Summary
Davide Totaro is a Director of Data Science with 14 years of experience turning research-grade machine learning into business impact across streaming, fashion, and music-tech domains. He has a strong track record at Tubi building experimentation platforms, defining company-wide KPIs (Aha Moment, Power User, Growth Accounting), and shipping a search feature that improved CTR by 20% using cross-departmental embeddings. Comfortable both hands-on with Python, PySpark and SQL and leading teams, he champions mentorship and has repeatedly promoted junior hires into managerial roles. His toolkit spans recommender systems, MIR, computer vision and big data pipelines, and he’s adept at integrating disparate data sources to unlock opportunities across Product, Marketing and Ads. A creative problem-solver with training in sound engineering and electronic music, he often blends technical rigor with domain intuition to find non-obvious solutions.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Conservatorio "G. Verdi" di Como
Master of Science (MSc) Sound Engineering and Design, Master of Science (MSc) Sound Engineering and Design at Politecnico di Milano
English, Italian, Spanish