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Predrag Maletic
From Serbia 04:46 AM (GMT+02:00)
$70/hr or $140,000/yr

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Data Scientist, AI / ML Engineer

Data Scientist
Available for hire
Years of experience
15+ years
Experience level
Lead
Available for
Full-time, Part-time, Contract, Freelance
Available from
13 May 2026

I turn data into decisions and ideas into AI products. 12+ years in finance data & AI. Building LLM solutions, GenAI strategy, and a first-of-its-kind customer AI bot on local market. Speaker, researcher, and advocate for AI transformation.

I progressed from Data Analyst to AI Products Tribe Lead. Proven track record of building and leading cross-functional data science teams (15+ people, multi-market scope) and delivering end-to-end AI/ML solutions — from business problem framing to production deployment and monitoring.

Core experience spans:

AI & GenAI Products — designing and deploying LLM-based solutions, RAG pipelines, conversational AI bots, and agentic AI systems for both internal and customer-facing use cases Machine Learning — building predictive models including credit scorecards, churn, X-sell/up-sell, NBO, segmentation, income modeling, behavioral scoring, and early warning systems Data Engineering & Big Data — leading real-time event streaming implementations, Spark-based pipelines, and cloud-based data platforms (AWS, Databricks) CRM & Analytics — omni-channel campaign support, A/B testing, customer lifecycle modeling, and BI reporting (Power BI) AI Strategy & Governance — defining AI roadmaps, implementing standards and methodologies, running organization-wide AI education programs

Tech stack: Python, SQL, PySpark, SAS, AWS, Databricks, ML, LLM, NLP, RAG, Agents, CI/CD, Flask, Power BI, PostgreSQL Active conference speaker and researcher in statistics, optimization, and AI. Databricks Certified ML Associate. Harvard ManageMentor certified in managerial leadership.

Employment History

AI Tribe Lead at Raiffeisen Bank International Current 2021 - Now
Leading AI & data transformation initiatives GenAI implementations in internal processes Conversational AI chatbots for end customers Solving business problems coming from all business areas by applying AI (ML, DL, NLP) Driving use case journey from business story, data acquisition and modeling to deployment and monitoring Spreading AI awareness across organizations
Data Scientist at Raiffeisen Bank International 2018 - 2021
Building CRM models: X-Sell, Up-Sell, Churn, NBO, Customer segmentation, Income Modeling, Transactional scoring, Channel preference. Leading Big Data project and real-time event streaming implementation Supporting CRM campaigns and omni channel activities. Building BI solutions for automated business reporting (Power BI)
Data Analysis Expert at Raiffeisen Bank International 2013 - 2018
Reporting and data analyses (data mining – SQL and Cognos, statistical analyses in SAS) in Risk and Collections areas (NPL, Roll rates, Recoveries, Write-offs). Predictive modeling: Behavioral and application scorecards, EWS, Collection scorecards. Supporting debt collection activities: A/B testing, incentive models, restructuring schemes, portfolio outsourcing.
Data Analyst at BNP Paribas Bank 2011 - 2013
Statistical, commercial and financial reporting from local databases (SQL). Analysing the market of banking products, development of the new products and managing the existing product portfolio. Tracking results of the marketing campaigns dedicated to implementation and promotion of new retail products. Automating reporting pipelines and data quality management (MS Access and SQL stored procedures)

Education

Master Engineer of Organizational Sciences - Operations Research and Computational Statistics at University of Belgrade 2011 - 2012
Bachelor of Organizational Sciences - Information Systems and Technology at University of Belgrade 2007 - 2011