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Richard Block

@richardblock

Scientist at GALERIA.ag building causal measurement products for Google to quantify incremental media lift and optimize ROI.

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At GALERIA.ag, I developed and deployed incrementality and causal inference models for Google’s AI Assessments project, including MMM, CausalImpact, and Total Opportunity. I also architected a Google-funded causal measurement product to quantify media lift, response curves, and elasticity.

I supervised predictive pLTV model execution for the AI for Bidding pillar and engineered a custom data-driven attribution model. The work supported budget allocation and ROI optimization through campaign-level insights and predictive scenario simulation.

At GAIA, I developed a Creative Intelligence product to guide ad creation and worked on bringing AI into products. In data engineering roles, I integrated platform APIs and built data workflows across cloud environments, including AWS, GCP, Azure, and OCI.

At Data Machina, I led a Whirlpool data product rebuild that reduced processing time from more than 24 hours to less than one minute per partner. My neuroscience research at IB USP investigated active vision and analyzed neural activity alongside eye-tracking data using computational methods.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

GA

R&D (innovation) and AI Engineer

GAIA

Jan 2026 - Jun 2026 (5 months)

Responsible for creating new products and features end-to-end, from POC to production. Developed a Creative Intelligence product leveraging Neuroscience background and optimized AI usage in products.

CE

Data Engineer

Claro Brasil & Embratel

Feb 2025 - Sep 2025 (7 months)

Worked in a multicloud environment (AWS, GCP, Azure, OCI) with strong usage of data lake and warehouse, relying on AWS Glue, Spark (PySpark), and Redshift. Created ETL jobs and dashboards using AWS Quicksight or Power BI.

GB

Data Engineer

GreenYellow do Brasil

Sep 2024 - Nov 2024 (2 months)

Created and maintained databases, mainly Postgres, with data modelling. Managed Azure infrastructure, workflows using Airflow, and transformations using Spark. Implemented observability with Grafana and Dynatrace.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Universidade de São Paulo logoUP

Universidade de São Paulo

PhD, Neuroscience

2021 -

PhD in Neuroscience investigating active vision within a dynamic perception-behavior loop, demonstrating how behavior actively samples relevant information to modulate neural processing. Applied advanced computational workflows including neural decoding, regression models, and representational similarity analysis.

UP

Universidade de São Paulo

Master's, Neuroscience

2021 - 2021

Master's in Neuroscience.

UP

Universidade de São Paulo

Lab Technician, Neuroscience

2019 - 2020

Lab Technician in Neuroscience, working as a data scientist with models of machine learning, reinforcement learning, and deep learning.

Universidade de São Paulo logoUP

Universidade de São Paulo

Undergraduate, Economics

2014 - 2018

Undergraduate in Economics, focusing on econometric models, time-series, and causal inference. Programming in R, Stata, and Python.

Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie logoUM

Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie

Undergraduate, Biology

2007 - 2011

Undergraduate in Biology.

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