Diego Pereira

Diego Pereira has extensive work experience in the field of data analytics and engineering. Diego'smost recent position is as a Data Analytics Engineer at Rei do Pitaco, where they have been working since November 2022. Prior to this, they worked at PicPay as a Data Scientist from February 2021 to July 2022. In this role, they developed a baseline algorithm for social feed sorting and implemented spam and bot activity detection using Python data libraries. Diego also designed and tested supervised machine learning models for spam and bad behavior detection on the app's social feed.

Before joining PicPay, Diego worked at OLX Brasil as a Data Analyst from October 2016 to January 2021. Diego was responsible for creating and maintaining a fraud detection/prevention system and conducted in-depth analysis to gather insights for fraud and bad behavior detection. Diego also worked with the product team to create a real-time supervised model for fraud detection on the chat application.

Diego's earlier experience includes working as a Software Programmer at PSafe Tecnologia S/A from September 2014 to April 2015, where they maintained a malware and phishing database and developed Python scripts for file processing and classification. Prior to that, they worked at Hewlett-Packard as a Business Intelligence Developer from March 2013 to August 2014. In this role, they contributed to creating a method to analyze PL/SQL code and improve database query performance, and also designed technical content for marketing materials.

Overall, Diego Pereira has a diverse background in data analytics, engineering, and programming, with a strong focus on fraud detection, machine learning, and database analysis.

Diego Pereira began their education at Universidade Federal Fluminense in 2011 and completed their studies in Information Systems in 2017. During this time, they focused on the field of Information Technology. In 2015 to 2016, Diego had the opportunity to study abroad at Technological University Dublin, where they pursued a degree in Business Computing, specifically in the field of Information Technology.

After completing their undergraduate degree, Diego took a break from formal education and returned in 2019 to pursue a Master of Science Degree Course in Computer Science with an emphasis on Data Science at Cefet/RJ - Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca. The end year for this degree is 2021, indicating that they are currently still pursuing this degree or might have recently completed it.

In addition to their formal education, Diego has obtained several certifications to further enhance their skills. In 2017, they completed the "Machine Learning com Weka e Java" certification from Udemy. A year prior, in 2016, they obtained the "Introdução à Ciência de Dados" certification from Data Science Academy. Most recently, in 2023, Diego obtained the "dbt Fundamentals" certification from dbt Labs.

It is important to note that no further information is provided regarding Diego Pereira's education history beyond what is given.