Max Cohen

Experience

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  RCB Castello Branco Consultoria Econômica Ltda

  Nov 1993 - Aug 1995

  Economics Advisor | Data Analyst

  Business consulting. Economics Projects Developer.

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  Universidade Estadual de Campinas

  Jan 1995 - Jul 1995

  Associate Researcher | Data Analyst

  FECAMP. Study of The Competitiveness of the Manaus Free Trade Zone, to support in public policies elaboration.

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  Federal University of Amazonas

  Aug 1995 - Aug 1997

  Assistant Professor

  Department of Economics, undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Professor of Introduction to Economics, Monetary Economics and International Economics.

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  Superintendencia Da Zona Franca De Manaus

  Sept 1997 - Dec 1999

  Economics Advisor | Data Analyst

  Superintendency of the Manaus Free Trade Zone. Federal Government unit for regional and industrial development. Advised the Superintendent. Developed economic, statistical, time series and fiscal (tax) incentive analysis, with indicators and econometric models of industrial production. Represented the superintendent in national and international events and meetings. Participated in the corporate development.

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  ESPM

  Mar 2000 - Jul 2000

  Research Professor

  Business School, Professor of Management Information Systems at MBA courses.

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  FGV

  Feb 2001 - Dec 2002

  Associate Researcher in e-Business

  GV-Consult. Data Analyst. Responsible for the operationalization of the research and data management (i.e., collection, validation, and analysis). Expert in statistical analysis (time series) with Minitab, SPSS, AMOS and MS Access database. Developed measure the use of information for the São Paulo industry.

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  CT-PIM

  Apr 2003 - Apr 2004

  Competitive Intelligence Analyst

  Centro de Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação do Pólo Industrial de Manaus.R&D Center. Coordinated information management, business intelligence and competitive intelligence projects. Indentified and attracted partners, including Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aereo Espacial Esteban Terradas (Spain), Instituto Politécnico de Madrid (Spain) and Fraunhofer Institute (Germany).Attracted investment from fiscal incentive from Samsung and Philips. Executed research and analysis of complex business issues. Show less

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  FUCAPI

  May 2004 - Dec 2004

  Planning Advisor of Executive Board

  R&D Center. In charge of planning and redesigning the organizational structure. Advised the Executive Director and the Board of Directors on matters related to strategy, corporate development, innovation, business performance and led strategic projects. Developed the corporate strategy with a global perspective. Ensured that corporate priorities and action plans were clear and that the company was on-track to achieve its strategic objectives.

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  Science and Information Technology Secretary - Manaus City Hall

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2008

  Chief Information Officer

  Developed the IT strategy and corporate strategy for Manaus City Hall, in search of reduce the bureaucracy. Managed a budget of US$10mm/year and a 150 employees’ team. Developed a new internet strategy, achieving 300% growth of the traffic in the first year of operation. Received the IBest 2006 - the Brazilian Internet Award.

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  Centro de Incubação e Desenvolvimento Empresarial - CIDE

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2008

  Member of Board of Directors

  I worked on the development of corporate strategy. CIDE is a business incubator, and its aim is offer support and resource to accelerate the successful development of entrepreneurial startups information technology companies in Manaus.

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  CT-PIM

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2008

  Member of Board of Directors

  I worked on the development of corporate strategy. Centro de Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação do Pólo Industrial de Manaus (CTPIM) is a research center. Its aim is to develop products in microelectronics segment and support to industrial firms in Manaus.

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  Mercosul

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2007

  Economics Advisor

  I was one of the Brazil's advisors in Mercosur's meeting about cities. It was the first time that was allowed to cities to participate. The discussion (advisory work) was important to introduce the cities' problems in the Mercosur’s agenda.

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  Inove Mais Desenvolvimento Empresarial

  Jan 2008 - Jul 2009

  Innovation Business Consultant

  Business consulting firm with expertise in corporate strategy, innovation and information management. Working with disruptive innovation and advising companies to create innovation-driven growth.Conceived and implemented the Center for Innovation in FUCAPI in Manaus, in partnership with the University of New Mexico (USA), whose goal was to attract risk capital for investment in new business incubation.Evaluated new entrepreneurs business projects for the FUCAPI incubator.

