Gerardo Palacios

Worked as Senior Applied Machine Learning Scientist at Grainger.

Worked as Senior Data Scientist at Grainger.

Worked as Data Scientist at Grainger.

As a data scientist intern at Schneider I worked on the D4 team (Dynamic Data Driven Decisions). This team is dedicated to maintain and improve all machine learning models that are currently in production. I was responsible for improving any part of the Intermodal Guideline Pricing model which optimized the prices for customer transportation orders. I dedicated my internship time to improve the cl

Over the course of nine years I maintained standards both physically and mentally. I am an Army trained diesel mechanic who worked on a variety of different trucks. I was tasked with maintaining, fixing, and operating all military vehicles attached to my unit. I attained the rank of E-4, along with earning a Certificate of Achievement for my resourcefulness and performance.

As an adult English Teacher, I was responsible for preparing, managing and teaching the course material at different English levels to students. I taught two sized classes which involved small (6-7 students) classes and large (18-22 students) classes. In addition, I also expanded my teaching to extra-curriculars where I used my passions for chess and my passions for music to teach those subjects i

As a Financial Analyst III I was the sole person responsible for organizing, managing, analyzing, and reporting on variable compensation. I managed three lines of business that each had different incentive rules and regulations. I performed the due diligence for the revenues generated for the lines of business and ensured that all variable compensation was within each of their respective incentive

As a financial analyst at Discover, I was tasked with performing financial due diligence for global procurement of new products and companies. I reviewed financial statements and KPI's and helped my manager determine if it was a right investment. This was a contract job, that introduced me in the financial industry, I learned key skills such as managing data within databases and preparing for fina

I performed simple tasks such as file comparisons for data intergrity. However, I was able to improve my performance by using linux to quickly compare files using the linux command line interface.

I helped schedule and manage telecomunications projects for small to mid-sized companies. I coordinated with the Project manager and client-side manager to faciliate all orders and installations.