Leonardo Kanashiro Felizardo

With a solid background in software engineering, I have honed my skills in functional testing and meticulous specification of software features during my tenure at Itaú-Unibanco and Itaú BBA. In addition to my engineering responsibilities, I also embraced the role of Product Manager for Cash Management Services, further expanding my expertise in the financial sector. My academic journey led me to the esteemed Polytechnic of Turin in Italy, where I had the privilege of participating in a joint Ph.D. program with the University of São Paulo. Currently, in the final semester of my doctoral studies, I am exploring advanced methods of Deep Reinforcement Learning in Decision Processes, with a particular emphasis on Finance and Operations Research. My research interests span Reinforcement Learning, Approximate Dynamic Programming, Artificial Neural Networks, and Time Series Forecasting. In my current role as a Senior Data Scientist at Aravita, I have been instrumental in developing advanced machine learning models for demand forecasting and product segmentation. I have also conceptualized and developed an autonomous agent capable of training and optimizing policies within a simulated environment that reflects real-world operations.