Peter Hontaru
Senior Data Scientist
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolPeter Hontaru is a Senior Data Scientist with six years’ experience applying causal analysis, experimentation and production ML to marketplace problems at Deliveroo, currently focused on improving Estimated Order Duration and Delivery Area models at scale. He progressed from analytics roles at Thomas Cook and Addison Lee into data science, bringing a strong product-minded approach to partner experience and operational performance. His work bridges experimentation, analytical product development and model deployment across a three-sided marketplace, with tangible impact on delivery efficiency. Based in London, he pairs technical rigour with a background in sports science and research, informing a data-driven approach to human-centred problems. Outside work he is an amateur pianist and West End theatre regular, and trains competitively from 5Ks to Hyrox events—demonstrating disciplined, multidisciplinary curiosity that informs his work.
6 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Sports and Exercise Science, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Sports and Exercise Science at University of Birmingham
Romanian, English, Italian
Github Skills (2)
shiny9
r8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
peterhontaru/Exploratory-Data-Analysis-Youtube-Trending-Videos
Aug 2020 - Nov 2020
Contributions:36 commits, 30 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
peterhontaru/datasciencecoursera
Feb 2020 - Jun 2020
Contributions:2 PRs, 9 pushes, 4 branches in 4 months
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