About
I earned my Master’s Deegree in Telecommunications Engineering summa cum laude in 1997 with a Master Thesis in Image Processing and I started my career in Telecom Italia, switching soon to the consultancy sector with a technical profile and a focus on new technologies, having as final customers major companies mainly in the TLC, Broadcasting and ICT market.
As a consultant I have been working on a wide spectrum of projects requiring interactions with parties at all hierarchical levels and of different business areas.
In parallel (2001-2016) I have kept alive my academic and scientific talent as a lecturer in various classes offered by the Information, Electronics and Telecommunications Department of the Faculty of Information Engineering, Informatics and Statistics at the University “Sapienza” of Rome.
In 2012 I started to deal with Machine Learning and Data Science in general, deepening my knowledge of Machine and Deep Learning techniques and tools with specific training courses, and it soon became my main interest and job field.
I offer my professional services working as a freelance consultant as well as taking on managing roles in private companies.
The wide spectrum of activities I had in charge, requiring interaction with people of different extractions and levels, has let me build outstanding relational and communication skills, team working capabilities and sensitivity to customers’ needs.
I like mountain trekking, jazz music, playing clarinet, maths & physics and wine tasting...
Expert in Data Science and Information & Communication Technology
Telecom Engineer, Data Scientist, Manager, Consultant, Lecturer
- Birthday: 27 September 1974
- City: Milano ‐ Roma, Italia
- Languages: Italian, English
- Degree: Master of Science
- Nationality: Italian
- Driving licence: B
I am a technology and science enthusiast with an analytical and scientific mindset oriented to problem solving, an excellent technical understanding, a structured and autonomous way of working combined with proven managing and team leading skills.
Facts
It's hard to squeeze in a few figures a whole lifetime of hard work and achievements...
Years' Experience
restless and fast paced
Clients & Companies
happy and satisfied
Projects
in various fields and industires
Team workers
currently managed
Technical Skills
I never stop studying new topics and learning new programming languages and software tools...
Data Science & Analytics
WEB & scripting
Geographic Information Systems
Operating Systems & Virtualization
Scientific Programming and Signal Processing
Databases
Programming & versioning
Image manipulation
Common tools
Resume
Summary
Giovanni Picardi
Innovative Telecom Engineer expert in Data Science, with 23+ years of experience as a consultant, lecturer, data scientist and manager, with an analytical and scientific mindset oriented to problem solving and outstanding communication and team leading skills
- Knowledge and practice of Data Science disciplines and techniques: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Data Mining, Statistical Inference
- Models, algorithms and tools for data analysis and information extraction: data gathering; data exploration, wrangling and cleansing; regression, classification, clustering; neural networks
- Presentation and reporting of data analysis results
- Architectures, protocols, technologies, design & planning, interoperability testing of Telecommunication Networks
- Mobile Networks: GSM, GPRS, UMTS, HSPA, LTE
- IP Networks: LAN, MAN, WAN
- Fixed and Wireless Access, Transport and Wireless Networks: PDH, SDH, WiFi, WiMAX, Hiperlan
- Audio/Video Broadcasting Networks: DVB-T, DVB-S, DAB
- Tenders, Contracts and Business planning: technical scouting and benchmarking, RFI/RFP/ RFQ, feasibility studies, contract analysis, cost-benefit analysis, technical due diligence, KPIs and SLAs, Business Case, Business Plan
Member of Ordine degli Ingegneri di Roma since 2009
National qualification for the practice of the profession as Engineer in May 1998 (Esame di Stato)
Education
Master's Degree in Telecommunications Engineering
1992 - 1997
University "Sapienza" - Faculty of Engineering, Roma, Italy
Master's Thesis in Image Processing: Image restoration via Wavelet decomposition
Grade: 110/110 summa cum laude
Classical High School Diploma
1987 - 1992
Liceo Ginnasio Giulio Cesare, Roma, Italy
Experimental class with additional physics and math hours
Grade: 60/60
Courses
Google Cloud Platform
2021
Company funded course with Google instructor
- Data Driven Transformation with Google Cloud
- From Data to Insights with GCP
- Machine Learning on Google Cloud
Deep Learning Specialization
2017
Online Deep Learning Specialization offered on Coursera, taught by Andrew Ng, Adjunct Professor at the Computer Science Department of Stanford University
