Ricardo Zacarias
Senior Product Analyst@Futureplay Games
Systems AnalystLive in PortugalNationality
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Summary
Game Analytics @ Futureplay. Mobile games data analyst with a PhD in behavioral neuroscience. Highly product-focused, I am passionate about finding stories in its data. My analytical process includes thorough research of literature, constant interaction with peers, multiple iterations of visualization, and interpretation of results that are heavily sanity-checked. Backed by a robust scientific background, I bring rigor, attention to detail in every task, and the ability to transform complex findings into compelling stories capable of captivating both technical and business audiences.
Pretty good at:
- SQL
- Python
- R
- Visualization (matplotlib, plotly, highcharts, ggplot)
- Dashboarding tools (Looker, Tableau, DOMO, Shiny, dash)
- Experimental design, A/B testing analysis
- Spark
- Airflow
- AWS
- BigQuery
- Geographical Information Systems: geopandas, shapely (check my website)
- Domain knowledge of gaming (F2P mobile with features such as: daily missions, battle pass, leaderboards, piggy banks, progression, notifications, tutorials, hacking prevention and multiple social features)
- Telling stories
- Machine Learning (clustering, classification)
- Web scraping (BeautifulSoup, Selenium)
- Behavioural neuroscience
Work experience
Senior Product Analyst
Futureplay Games2022.10-Current(4 years)Invited Professor (Game Analytics)
Universidade Lusófona - Centro Universitário Lisboa2023.03-2023.04(2 months)Lead Data Analyst
Miniclip2022.02-2022.10(9 months)Data Analyst II
Miniclip2021.08-2022.02(7 months)Data Analyst
Miniclip2020.06-2021.08(a year)Data Scientist
Freelance2020.03-2020.06(4 months)Postdoctoral Researcher
Champalimaud Foundation2019.02-2020.01(a year)PhD in Behavioral Neuroscience
Champalimaud Foundation2011.09-2019.02(7 years)Visiting Researcher
Howard Hughes Medical Institute2016.03-2016.07(5 months)
Educational experience
Ironhack
Data Analysis Bootcamp Data Science2020.01-2020.01Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Neuroscience2011.01-2018.01(7 years)University of Lisbon
MSc Evolutionary and Developmental Biology2009.01-2011.01(2 years)University of Lisbon
BSc Biology2006.01-2009.01(3 years)
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