Milan, Italy
Kimberly Bertoli
Data Engineering | Quantitative Research | M&A
Trained in finance and computer science, I build systems that turn complex data into practical decisions, from robust pipelines and retrieval architectures to analytical models. My experience in M&A advisory adds a commercial lens and a strong understanding of financial data.
Experience
Microsoft
Data Engineer for AI Products Capstone
Built an Airflow-orchestrated pipeline ingesting 54 RSS sources and designed the pgvector data layer powering citation-grounded RAG.
Deloitte & Touche
Junior Financial Data Analyst Internship
Developed a unified chart of accounts for a global insurance group, standardising reporting across 40+ countries.
Rothschild & Co
M&A and Wealth Management Analyst Traineeship
Formulated the sales strategy for a majority stake transaction of a €1.8B revenue family-owned company. Best Performing Team Award.
Banca Sella
FinTech Analyst Traineeship
Led a startup project for a SaaS platform streamlining M&A transactions in Italy, from origination to execution.
Accenture
Banking M&A Advisory Analyst Internship
Advised an Italian bank on transferring its Wealth & Asset Management branch, involving ~€30B in client assets.
Education
IE University
MSc Computer Science, Advanced AI Track
Madrid, Spain
Bocconi University
BSc Economics & Finance
Milan, Italy
Singapore Management University
Exchange Program
Singapore, Singapore
Hanyang University Business School
Exchange Program
Seoul, South Korea
Berkeley University
Silicon Valley Immersion Program
San Francisco, USA
Projects
Aircraft Maintenance Prediction
Skills: Predictive maintenance, multivariate time-series modeling, ensemble learning
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Customer Churn Prediction
Skills: Churn classification, leakage-safe feature engineering, end-to-end MLOps
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Medical Hallucination Detection
Skills: LLM evaluation, hallucination detector benchmarking, evidence-aware verification
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Publication
The Shadow of Crime
First-author publication — Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy (De Gruyter)
First-author research analysing crime victimisation and perceived safety across 300,000+ Europeans using ESS data (2002–2023).
Read the publication →Skills
- Data Engineering
- Python · SQL · PostgreSQL · pgvector · Airflow · Docker · Azure · FastAPI · Git
- Machine Learning & Applied AI
- PyTorch · scikit-learn · RAG · embeddings · LLM APIs · MLflow · Optuna
- Finance & M&A
- M&A advisory · wealth & asset management · financial modelling · Bloomberg Market Concepts
- Analytics & Research
- R · pandas · NumPy · Power BI · statistical inference · forecasting
Languages
- ItalianC2
- EnglishC2
- SpanishB2
- FrenchB2
Hobbies
Piano
Played with the Milan Metropolitan Orchestra
Gymnastics
European bronze medallist
Cheerleading
Competitive team athlete for Bocconi and IE
Tennis
On court whenever the schedule allows
Tutoring
7 years teaching maths and statistics to 20+ students
Medtech
Curious about health technology
Contact
Let’s build something meaningful with data.
Milan, Italy