Cato Van Willige

• ● Delivering ad-hoc data-driven assignments, covering analysis, modeling, and end-to-end AI implementations.

• ● Identified and implemented AI-driven automation opportunities in collaboration with internal investment and operations teams, improving efficiency of existing data workflows.

• ● Built a Retrieval-Augmented Generation chatbot to centralize internal knowledge, enabling teams to quickly retrieve information from previous investment use cases and improving day-to-day productivity.

• ● Developed an end-to-end logistics optimization solution for PVH (Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein), leading to a more efficient container utilization and lower costs. My contribution consisted of writing and testing the code of an evolutionary algorithm while constantly exchanging feedback with stakeholders, keeping them up-to-date and educating them on how to use the model.

• ● Led the assessment of G-III Apparel Group's reporting landscape to evaluate data maturity as part of a digitalization strategy, gathering requirements across teams and reviewing tools to identify gaps and improvement opportunities.

• ● Design and implemented a customer segmentation model for GUESS, enabling more personalized email campaigns and driving stronger campaign performance.