Melanie Bacou
Systems Analyst at WorldCover wateraccounting agrisemantics agapps CAL-Insurance
Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Top SchoolMelanie Bacou is a systems analyst and data scientist with over a decade of focused experience applying agricultural economics, geospatial and agrometeorological analysis to climate risk, water management, and poverty reduction in sub-Saharan Africa. She has led research and built production data pipelines and near real-time insurance pricing engines on AWS for parametric weather insurance, and designed interactive visualization tools to inform water-security and agricultural policy for organizations like WorldCover, IWMI and IFPRI. Her background blends rigorous academic training (MSc in Agricultural Economics) with hands-on ICT and M&E work across international development, from SAP procurement upgrades at the African Development Bank to geospatial program evaluation for USAID. Notably, she translates complex biophysical and socioeconomic datasets into operational decision tools that support equitable resource allocation and resilient value chains. Based in Porto, she brings a rare mix of domain expertise, product delivery, and policy-oriented impact.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
M.Sc. Agricultural Economics, International Trade and Development, M.Sc. Agricultural Economics, International Trade and Development at Purdue UniversityRussian as foreign language, Russian Language and Literature, Russian as foreign language, Russian Language and Literature at Herzen State Pedagogical University of RussiaClasse Prépa, Business mathematics and statistics, Contemporary history, Philosophy, Classe Prépa, Business mathematics and statistics, Contemporary history, Philosophy at Lycée Louis-le-GrandDiplôme de Grande École, Diplom-Kaufmann, MA International Management, Diplôme de Grande École, Diplom-Kaufmann, MA International Management at ESCP Europe / ESCP-EAP
English, French, German, Russian
Github Skills (185)
shinydashboard10
shiny-apps10
r10
shiny10
htmlwidgets10
r-package10
development-environment10
opencpu10
converter10
rstudio10
cran10
reactive9
markdown9
pygobject9
table-of-contents9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
harvestchoice/hc-shiny
Dec 2014 - Sep 2016
Contributions:230 commits, 159 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 10 months
mbacou/mb-labs
Oct 2021 - Feb 2025
Contributions:59 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 4 months
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