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Pavel Logacev

Forecasting, Pricing & Causal Inference

€800/day
Berlin, DE
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Pavel

I solve quantitative problems for which there is no off-the-shelf solution — Demand Forecasting with sparse sales data, estimating price elasticities without controlled experiments, risk models that must stand up to decision-makers, or forecasting systems where standard approaches fail.
My methods stack: statistical modeling, Bayesian methods, time series analysis, and Causal Inference. I come from software development and academic research and can deliver what the project needs — whether that's a production-ready Python pipeline or a report for management.
I spent four years building demand and price elasticity models for hundreds of thousands of SKU-location combinations at a UK pricing consultancy (Pearson Ham Group), developed two Shopify apps for price optimization and demand forecasting, taught statistics and research methods at a teaching level, and worked in academic research with EEG and eye-tracking data. PhD in Computational Cognitive Science, 15+ years of experience in applied modeling.
Typical projects:
  • Demand Forecasting (including with censored data / stockout correction)
  • Price elasticity estimation and pricing strategy
  • Causal Inference and Incrementality Testing (e.g., effect of marketing measures)
  • Marketing Mix Modeling / Attribution
  • Time Series Modeling and Anomaly Detection
  • Scoring Models and Classification
  • German

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

  • Russian

    Native or bilingual

  • Turkish

    Basic

Can work on-site
Berlin (up to 50km)

Experience

  • PearsonHam Group
    Senior Data Scientist
    March 2022 - Today (4 years and 5 months)
    • Led the development of advanced price optimization models utilizing machine learning techniques to enable data-driven pricing decisions.
    • Designed and implemented data pipelines for high-volume data, integrating various data sources.
    • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to translate data insights into pricing strategies aligned with business requirements.
    • Mentored and guided junior data scientists in statistical modeling, data engineering, and best practices.
  • Bogazici University
    Assistant Professor
    RESEARCH
    May 2016 - February 2022 (5 years and 10 months)
    Istanbul, Türkiye
    • Conducted lectures on research methods and statistics
    • Research on eye movements during reading
    • Statistical modeling of dependency resolution processes in reading
    Statistics Data Science Data Analysis Data Visualization
  • Freiberufler
    Data Scientist
    April 2015 - Today (11 years and 4 months)
    • Implemented solutions that helped clients understand data and automate forecasting processes.
    • Clients included: Procter & Gamble, ImmoScout24, Utilifeed.
    • Sales forecasting with hierarchical models
    • Churn prediction with Survival Random Forests
    • Customer segmentation
    • Optimization of fantasy football lineups
    • Optimization of algorithmic trading with genetic algorithms
    • Prediction of energy consumption with Quantile Gradient Boosting
    • Statistical consulting
    Statistics Data Science Machine Learning R Python

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Education

  • PhD
    University of Potsdam
    2014
    Promotion in Kognitionswissenschaften
  • Diploma
    University of Potsdam
    2008
    Diplom in Computerlinguistik

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