Dirk Ulbricht

Experience

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  IfO Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München

  Apr 2006 - Sept 2008

  Junior Researcher

  Forecasts for Asia, particularly Japan and China. Research on ensemble forecasts.

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  Allianz

  Jan 2009 - Jul 2012

  Sales manager, team leader, assistant

  I started as assistant to a member of the board, than I worked as a team leader and finally I lead a team of 31 sales agents. I took part in a management program which I completed successfully.

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  German Institute for Economic Research (DIW)

  May 2013 - Sept 2015

  Research associate

  Regular forecasts for the German government on all aggregates on the medium to long run, research on house price bubbles, the sanctions against Russia, construction of a sentiment index for media analysis, consumer finances and ensemble forecasts.

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  Hertie School of Governance

  Aug 2013 - Aug 2015

  Lecturer

  Courses on applied empirical research with R and on forecasting with R.

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  Association of the Insured (BdV)

  Sept 2015 - Jan 2016

  Team leader

  Management of the staff of the non-profit BdV, lobbying for consumer interests, ensuring the quality of the advisory for the members and coordination of the lawsuits against providers.

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  Iff (for responsible finance)

  Jan 2016 - Oct 2019

  Managing director

  Managing director of an NGO Think tank conducting research for the EU commission, German Government, Federation of German Consumer Organisations, Finanzwende (Finance Watch Germany) and others in the field of consumer finances (credit, insurance, debt collection, comparison portals amongst others).

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  Neuefische GmbH - School and Pool for Digital Talent

  Oct 2019 - Dec 2020

  Head Coach Data Programs
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  SIGNAL IDUNA Gruppe

  Feb 2021 - Jun 2022

  Data Scientist

  Fraud detection and analysis of regression.

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  Shell Energy Retail GmbH

  Jul 2022 - now

  Senior Data Engineer

  Responsibility for the DWH, Access Control, Transformations, In-/Egress, pii Management (Snowflake, dbt, databricks, terraform, Airflow and Streamsets)