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Ciprian Blujdea

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Strategy Consultant

After finishing my Masters in Industrial Management at the University of Cambridge, my excitement for data analytics and strategy drove me to join Applied Predictive Technologies, which has been acquired by Mastercard.

I am the Engagement Manager on multiple projects, managing teams and Mastercard's analytics SaaS products to ensure client success.

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Skills

Analytics

Business Strategy

New Account Management

Python

SQL

Senior Stakeholder Management

Tableau

Open for

cofounder

fulltime

internship

Work Experience

Applied Predictive Technologies / Mastercard

2018-08 -

Workplace
Engagement Manager
Location

London

Employement type

fulltime

• Managing analytics engagements with Forbes Global 2000 clients including some of the largest banks and retailers in Europe, delivering measurable financial impact of £2M+ per client o Project managing teams, mentoring 10 individuals and independently leading meetings with C-level executives o Managing the front-end of Mastercard’s SaaS analytics platform to develop bespoke features for clients’ specific needs by coordinating cross-functional teams of engineers, UX, product managers, legal and end-users o Addressing business critical issues by writing bespoke SQL and leading complex analysis, e.g. building a predictive model on customer attrition with an out-of-sample model accuracy of 97% • Proposed, designed and pitched a novel NLP-based deep learning solution in my free time to improve Mastercard’s consumer behaviour analytics offering – which has been accepted, awarded funding, and is currently being developed • Took a pivotal role in the integration of Applied Predictive Technologies into Mastercard, persuading senior management to make global organisational changes, including outlining an optimal offshore staffing model

Institute for Manufacturing

2018-12 - 2019-05

Workplace
Management Consultant
Location

London

Employement type

internship

• Caterpillar: Conducted reviews of factory processes and led workshops with managers to streamline data management systems, leading to faster and more accurate KPI reporting and reduced delivery times • Leonardo Helicopters: Reviewed all aircraft health monitoring systems currently in use and proposed implementing additional data management and analytics tools to prevent in-flight failures • Inca Digital: Performed market and competitor analysis to inform product strategy and features for industrial software

Academic Experience

University of Cambridge -

 

2017.09 - 2018.08

Master of Engineering, MEng in Industrial Systems, Manufacturing and Management

University of Southampton -

 

2014.09 - 2017.06

Bachelor of Engineering, BE in Mechanical Engineering