George Kolokotronis
Senior Data Scientist at Edward Jones
- Role
- Senior Data Scientist at Edward Jones
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About George Kolokotronis
Strategic data science leader with 15 years of experience driving growth in retail, real estate, and financial services through machine learning and predictive modeling. Adept at translating complex business problems into clear, actionable logic and scalable solutions. Skilled across the full ML lifecycle—from data engineering and feature design to model development, evaluation, and deployment. A trusted partner to cross-functional teams and executives, known for influencing strategy through experimentation, explainable ML, and rigorous analysis.
Experience
Senior Data Scientist
Feb 2023 — Present · Seattle, WA, US
Developed SARIMAX-based forecasts for firm-wide and market-level asset flows, reducing MAPE from 11% to 5% and enabling proactive detection of anomalous trends. Built a SHAP-based explanatory framework for asset flow trends and deployed via a Tableau dashboard for analyst use. Advised leaders regarding asset flows through the Executive Insights team, partnering with analysts to apply data science tools and models for strategic decisions. Used LightGBM models to predict 1/3/5-year retirement outflows; built data pipelines, trained models, and deployed results to a Tableau dashboard to support financial advisors in managing their practice. Created optimization model for Joint Venture financial advisor bonuses, using bounded least-squares and Bayesian hyperparameter tuning to adjust payout brackets and rates with minimal disruption to total compensation. Modeled ramp-up standards for new financial advisors to achieve sustainable profitability by target milestones. Contributed significantly to the Data Science department’s internal Python library. Served on the Data Science Review Board to evaluate peers\' work as part of analytical governance.
Education
Northwestern University
Master of Science - MS, Data Science (formerly Predictive Analytics)
Cornell University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Labor and Industrial Relations
University of Washington
Certificate, Business Intelligence: Techniques for Decision-Making
Skills
- Vendor Management
- Applicant Tracking Systems
- Data Modeling
- Analytics
- Microsoft Excel
- Business Analysis
- Predictive Modeling
- Access
- Talent Acquisition
- Talent Management
- Retail
- Cost Analysis
- Training
- Human Resources
- Analysis
- Predictive Analytics
- Data Analysis
- Workforce Planning
- Forecasting
- Hris
- Sql
- R
- Recruiting
- Tableau
- Statistical Modeling
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