Data Scientist & ML Engineer | M.Sc. in DS & ML | Quality Assurance Professional | Azure AI Certified
I am a Data Science and Machine Learning professional with a unique background in High-Precision Systems Engineering and Quality Assurance within the Hellenic Air Force. I specialize in transforming complex data into actionable business insights and building scalable, production-ready AI solutions.
Production-Ready Churn Prediction System
- Problem: Businesses losing up to €2M+ annually due to customer attrition.
- Solution: An end-to-end ecosystem featuring XGBoost (0.87 Recall), SHAP explainability, and a FastAPI/Streamlit deployment.
- Impact: Real-time risk assessment and financial ROI simulation via Power BI.
AI_Driven_Occupancy_Tracker_System
- Problem: The need for automated, high-accuracy monitoring and occupancy management in restricted facilities.
- Solution: An end-to-end Computer Vision pipeline using OpenCV DNN, Centroid Tracking, and vector-based movement analysis for bi-directional counting.
- Impact: Optimized for Edge AI (Raspberry Pi) deployment, providing real-time "Grand Total" synchronization and automated facility oversight.
- Languages & Frameworks: Python, SQL, OpenCV, FastAPI, Streamlit, Scikit-learn, XGBoost.
- AI & Computer Vision: Object Detection, Centroid Tracking, Deep Neural Networks (DNN), SHAP (Explainable AI).
- Data Engineering: Data Architecture, ETL Pipelines, EDA, Edge AI Deployment.
- Visualization: Power BI, Tableau, Matplotlib, Seaborn.
- Operations & Systems: MLOps, Azure AI (Certified), Quality Assurance & Control, Technical Upgrade Management.
- M.Sc. in Data Science & Machine Learning | Hellenic Open University (2025)
- B.Sc. in Electrical, Electronics & Communications Engineering | Hellenic Air Force Academy
- Experience: 7+ years in the Hellenic Air Force, managing mission-critical avionics (F-16 Viper) and leading Quality Assurance audits for high-tech systems.
- Certified: Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals.
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/rizosconstantinos
- Email: rizos.kon@gmail.com
- Location: Greece 🇬🇷
"Leveraging precision engineering principles to build robust AI systems."