Doruk Cengiz

Doruk Cengiz

Lead Data Scientist

The Home Depot

Biography

Hi. I am a lead data scientist at The Home Depot (Atlanta, GA). My interests include statistics, machine learning, econometrics, and data analysis.

I have received a Ph.D. in Economics and a M.S. in Statistics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Interests
  • Machine/Statistical Learning
  • Causal Inference & Econometrics
  • Forecasting
  • Labor Economics
Education
  • PhD in Economics, 2019

    University of Massachusetts, Amherst

  • MS in Statistics, 2016

    University of Massachusetts, Amherst

  • BA in Economics, 2012

    Bogazici University

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Lead Data Scientist
Nov 2021 – Present Atlanta, GA

Responsibilities include:

  • Transforming high volume data into actionable business information
  • Developing demand models to determine optimum price levels that maximize Home Depot’s market share without decreasing the gross margin
 
 
 
 
 
Data Scientist
Aug 2019 – Nov 2021 Atlanta, GA

Responsibilities include:

  • Implementing frontier forecasting methods on big data sets to improve forecast accuracy
  • Coaching and onboarding junior data scientists and data science/consultants
  • Tidying “untidy” data, creating visualizations, and presenting results to technical and non-technical audience (e.g. other team members, customers, consultants)
 
 
 
 
 
Researcher / Graduate Research Assistant
May 2015 – Aug 2019 Amherst, MA
Researched on cutting edge predictive and causal machine learning, statistical, and economic models to explain and forecast supply and demand movements in markets.