Alex Gibson

Senior Data Scientist at BMO · credit scoring, XGBoost

BMO

Waterloo, ON · ET (UTC-5)

5+ years experience

McGill University

English, Hindi

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Overview

Senior Data Scientist at BMO, focused on credit risk modelling. Built the scorecard that lifted approval rates by 6% at flat losses. Replaced 86 hand-built dashboards with one metrics layer people trust. Previously at Amazon. I read too many books about cities.

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Roles in credit risk modelling
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credit scoringPythonXGBoostmodel governancesurvival analysisSQLtransformers

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closes in 3 months

Next role: Data Scientist in healthtech, Waterloo or hybrid

Target roles: Data Scientist
Level: Senior
Industries: AI infrastructure, B2B SaaS
Work mode: Remote
Available: Immediately
Work authorization: Authorized to work in the ON
What I'm looking for: A team that ships weekly and owns risk end to end.
Not interested in: Contract-only roles

5 years in credit risk modelling. Strongest at credit scoring and transformers. Available from next month.

Waterloo, ONtransformerscredit scoringxgboost

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Experience

Senior Data Scientist
Jul 2024 - Present
BMO · 2 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Waterloo, ON
- Built the scorecard that lifted approval rates by 3% at flat losses.
- Wrote the metric definitions the leadership team reviews every week.
Data Analyst
Jan 2022 - Jun 2024
Amazon · 2 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Waterloo, ON
- Took the risk models through 2 regulatory model reviews.

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McGill University
BEng, Economics
2016 - 2020

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