Résumé | Paulius Mikalainis

Principal Data Scientist / BI Manager

Verizon · Basking Ridge, NJ

Reporting & Planning Process Automation

Dec 2025 – Present

Led design of scalable ML systems for financial planning, reducing process complexity by 83% and accelerating EPM completion by 50%.
Established data governance and validation protocols within critical financial data platforms for robust ML model training and inference.
Engineered Python data pipelines integrating distributed computing for large-scale enterprise finance workflows.

BI Manager

Verizon · Basking Ridge, NJ

Oracle EPM Support — Corporate Finance

Dec 2023 – Dec 2025

Translated complex financial requirements into enterprise planning applications, enhancing ML-driven insights and accelerating corporate target planning.
Mentored data analysts in Python scripting for automated reporting and advanced analytics.
Deployed automated Python solutions for hands-on data engineering, streamlining corporate consolidation processes.

BI Manager

Verizon · Basking Ridge, NJ

Customer Profitability — VCG Commercial Finance

May 2021 – Dec 2023

Migrated and re-architected a legacy customer profitability model to a scalable Python-based ML platform, enhancing analytical accuracy.
Designed and deployed an enterprise decision intelligence solution with predictive ML models to drive C-suite marketing and retention strategy.
Integrated new data sources into the enterprise data warehouse, enhancing quality critical for scalable ML model training.

BI Manager

Verizon · Basking Ridge, NJ

Service Pricing — VCG Commercial Finance

Feb 2019 – Apr 2021

Designed a predictive ML regression model for optimizing customer promotional offerings, implementing a data-driven retention strategy.
Translated ML findings into actionable recommendations resulting in a documented $14M monthly promotional cost avoidance.
Mentored financial analysts in Python for ML model development, fostering a data-driven culture.

Data Scientist

Verizon · Basking Ridge, NJ

Internal Audit

Nov 2016 – Jan 2019

Developed and deployed Python-based ML solutions including NLP models to optimize risk survey classification for enterprise audit.
Significantly reduced manual effort and delivered actionable insights in a financial risk management context.

BI Analyst

Horizon BCBS of New Jersey · Newark, NJ

Healthcare Analytics

Sep 2006 – Oct 2016

Performed data analysis and reporting for healthcare analytics, contributing insights on patient outcomes and operational efficiency.
Built data manipulation and visualization capabilities that laid the groundwork for future ML applications.

Paulius Mikalainis