Ruben Victor Ruiz

Overview

Currently at Granite Foods, where I lead demand forecasting with a team of 26. Replaced 85 hand-built dashboards with one metrics layer people trust. Built the forecasting models now used in 10 product decisions a quarter. Open-source contributor on weekends.

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Experience

1. Head of Data

   Mar 2025 - Present
   Granite Foods · 1 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Boston, MA
   • Cut forecast error from 22% to 6% across 308 SKUs.
   • Reduced stock-outs by 20% in the first season.
2. Analytics Manager

   Jul 2023 - Mar 2025
   Starbucks · 1 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Boston, MA
   • Cut forecast error from 22% to 6% across 3556 SKUs.
3. Data Analyst

   May 2022 - Jul 2023
   Visa · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Boston, MA
   • Cut forecast error from 32% to 10% across 3526 SKUs.
4. Data Scientist

   Jul 2020 - May 2022
   VMware · 1 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Boston, MA
   • Reduced stock-outs by 22% in the first season.
   • Replaced 80 hand-built dashboards with one metrics layer people trust.
5. Data Analyst

   Mar 2018 - Jul 2020
   Wayfair · 2 yr 4 mo · Contract · Boston, MA
   • Taught SQL to 126 non-analysts.

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Education

1. UC San Diego

   BS, Physics
   2010 - 2014