Portrait of Dr. Aldo Taranto

About Me

Fully qualified mathematician and computer scientist, working in roles such as lead data scientist and lead data engineer. I deliver value to large organisations by solving complex technical problems that are central to optimizing their ROI. I bridge the knowledge gap between data analysts, data scientists, data engineers, actuaries and quants. I get involved in work when only a seasoned expert will do due to the deep and broad level of technical skills required to deliver the solution. 25+ years of corporate experience working at IBM, KPMG, Deloitte, ANZ, NAB, QBE, AGL, Suncorp, Telstra, ATO, Jackson Capital, Temenos, Monash University, Commander, Experian, Future Fund Management Agency. Throughout this time, I have also undertaken postgraduate research on a full time basis whilst also working / consulting on a full time basis. To achieve this, I have been extremely disciplined and focussed, which demonstrates my perseverance, patience and ability to deliver on what I set out to complete.



Dr. Aldo Taranto



Career Objective

Looking for contract opportunities as lead data consultant on exciting projects. Also open to permanent senior roles in data and analytics, such as:

Permanent







Contracting








My Skills

Programming

Python
90%
R
40%
SQL
70%
Three.JS
90%
C++
80%
Scala
50%
Spark
90%
Javascript
50%

Databases

BigQuery
90%
Oracle
40%
SQL Server
70%
DB2
70%
Redshift
70%
MongoDB
80%
Teradata
50%
Netezza
90%
SQLite
70%
Neo4j
70%

Data Science

Computer Science, Machine Learning, AI, Deep Learning
90%
Advanced Predictive Analytics
40%
Quantitative Finance Analytics
70%
Credit & Market Risk Analytics
70%
Fraud Detection Analytics
70%
Pure Mathematics, Riemannian Manifolds, Algebraic Topology, Stochastic Optimization
80%
Sorting & Matching Algorithms
50%
Model Development
90%
Hyperparameter Tuning
70%
Constraint Based Optimization
70%

Data Engineering

Data integration tools (Talend, DataStage, Informatica)
90%
Hadoop HDFS, MapReduce, Sqoop, Hive, HBase, Flume, Impala, Solr, Talend, Spark, Presto
40%
Analytical appliances (Teradata, Vertica, Netezza)
70%
Data Integration: ETL, EAI & EII
90%
3NF models, star schemas, SCDs, Data Vault
50%
Linux, Windows & DOS Scripting
50%
Big data storage formats (Parquet, ORC, Avro)
80%
MS Azure (VM Bastion, Blobs, Containers, NoSQL, CosmosDB, HDInsight, CLI, PowerShell)
50%
Cloud-based PaaS solutions (Snowflake, AWS Redshift)
90%
AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, EMR, Athena)
50%
Data Warehousing & Business Intelligence
70%
Batch / real time (Flume, Kafka, Storm)
50%

Machine Learning Operations (MLOps)

mlFlow
90%
H20
40%
Population Stability Analysis
70%
AIOps
90%
SageMaker
80%
TensorFlow (TFX)
50%
Stress Testing
90%
Model Callibration
50%

Languages

  • English
  • Italian
  • Spanish
  • Portugese

Experience

QBE Company Logo

Senior Data Engineer

Nov 2022 - Feb 2023 (3 months) - Contract

SQL Server, SSIS, T-SQL, MongoDB, Neo4j, Power BI, SFTP, BitBucket, C#, Visual Studio


Deloitte Company Logo

Senior Manager, Data & AI

May 2022 - Nov 2022 (7 months) - Contract

Azure, AWS, GCP, Databricks, Airflow, Python, PySpark, Docker, SageMaker, Lambda, Linux, DBT


ATO Company Logo

Lead Data Scientist

Jul 2019 - May 2022 (3 years) - Contract

Azure, AWS, GCP, Cloudera, Hadoop, TeraData, Python, TensorFlow, SageMaker, R, Linux, MLflow, Git


