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Data Scientist · Oslo, Norway

Katja Norstad

Building data-driven products that save money, increase revenue, and make organisations smarter — since 2012.

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Data Scientist Mar 2019 — Present
Storebrand, Oslo

Led delivery of multiple data-driven projects across business analytics, insurance, marketing and SMB — including customer lifetime value, churn reduction, wealth segmentation, fraud detection, and automated customer inquiry classification. Estimated savings of tens of millions NOK.
Snowflake · Databricks · Python · PySpark · SQL · Power BI

Business Analyst → Senior Data Analyst / Data Scientist Aug 2015 — Mar 2019
Sopra Steria, Oslo

Built bespoke DWH, ETL, and data visualisation solutions across health, retail, transport, petroleum, and finance. Promoted to Senior after three years. Helped numerous clients adopt dashboards and insight-driven decision-making for the first time.
Tableau · Power BI · Qlik · SAS · Python · SQL · C#

Analyst / Quantitative Researcher Jun 2013 — Aug 2013
HedgeSPA, Singapore

Developed portfolio optimisation tools for stocks, bonds, and commodities. Hand-picked by a former BlackRock manager; participated in investor meetings with Sequoia Capital and offered a permanent role.
C++ · MATLAB

Analyst Jun 2014 — Aug 2014
If Forsikring, Oslo

Built probability models for home insurance sales and analysed performance of internal units.
SAS

Algorithm Analyst Jun 2012 — Jul 2012
EMGS, Oslo

Analysed and optimised seabed-scanning algorithms; results deployed globally with estimated savings of several million NOK.

Languages

PythonPySparkSQLRC++MATLAB

Platforms

DatabricksSnowflakeDWH / ETLGitHubSalesforce

Analytics & BI

Power BITableauQlikSAS

Domains

Churn / CLVFraud DetectionNLP / ClassificationSegmentation

M.Sc. Physics & Mathematics — Statistics

NTNU — Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim

2010 — 2015 · Grade average: B

Entrepreneurship — 30 ECTS

Gründerskolen (UiO / NUS MBA), Singapore

2013 · Top grades from both programmes

Introduction to Public-Sector Interpreting

OsloMet, Oslo

Feb 2023 — Nov 2023

Russiannative
Ukrainianfluent
Norwegianfluent
Englishfluent