Ana Carolina Sarmento Buarque

I’m a Senior Data Scientist with 4+ years of experience delivering advanced analytics, optimization, and machine learning solutions in business-critical environments. I specialize in business analytics—churn, cross-sell, whitespace, and share of wallet—translating findings into actionable strategy for global stakeholders.

At McKinsey & Company, I’ve led end-to-end data science and business analytics projects across multiple countries, including the agriculture value chain. I built and validated forecasting and decision models that support growth and go-to-market strategies.

I design optimization models for agricultural production planning, balancing yield, resource constraints, and operational objectives. I also develop crop yield simulation and risk assessment models to evaluate management strategies under climate variability.

On the engineering side, I architect and maintain production-grade data pipelines using Python, Kedro, GitHub, and automated testing frameworks. I integrate heterogeneous data sources (climate, soil, operational, and commercial) to produce executive-level insights—plus I support interactive reporting with PowerBI, Tableau, Plotly, and Vizro.