Khatuna Kurdovanidze

I am an experienced data analyst passionate about solving business problems using Data Science & Data Analytics.  I have a UK MSc in

Statistical Data Science and a Google Data Analyst Professional Certificate. I live in the UK and have a settled status. Available for immediate start, willing to work remotely. I have a full UK driving licence, with own transport.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Data Analyst | iO Sphere, London | Jun 2023 – Aug 2023

Worked as part of a team and delivered several successful projects. Used data warehouse with over 450M rows of web, product, and operational data spanning 3 years: 

• Identified customer retention issues and made recommendations resulting in a boost in revenue.
• Developed an RFM segmentation query in Big Query to improve customer targeting. Increased sales through personalised email marketing and discounting strategies.
• Led a team and analysed customer acquisition and retention. Helped the company to make decisions about reducing marketing costs while increasing customer retention rate by 5%. This can lead to 25% increase in profit.
• Analysed the effectiveness of the company’s different marketing channels. 
• Effectively communicated technical concepts to non-technical audiences and made recommendations which will decrease paid marketing spend and increase brand awareness and profit.

While working independently on a project, assessed the effectiveness of the company's pilot loyalty program and suggested improvements to decrease costs and increase revenue by at least 10%.

Data Entry Clerk | Midland Steel Reinforcement Supplies, Rochester | Dec 2021 – Sep 2021

• Leveraged MS Excel for performance reporting and scheduling, also utilised MS Outlook for efficient communication with internal and external stakeholders. 
• Efficiently surpassing the daily orders target number, swiftly processed customers' orders, leading to a remarkable surge in production volume.
• Consistently maintained a flawless record of 100% accuracy in data entry for nine consecutive months, resulting in zero customer complaints.

Consultant | Appen, UK | Jan 2020 – Jul 2020

• Identified and successfully rated 30 ads per day on a social media platform by using critical thinking.
• Worked independently and remotely. 

Behavioural Therapist | UK | Dec 2017 – Aug 2020

• Learned to identify customer pain points and tailored training programs to meet their specific needs.
• Used her ability to empathise with customers and understand their perspective in addition to her academic background and knowledge of the experimental behaviour analysis.
• Was able to explain and teach children with autism social skills which were thought to be unteachable before.

Teaching Assistant | Greenvale Infant and Nursery School, Chatham | Ian 2019 – Mar 2020

• Made it possible for a child with autism to follow the class requirements almost 100% of the time without a need for him to attend a special group.

EDUCATION

MSc Statistical Data Science | University of Kent, Canterbury 

2020 – 2021, Merit, Accredited by Royal Statistical Society

Dissertation: ’New portmanteau tests for time series.'

• Data Collection and Experimental Analysis (A/B test, multivariate testing)
• Advanced Regression Modelling
• Stochastic Processes and Time Series
• Statistical Learning
• Computational Statistics
• Probability and Classical Inference
• Bayesian Statistics
• Data Science with R Programming Language

BA Psychology| Panteion University, Athens

2010 – 2017, 1st Class

Thesis: ’The relationship between parental punishment and anxiety disorder symptoms among preschoolers'. 

A Greek version of Spence (PAS-R) questionnaire was created. 

• Descriptive Statistics
• Inferential Statistics
• Multivariate statistics
• Practice in Statistics (using SPSS)