Ricardo Zacarias

Ricardo Zacarias is a Senior Product Analyst at Futureplay Games, focusing on economy design and game design automation for Merge Gardens since October 2022. In early 2023, Ricardo served as an Invited Professor at Universidade Lusófona, teaching Game Analytics for master's students. Previously, Ricardo held the position of Lead Data Analyst at Miniclip, where responsibilities included managing a team of analysts for the game 8 Ball Pool and conducting both exploratory and A/B testing analyses. Ricardo's background also includes positions as a Data Analyst at Champalimaud Foundation and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, alongside a robust academic foundation with a PhD in Behavioral Neuroscience from Universidade Nova de Lisboa and a Data Analysis Bootcamp from Ironhack.