Summary
Alan Meert is a Director of Data Science with 13 years of experience applying data science and engineering to enterprise-scale problems across finance, supply chain, distribution, and customer operations. A former experimental/observational astrophysicist with a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania, he brings rigorous statistical thinking and large-scale data platform experience—having built Hadoop/Spark-based pipelines and production analytics early in his career. He rose through technical ranks at Cencora from Data Scientist to Principal Architect, leading cross-functional teams that translate complex business domains into reproducible, production-ready models. Now leading data science at Lucina in Philadelphia, he blends research-caliber curiosity with pragmatic product delivery and governance-aware architectures. Colleagues rely on him for bridging domain experts, BI, and engineering to turn noisy enterprise data into actionable insights.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
BS Physics, BS Physics at Purdue University
PhD Astrophysics/Cosmology, PhD Astrophysics/Cosmology at University of Pennsylvania