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  Federal University of Amazonas

  Jul 2009 - Nov 2012

  Research Professor

  Developed consulting work that identified the aggregate, direct, indirect and intangible, produced by the Coca-Cola group in the area of ​tax incentives of the Manaus Free Zone. Trained managers of national and multinational companies, including Nokia and Honda, on the strategic management of information technology. Developed a project to attract financial resources from tax incentives on the Manaus Free Trade Zone. Worked with entrepreneurs creating business plans and marketing strategies for new business models.Developed pedagogical projects for undergraduate courses in administration, master's degree in accounting and master's degree in production engineering.Selected candidates for master's degree in accounting and master's degree in production engineering. Show less

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  RCB Castello Branco Consultoria Econômica Ltda

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2024

  Business Consultant | Data Analyst

  Developed economic-industrial projects to obtain federal taxes incentives to install national and multinational firms at Manaus Free Trade Zone. The consulting firm has as clients Coca-Cola, Yamaha, Swatch Group, Essilor and Flextronics.Developed research using econometric tools and time series to analyze the economic performance of State of Amazonas.Worked with entrepreneurs and startups to develop new business strategy plans, financial and costs analysis.

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  ESPM

  Apr 2013 - Jul 2014

  Research Professor

  Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing - ESPM-Sul. Developed, with the team, a new MBA course in business marketing, observing new trends, themes and disciplines used in USA and Europe's schools.

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  Ulpan - א

  Aug 2019 - Mar 2020

  Hebrew Student

  Oleh chadash (new immigrant) from Brazil studying at Ulpan א in Israel.

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  Kaggle Competitions

  Oct 2019 - Jan 2024

  Data Scientist and Machine Learning Engineer Competitor @ Kaggle

  Constructing machine learning and deep learning algorithms to competing at Kaggle competitions.

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  Arapaima Artificial Intelligence

  May 2020 - now

  Founder & Data Scientist

  Startup initiative. Quantitative Portfolio Research. AI for Investments. Using python and machine learning to develop a new financial model for trading and sentiment analysis system, with natural language processing (NLP), to capture trading signals over the web.

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  Coronathonbr

  Jun 2020 - Jun 2020

  Data Scientist

  The Coronathon was an online Hackathon, promoted by ENAP, ThinkLab and SINE, with support from Microsoft, which sought technological solutions to face the economic and social impacts caused by COVID-19 in Brazil.I was the Data Scientist of my team, which reached the 4th place. Our solution addressed the information asymmetry between applicants and job vacancies in the market. The algorithm created analyzed the characteristics of the workers and crossed with the characteristics of the vacancies. The proposal also included the sending of alerts via SMS, WhatsApp and Apps automatically and daily, as the algorithm makes the discoveries.https://coronathon.enap.gov.brhttp://www.coronathon.com.br Show less

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  INDT

  Jul 2020 - Dec 2020

  Head of Research, Innovation & Digital Transformation

  - Built the new organizational design.- Planned the Digital Health Platform based on artificial intelligence applications for medical diagnostics.- Led the sales effort for R&D projects.

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  Companhia Amazonense de Desenvolvimento e Mobilização de Ativos - CADA

  Mar 2021 - Mar 2023

  Operational Manager CP³P-F

  Promote solutions to assist the Amazonas State in the economic and social development, optimizing the flow of financial resources through the mobilization of assets, public private partnerships PPP and collaborative and innovative projects. Certified CP3P Foundation. Developed the conceptual operating model for the future Technological Park of the Amazonas State.

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  CORECON - AM | Conselho Regional de Economia

  Jan 2023 - May 2024

  Councillor
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  Arapaima Clube de Investimentos

  Mar 2024 - now

  Quantitative Portfolio Manager

  Responsible for managing the Arapaima Investment Club's portfolio, based on the theoretical framework of factor investing, the systematic or quantitative finance approach, and using artificial intelligence to optimize its portfolios.

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  Hospital Albert Einstein

  May 2024 - Aug 2024

  Data Scientist

  Developing AI projects for healthcare together with partner organizations.