Mathieu Lega

💼 Professional experience

Agilytic

Data Scientist

Since December 2024

• Retail: Modeled and forecasted online sales for a leading home appliance retailer, identifying key sales drivers and delivering actionable growth strategies through optimized machine learning models (XGBoost, SHAP) and interactive Power BI dashboards.
• Media: Developed and deployed four Power BI reports and a centralized analytics dashboard for a national media group, streamlining user access management and empowering the analytics team to meet evolving business reporting needs.
• FMCG: Implemented an automated, harmonized market share reporting architecture (medallion pattern: bronze, silver, gold) for a global FMCG manufacturer, delivering scalable and reliable insights aligned with strategic business requirements.
• Furniture Wholesale: Designed a short-term AI roadmap and automated repetitive processes for a distribution company, improving operational efficiency and reducing staff workload through Power Automate solutions informed by comprehensive data quality assessment.
• Distribution: Conducted price elasticity analysis and market trend evaluation for a consumer brand, leveraging advanced analytics to optimize pricing strategy and drive revenue maximization.
• Education: Designed and deployed a database and automated workflow solution for room rental management at a university center, streamlining operations and improving resource utilization.
• Storage: Deployed an AI-powered analytics chatbot enabling a storage company to query and interact directly with its business data, democratizing data access across the organization.

University of Namur

PhD Researcher

2020-2024

Research in the field of data-driven decision-making with an emphasis on data selection for decision-makers, in collaboration with the European Commission and Belgian municipalities.

Brainstorm Consulting

Internship in Data Science

2020

Several projects involving databases creation, migration and dashboarding.

🦾 Certifications, trainings

Methodologies

• Reporting & dashboarding
• Data Visualization
• ETL
• Data Modelling
• Descriptive analysis
• Predictive analysis
• Agile
• SCRUM
• Graph Theory

Software & programming

• Copilot Certified
• Python
• SQL
• Snowflake
• Power Automate
• PowerBI & Tableau
• MySQL
• Excel
• MongoDB
• Java

Certifications

• AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
• PL-300: Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Associate

🎓 Academic credentials

PhD in Economical and Management Sciences

University of Namur, 2024

MS in Business Engineering (Data Science option)

Magna Cum Laude

University of Namur, 2020

Bachelor of Management Engineering (Information Management option)

Magna Cum Laude

University of Namur, 2018

🇺🇳 Languages

🇫🇷 French: Native (C2)

🇬🇧 English: Fluent (C1)

🇳🇱 Dutch: Working Proficiency (B2)