NAB Company Logo

Associate Director APRA Reports

May 2019 - Jul 2019 (3 months) - Contract

Oracle, PL/SQL, AWS


FFMA Company Logo

Senior Technical Analyst

Jul 2018 - May 2019 (11 months) - Contract

SQL Server, Oracle, Python


KPMG Company Logo

Senior Data Scientist

Apr 2018 - Aug 2018 (4 months) - Contract

Azure, Azure Data Factory, HDInsight, AWS, Python, R, Power BI


AGL Company Logo

Senior Technical Analyst

Nov 2017 - Apr 2018 (5 months) - Contract

SAP HANA, ABAP/4, Hadoop, R, Python


Jackson Capital Company Logo

Lead Developer

Mar 2017 - Nov 2017 (9 months) - Contract

C#.NET, C, Azure, MQL4, Python


ANZ Company Logo

Lead Quant Tester

Oct 2015 - Mar 2017 (1 year, 6 months) - Contract

C++.NET, Linux, Hadoop, Selenium


Sun corp Company Logo

Advanced Analytics Specialist

Mar 2011 - Oct 2015 (4 years) - Permanent

DB2, Netezza, RedShift, DataStage, WhereScape RED, Cognos, AWS, SAS, R


Credience Company Logo

Market & Credit Risk Consultant

Nov 2008 - Mar 2011 (2 years, 5 months) - Contract

SQL Server, C#.NET, R, Hadoop, Linux


Temenos Company Logo

Head of Analytics

Nov 2007 - Nov 2008 (1 year) - Permanent

ASP.NET, SQL Server


IBM Company Logo

Information Architect

Apr 2007 - Oct 2007 (6 months) - Contract

DB2, DataStage, Linux


NAB Company Logo

Senior Quant Analyst

Nov 2005 - Apr 2007 (1 year, 6 months) - Permanent

SAS, Oracle, SQL Server


Telstra Company Logo

Senior Modelling Analyst

Jan 2005 - Oct 2005 (6 months) - Contract

SAS, Teradata, Oracle, Mainframe


Experian Company Logo

Senior Modelling Analyst

Dec 2003 - Jan 2005 (1 year) - Permanent

SPSS, SAS, Alterian, SQL Server


ANZ Company Logo

Analytics Manager

Jan 2000 - Dec 2003 (4 years) - Permanent

SAS, SQL Server, Mainframe, Linux


Commander Company Logo

Analyst / Programmer

Jan 1999 - Jan 2000 (1 year) - Permenent

Lotus Domino, Oracle, SQL Server


Monash Company Logo

Sessional Assistant Lecturer

Feb 1998 - Dec 1998 (11 months)

MATLAB, ABAP/4, SQL

Education

Australian National University Logo

Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science - PhD(CompSc)

2022 - Present

Thesis: Extensions to Ant Colony Optimization Algorithms for High Dimensional Surfaces & their Applications in Machine Learning.


University of Southern Queensland Logo

Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics - PhD(Math)

2019 - 2022

Thesis: Bi-directional Grid Constrained Stochastic Processes and their Applications in Mathematical Finance.


RMIT University Logo

Master of Business in Quantitative Accounting - MB(Acc)

2001 - 2006

Thesis: Modelling the Nature of Close-out Netting on Bank Portfolios.


Monash University Logo

Master of Business Systems - MBSys

1997 - 1998

Masters by Subject with minor thesis in Operations research.


University of Melbourne Logo

Graduate Diploma in Secondary Education - GradDipEd

1997 - 1997

Qualified to teach Mathematics, Computing and Economics/Finance in secondary schools.


Monash University Logo

Bachalor of Science in Mathematics - BSc(Math)

1993 - 1996

Set theory, Number theory, Logic, Dynamical systems, Differential geometry, Differential topology, Real analysis, Matrix analysis, Complex analysis, Group theory, Field theory, Ring theory, Galois theory, Hilbert spaces, Probability theory, Mathematical statistics..

Publications

Library Books

Bi-Directional Grid Constrained Stochastic Processes' Link to Multi-Skew Brownian Motion

A. Taranto, S. Khan, R. Addie
Library Books

Hidden geometry of bidirectional grid-constrained stochastic processes

A. Taranto, S. Khan

Journal of Probability and Statistics, 2021, pp. 1-13
https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/9944543

Library Books

Iterated logarithm bounds of bi-directional grid constrained stochastic processes

A. Taranto, S. Khan, R. Addie
Library Books

Drawdown and Drawup of Bi-Directional Grid Constrained Stochastic Processes

A. Taranto, S. Khan

Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, 2020, 16 (1)
https://thescipub.com/pdf/jmssp.2020.182.197.pdf

Library Books

Application of Bi-Directional Grid Constrained Stochastic Processes to Algorithmic Trading

A. Taranto, S. Khan

Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, 2021, 17 (1)
https://thescipub.com/pdf/jmssp.2021.22.29.pdf

Library Books

Bi-directional grid absorption barrier constrained stochastic processes with applications in finance and investment

A. Taranto, S. Khan

Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, 2021, 17 (1)
https://thescipub.com/pdf/jmssp.2021.22.29.pdf

Library Books

Gambler’s ruin problem and bi-directional grid constrained trading and investment strategies

A. Taranto, S. Khan

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