Team • PyTobians

Since 2006, Wouter Buckinx is co-founder and managing partner at Python Predictions. Wouter is a master in applied economics, an advanced master in marketing analysis, and concluded his PhD in the domain of predicting individual customer behavior at Ghent University in 2005. He is clearly customer oriented, and an expert in delivering tailor-made, robust solutions.

Since 2006, Geert Verstraeten is co-founder and managing partner at Python Predictions. He is a master in applied economics, an advanced master in marketing analysis, and concluded his PhD in predictive analytics in 2005. At Python Predictions, Geert focuses on general management, project management and training. His ambition is to coach data scientists and their managers to become successful with data science and prediction.

Jan is senior Data Strategist at Python Predictions. He joined our team in August 2015 after starting his career in FMCG, where he obtained strong business understanding. At Python Predictions, he built modern data science and analytical project management skills throughout projects in a wide range of industries. Today, Jan mainly works as project manager, data science team lead or analytics translator. He has a solid track record for making sure his projects create real value.

Elien joined Python Predictions as a Talent Manager in July 2017. She holds a master’s degree in educational science from Ghent University, and gained five years of experience in human resource management before joining.

At Python Predictions, Elien’s main responsibilities are retention of talent and recruitment of new team members. Besides this, Elien is also in charge of general office management.

Benoît joined Python Predictions as a Data Scientist in February 2019. He holds a Master’s degree in Applied Mathematics specialized in Statistical Engineering from the University of Nantes, France.

Since he started at Python Predictions, Benoît developed skills in data analysis, segmentation, recommendations and predictive modelling. He has been working for clients in a wide range of industries such as retail, energy, banking and telco.

Nick has joined Python Predictions in 2020 after doing PhD research in geology. In his first two years, Nick was data scientist and gained expertise in big data processing and predictive analytics.

As data strategist, Nick has grown expertise in analytics translation, analytical orchestration and change management over various sectors.

Sam joined Python Predictions as a Data Scientist in September 2020.

He holds a Master's degree in Business Economics from Solvay Brussels School, had a brief stint as a financial risk management consultant, and holds a joint PhD from the Université de Neuchâtel and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. During his research, he studied how to use textual data to generate better time series forecasts. He is an open-source software adept.

Sander joined Python Predictions as a Data Scientist in February 2021.

He holds a Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering (ICT) and performed PhD research specializing in monitoring industrial assets and detecting anomalies. Before his PhD research, Sander has gained several years of experience as a developer and technical analyst in the insurance domain.

Daan joined Python Predictions as a Data Scientist in March 2021. He holds Master’s degrees in Physiotherapy and in Statistical Data Analysis, from Ghent University.

Before joining Python Predictions, Daan gained experience in banking and KYC.

Hannes joined Python Predictions as a Customer Success Manager in June 2021. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Communication/Business & Event Management. Afterwards, he obtained experience in Business Development & Recruitment at Teksystems where he gained the love for data.

Hannes is the person who is going to support your organization in every part of the data journey. He understands (our) clients like no one else and helps them to become futureproof and data driven.

In July 2021, Hendrik joined the Python Predictions team as a Data Scientist. With a Master’s degree in Business Statistics and Data Science from the University of Leuven, Belgium, he feels comfortable in data analysis, predictive modelling and more elaborate statistical methods.

Hendrik has a great interest in topics such as segmentation, classification, dimension reduction, association rules and time series analysis.

In September 2021, Elena joined the Python Predictions team as a Data Scientist.

She graduated in Business Engineering: Data Analytics at Ghent University. During her diverse education she grew familiar with data analysis, predictive modelling and segmentation.

Nicolás joined the Python Predictions team as a Data Engineer in September 2021. He holds a Computer Engineering degree from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Nicolás started his career working several years in different Software Engineering related positions and industries abroad. He then decided to focus on Data Engineering in order to build impactful applications that leverage the power of Data and AI.

Joost joined Python Predictions as a Data Scientist in October 2021. He holds a degree in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) & Spatial Modelling from KU Leuven.

For 4 years, he explored the digital side of geography by automating spatial data pipelines or extracting patterns out of satellite imagery. Joost has experience in the sectors of asset management, insurance & humanitarian aid.

Karel joined Python Predictions as a Data Scientist in October 2021. He obtained a MSc. in New Media and Society at UGent.

By doing research on media consumption, smartphone log data and technology adoption, Karel gained relevant experience in data science.

Now Karel also helps our clients as a Data Strategist.

Samuel joined Python Predictions as a Data Strategist in October 2021. He holds Master’s degrees in Psychology and in Statistics, and a PhD in Business Economics, all from KU Leuven.

Before joining Python Predictions, Samuel was an assistant professor at Rennes School of Business (France) and a postdoc researcher at KU Leuven. His research focused on consumer psychology and he taught (sustainable) consumer behavior, data analysis, and business analytics.

