Data Scientist / Statistician / Mathematician. Very experienced with R, Python, C++, SQL, Excel, Hadoop and Hive, and many other software packages and languages. I'm an experienced researcher and teacher with many published papers. Specialties: Gaming, Statistics, Probability, Combinatorics, Data analysis, Programming, R, C++, Excel, Machine Learning, Data Mining, Data Science.

SVP Data Science @ From October 2015 to Present (2 months) Santa MonicaVP Mathematics and Analytics @ I manage the analytics team, and am responsible for all analytics. As part of the senior leadership, I ensure business decisions are as data driven as possible. From January 2015 to September 2015 (9 months) Santa MonicaDirector of Mathematics and Analytics @ In charge of analytics and mathematics for all our games. * Analyzes game, user, and sales data, including A/B testing. * Creates game mathematics for social and real money gambling games. * Writes tools to automate analytics and math creation. From January 2014 to January 2015 (1 year 1 month) Mathematics Consultant @ * Created game mathematics. * Analyzed user and sales data. * Advised on in-game economics. From January 2013 to January 2014 (1 year 1 month) Statistician @ Statistician at the Quality and Statistical Testing group at the Location & Commerce division. Lead researcher for a project using big data (GB/TB/PB) to build models for checking and deriving map attributes. Involved with large scale survey sampling to check map quality. I also did in-house statistical consulting on varied problems, such as * General statistics. * Quality (Six Sigma, design of experiments, etc.) * Survey sampling. * Spatial statistics and GIS. From August 2012 to January 2014 (1 year 6 months) Greater Chicago AreaMathematician @ Designed and analyzed mathematical features for casino games, ensuring engaging game play as well as absolute correctness. Wrote simulation software in C++ to support theoretical findings. Performed statistical analysis of game performance and characteristics. Used data mining and statistical tools to analyze performance of and optimize casino floors. From August 2010 to August 2012 (2 years 1 month) Greater Chicago AreaPost doctoral researcher @ Conducted research in mathematics, at a top research group in its field. Developed and taught courses in Statistics and Probability. From July 2008 to June 2010 (2 years) Reykajvik, IcelandResearch Fellow @ Research fellow at the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Mathematics and Statistics of Complex Systems. Did research in probability models, statistical mechanics, and combinatorics. Published results in journals and presented findings at seminars and conferences. From July 2004 to July 2008 (4 years 1 month) Melbourne, Australia

PhD, Mathematical Statistics and Probability @ Uppsala University From 2000 to 2004 M.Sc., Mathematical Statistics @ Uppsala University From 1996 to 1999 Robert Parviainen is skilled in: Mathematics, C++, R, Research, Statistics, Excel, Windows, Linux, Mathematica, VBA, SQL, LaTeX, Teaching, Visual Studio, Agile, Data Analysis, Data Mining, Photography, Photoshop, Regression, ANOVA, Programming, Problem Solving, Probability, Combinatorics, Mathematical Modeling, Statistical Modeling, MySQL, Simulation, Machine Learning, Logistic Regression, Decision Trees, SVM, Cluster Analysis, Databases, Python, ArcGIS, Algorithms, Applied Mathematics, Agile Methodologies