- Neural Networks and Deep Learning
- Improving Deep Neural Networks
- Structuring Machine Learning Projects
- Convolutional Neural Networks
- Sequence Models
Data Science
2015/2016
Online courses with final exam (Course Project), part of the Data Science Specialization offered on Coursera
- The Data Scientist’s Toolbox
- R Programming
- Getting and Cleaning Data
- Exploratory Data Analysis
- Statistical Inference
- Regression Models
Machine Learning
2011
Stanford Engineering Everywhere
Online Machine Learning course with final exam, taught by Andrew Ng, Adjunct Professor at the Computer Science Department of Stanford University
Certifications
Professional Experience
Head of Customer Insights & Analytics
July 2019 - Present
A2A Energia S.p.A., Milano, Italy
- Supervision of the development of clustering, classification and prediction algorithms
- Business owner of company's advanced analytics projects and production models (e.g. Dynamic Repricing, Churn Prediction, Churn Prevention, Customer Lifetime Value)
- Data enrichment of company's DWH for data-driven marketing
- Definition of Data Governance requirements enabling a Data Driven approach in coordination with IT and GDO
- Market Surveys (e.g. Customer Satisfaction)
- Monitoring and reporting of main KPIs
- Support in the development of the commercial plan
Innovation and R&D Manager
January 2018 - June 2019
DigitalGO S.p.A., Roma, Italy
- Development of chatbot solutions for lead generation and of the related support tools for analytics, monitoring and reporting
- R&D activities and technological scouting of platforms and services
- Support in the definition of the “make or buy” strategic approach
- Definition of development requirements for internal or external technology
- Pre-sales support, evaluation of specific customization needs and technical feasibility assessment
Data Scientist
September 2016 - December 2018
Freelance, Roma, Italy
- Mosys Consulting S.r.l. — Support in the design and development of the Bayesian Network engine of an ERM system applicable to large outsourcing contracts in order to manage risk factors, objective evidences, economic impacts and preventive/corrective actions
- LEFT S.c.a.r.l. — Analysis, design and development of an analytics tool for automatic processing of digital image datasets for duplicates identification, EXIF metadata extraction, JPEG quality estimation
- Design and development of the image processing and machine learning component of an anti-fraud system based on the automatic detection of tampered digital images
ICT Consultant
July 1999 - July 2016
S.T.S. - Studi Tecnologie Sistemi S.r.l., Roma, Italy
Main end Customers: H3G, Ericsson Italia, Elemedia (Gruppo Editoriale l’Espresso), Tiscali, AT Kearney, 3lettronica Industriale, Ministry of Transportation
- Design and development of Data Products for the extraction of value added information from business data with Data Mining and Machine Learning techniques
- Design and development of: simulators for radio coverage comparison and evaluation of the potential of novel technologies; software tools supporting the network design process
- Design, planning, management and data analysis of measurement campaigns for the evaluation of coverage and quality of mobile networks
- Feasibility studies and design of network architectures and radio coverages
- Development, analysis and comparison of Business Cases and Business Plans for the introduction of new technologies/services by mobile operators
- Technical due diligence of companies in the telecommunication and broadcasting industries
- Technological scouting and benchmarking, design, management and outcomes evaluation of tenders for the supply of telecommunication systems and devices
Lecturer
2001 - 2016
University "Sapienza" - Faculty of Engineering - INFOCOM Dpt., Roma, Italy
Frontal teaching and evaluation tests of the courses:
Mobile and Satellite Systems, Terrestrial and Satellite Radiocommunications, Satellite Communication Systems, Satellite Telecommunications, Radiocommunications, Communications with mobile devices
Researcher
May 1999 - March 2001
University "Sapienza" - Faculty of Engineering - INFOCOM Dpt., Roma, Italy
- Simulative analysis of the capacity of the WLAN (wireless LAN) channel
- Study of performances of a SFN (Single Frequency Network) in OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) technique
Pre-sales Designer
December 1997 - April 1999
Telecom Italia S.p.A. - TOP Business Customers - Regional Division Central Italy, Roma, Italy
- Design of telecommunication systems and services for business customers
- Sales support
Contact
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Location:
Piazza Trento, 13, 20135 Milano MI