Salar joined Python Predictions as a Senior Analyst in November 2021. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Business and Management Studies.

Salar gained experience in various marketing positions where he eventually focused on data analysis and visualization with tools such as Power BI to build insightful dashboards for business stakeholders.

Nassira joined Python Predictions in January 2022 as a Recruiter.

As an experienced Talent Acquisition Specialist and Social Worker, she prioritizes the human well-being at work.

Sales oriented, polyglot and hands-on, Nassira is the HR partner that will listen to your demand and provide you a supply.

Ceren joined Python Predictions team as a Data Engineer on March 2022. She holds a Master’s degree in Educational Sciences and did a PhD research for two years in digitalization of education at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

As a researcher, she developed an interest in the field of data and steered her career towards Data Science & Engineering by completing an intensive training and an internship as a Data Engineer.

Jano joined the Python Predictions team as a Data Scientist in March 2022. He holds a Master's degree in Industrial Engineering (Automation) and has gained experience in Project Engineering and Machine Learning Engineering.

Bouchra holds an engineering degree in business intelligence from the national school of applied science Al Hoceïma Morocco -ENSAH , and is currently taking a specialized master’s degree in Data science and big data At University of Brussels.

She has focused her career path on data analysis and visualization fields to develop, implement and maintain a BI solution to support business roadmaps and improve the decision-making process.

Ken joined Python Predictions in June 2022 as a Data Architect. He holds degrees in Computer Science, Law, and Russian literature, all from California.

His early years in data were mainly focused on administration and programming. Later on his interest and emphasis shifted to modeling, architecture, analysis, and privacy. Ken has worked on a wide variety of projects and business domains, in particular banking, insurance, and telco.

Jef joined Python Predictions as a Data Scientist in June 2022. He holds a master’s degree in Bioscience Engineering, from Leuven University and developed his data science toolbox by pursuing a postgraduate in Applied Artificial Intelligence.

Before joining Python Predictions, Jef gained experience as a consultant, where he completed various projects in the FMCG industry.

Manolis joined Python Predictions team as a Data Engineer on July 2022. He holds an Intergraded Master’s degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering from the Technical University of Crete.

Early on, he focused on data engineering, while challenging himself to advance his knowledge and skills. He finds excitement in building refined pipelines that will help to accommodate the project’s needs.

Risa joined Python Predictions as a Data Scientist in August 2022. She holds a Master's degree in Public Administration from the University of Washington in Seattle, and a PhD in Economics from the Université catholique de Louvain.

She developed an interest in data science and analytics while completing her PhD and has since worked on projects including client segmentation, predictive churn and propensity-to-buy models, and network analysis for fraud detection. She has experience in insurance, banking, and government.

In September 2022, Daniel joined the Python Predictions team as a Data Analyst. He holds a bachelor's and master's degree in Management and is currently taking a master's degree in Statistics and Data Science at Hasselt University.

Daniel has experience as a business and marketing analyst and likes diving into identifying key insights into a business's data, finding ways the data can be used to solve problems, and helping them to improve their decision-making.

Dries joined Python Predictions as a Data Scientist in September 2022 after he did an internship with us.

With a master's degree of Business Administration from the University of Ghent in hand, he is looking to further gain experience and expand his knowledge on various topics such as classification, recommendations and predictive modelling.

Michaël joined Python Predictions as a Data Analyst in October 2022. He holds a Master's degree in Business Economics from the University of Leuven.

He gained international experience in controlling and marketing roles and is now focusing on data analysis and visualization.

Zakaria joined the Python Predictions family in October 2022 as a Data Analyst. He holds a degree in business economics from the Solvay Brussels School (ULB).

After graduation, he went on to spend close to 4 years in international trade compliance consulting where he specialized in data analytics. He then pursued an intensive upskilling program to switch tracks and move to data intensive roles.

Patrick joined Python Predictions as a Data scientist in October 2022. He has a bachelor’s degree in business engineering and is currently finishing his thesis for his master’s degree in Data science at the UCLouvain.

Patrick really enjoys advancing his knowledge by playing with data and trying different models in order to find the approach that works best. He has a huge interest in topics such as recommendations systems, natural language processing and classification models.

Michaël joined the Python Predictions team as a Data Engineer in November 2022. He holds an Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Ghent.

After working for some years as an electronics engineer, Michaël made the switch to the data domain and started working as a data engineering consultant. For more than four years, Michaël has been designing and developing data pipelines, applications and platforms to deliver business-ready data to clients.

Karim joined Python Predictions as a Data Analyst following several years of experience in consulting. He holds a master’s degree in management information systems and an advanced master’s degree in Data Science for Business from the University of Ghent.

Karim has experience implementing BI solutions for operations (inventory, supply chain), marketing (customer segmentation, churn) and sales covering the entire process from setting up the ETL pipelines to visualization.