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.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Physics, BS, Physics at Purdue University
PhD, Astrophysics/Cosmology, PhD, Astrophysics/Cosmology at University of Pennsylvania