Riccardo Catalano
cataric2002@gmail.com
Italian and British
About
Passionate about AI, strategy, machine learning, geopolitics, and languages. Shaped by living across Europe and the US.
Education
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MScBA Master in Management (MiM) – Rotterdam School of Management
Rotterdam, Netherlands • Sep 2025 - Sep 2026 (Expected)
Strategic management, marketing, operations, supply-chain, business analytics, corporate finance. Extracurricular: Ad Astra Capital - Senior Analyst (Global Tech), Flow Traders Competition. GPA 8.78/10 = US 4.0 = UK First class
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Erasmus Exchange – ESADE Business School
Barcelona, Spain • Aug 2023 - Dec 2023
Governance, Economics & Legal Order. GPA 8.05/10
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BSc. International Politics and Government – Bocconi University
Milan, Italy • Sep 2021 - Oct 2024
Multidisciplinary: politics, economics, management, law, quantitative methods. Thesis: European gas prices as a predictor of support for Ukraine. GPA 25.2/30
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International Baccalaureate (IB) – International School of Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland • Jun 2019 - Jun 2021
Final mark: 40/45
Experience
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Team Lead – Tech Consulting Group
Rotterdam, Netherlands • Oct 2025 - Present
Leading team of 5 consultants advising financial services client on platform technology and operating-model strategy. Delivering scenario-based recommendations through competitor benchmarking, internal diagnostics, and cost modeling.
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Senior Analyst (Global Tech) – Ad Astra Capital
Rotterdam, Netherlands • Oct 2025 - Present
Researching and analyzing 2 equities per week as stock picks for student investment fund in Flow Traders Competition.
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Junior Digital Ethics Analyst – IKEA (Ingka Digital)
Amsterdam, Netherlands • Aug 2024 - Jul 2025
AI Governance: Established AI registry, coordinated cross-functional teams for internal AI tooling and model governance.
AI Act Compliance: Built risk frameworks and assessment tools, published engineering guide.
Analytics & Automation: BigQuery dashboards, LLM-based compliance flagging.
Presented at internal tech conference (200+ attendees).
Skills
Languages
Fluent in English, Italian, French | High level Spanish, some German and Dutch
Technical
Python (pandas), STATA, BigQuery, Machine Learning
AI & Development
Building full‑stack web apps with AI coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Lovable). Blog at riccardocatalano.com/blog
Certifications
GMAT Focus: 645 (88th Percentile), Machine Learning Specialization (DeepLearning.AI/Stanford), Harvard CS50P – Python, ICDL Europe – Excel, Word, PowerPoint