Thijs Vermeire

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Data Scientist

Thijs obtained a Master in Business Engineering, option Data Analytics from Ghent University in 2021. He finalized his Master's with a dissertation comparing different representation learning methods to predict intraday stock price movement. Over his 5 year study, he was able to develop his Analytics skills in Python, R, SQL, and Java. During his time in Ghent, he also engaged in a variety of extracurricular activities. 

In the course of his Bachelor, he was an active member of the VEK Investment club and later joined the Capitant Investment banking career track. Thijs spent part of his Master's on a semester-long exchange to Zhejiang University, China. He learned how to work in a multicultural environment and further improve his Data Analytics skills by enrolling in specialized courses at one of mainland China’s most prestigious Universities.   

In 2020, he did a summer Data Analytics internship at PwC Belgium. There, he already had his first experience in dashboarding using Power BI. 

Before joining element61, Thijs got some experience in Data Governance in the banking industry. At element61 he mainly utilizes Power BI, Power Apps, Azure Data Factory, and Databricks. Thijs is involved in the end-to-end development of BI and data science projects for different customers, from setting up ingestion to building C-level reporting in Power BI. Furthermore, he has been active in a wide array of industries some of which include private banking, construction, maritime transport, etc.  

Thijs joined element61 in March 2022 as an Analytics Analyst in the Data Science & Analysis department.