analytics, ML models, and statistical solutions used across financial services and education, improving forecasting, segmentation, pricing, fraud detection, and client behavior prediction.
- Delivered major operational efficiencies by automating manual processes—reducing workflows from days/weeks to hours and enhancing data governance, accuracy, and consistency.
- Created dashboards and analytical tools used by executives, product teams, and financial advisors, enabling real-time decision-making for millions of users and ~100K+ clients monthly.
- Led and mentored cross-functional analytics teams, driving initiatives that generated over C$1.4M per quarter and supported nationwide optimization projects in collaboration with regulatory institutions.
Education
- Graduate Certificate in Information Technology Business Analysis (Distinction) - Conestoga College, Kitchener
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering - University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil