Ricardo Zacarias

Senior Product Analyst@Futureplay Games
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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 Games
    2022.10-Current(4 years)
  • Invited Professor (Game Analytics)

    Universidade Lusófona - Centro Universitário Lisboa
    2023.03-2023.04(2 months)
  • Lead Data Analyst

    Miniclip
    2022.02-2022.10(9 months)
  • Data Analyst II

    Miniclip
    2021.08-2022.02(7 months)
  • Data Analyst

    Miniclip
    2020.06-2021.08(a year)
  • Data Scientist

    Freelance
    2020.03-2020.06(4 months)
  • Postdoctoral Researcher

    Champalimaud Foundation
    2019.02-2020.01(a year)
  • PhD in Behavioral Neuroscience

    Champalimaud Foundation
    2011.09-2019.02(7 years)
  • Visiting Researcher

    Howard Hughes Medical Institute
    2016.03-2016.07(5 months)

Educational experience

  • Ironhack

    Data Analysis Bootcamp Data Science
    2020.01-2020.01
  • Universidade Nova de Lisboa

    Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Neuroscience
    2011.01-2018.01(7 years)
  • University of Lisbon

    MSc Evolutionary and Developmental Biology
    2009.01-2011.01(2 years)
  • University of Lisbon

    BSc Biology
    2006.01-2009.01(3 years)
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