Botond Egri
About Botond Egri
Botond Egri serves as the Head of Artificial Intelligence at Corsearch, a position he has held since 2021. With extensive experience in data science and analytics, he has previously worked in various roles across banking and consulting sectors, and has achieved notable recognition in Kaggle competitions.
Work at Corsearch
Botond Egri has been serving as the Head of Artificial Intelligence at Corsearch since 2021. In this role, he leads initiatives focused on integrating artificial intelligence into the company's operations. Prior to his current position, he worked as the Lead Data Scientist at Corsearch for seven years, starting in 2017. His experience at Corsearch highlights his commitment to advancing AI solutions within the organization.
Education and Expertise
Botond Egri earned a Master of Science in Informatics from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, specializing in Intelligent Systems and Communications Networking and Operations from 1996 to 2001. He possesses extensive expertise in various technological environments, including AWS, GCP, Tensorflow/Keras, and the R ecosystem. His proficiency extends to programming languages and tools such as Python, Jupyter notebook, Elasticsearch, MongoDB, MySQL, Java, PHP, SAS, and SPSS.
Background
Botond Egri has a diverse professional background in data science and analytics. He began his career as a Data Mining Consultant at DSS Consulting from 2001 to 2004, followed by a role as a Senior Data Mining Consultant at OTP Bank from 2004 to 2006. He later worked as a Principal Data Scientist at Raiffeisen Bank International from 2010 to 2015. Additionally, he served as a Senior Data Analyst and Team Lead at L&P Solutions Kft. from 2006 to 2008.
Achievements
Botond Egri has received recognition for his skills in data science, notably winning two silver and two bronze medals in Kaggle competitions. He achieved second place in the Kaggledays Conference live competition held in Paris in 2019. His contributions include developing a machine learning-based payment fraud detection system that integrates with existing human operation workflows and working on a CRM campaign optimization framework.