Aleksandar Velkoski
Global Head Of Applied Data Science, Generative AI
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAleksandar Velkoski is a Senior Manager of Online Data Science at The Home Depot with a decade of experience applying AI and data to improve search relevance, ranking, and customer experience. He has driven P&L impact through enterprise data initiatives across retail and real estate, previously leading data science and engineering efforts at the National Association of REALTORS®. An active educator and mentor, he serves as an adjunct professor and Distinguished Faculty Fellow at DePaul University, bridging academic research with industry practice. Aleksandar’s background includes founding a marketing analytics group and early technical roles at Daimler, giving him uncommon depth in both quantitative modeling and operationalizing analytics at scale. He combines business-focused leadership with hands-on expertise in AI/ML, data governance, and integrations, and is known for translating complex models into measurable business outcomes. Based in Clarkston, Michigan, he pairs executive training from Wharton with doctoral-level economics study to inform data-driven strategy.
10 years of coding experience
Doctor of Business Administration Economics, Doctor of Business Administration Economics at Lawrence Technological UniversityExecutive Education, Executive Education at University of Pennsylvania
Github Skills (35)
data-api10
economic-data9
python8
exchange8
kibana8
benchmarking8
machine-learning8
cryptocurrency8
data-science7
pytorch7
performance-testing7
elasticsearch7
bot-framework6
load-testing6
chatbot6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
EthVentures/HarborBiometrics
Dec 2017 - Dec 2017
Contributions:39 commits, 29 pushes in 25 days
avelkoski/FRB
Jan 2016 - Dec 2018
Python Client for Interfacing with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis' Economic Data API (FRED®)
Contributions:18 commits, 3 PRs, 14 pushes in 2 years 11 months
data-apipythonfederal-reservefred-apieconomic-data
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