Cosimo Arnesano, PhD, MBA

Assistant Professor of Clinical Data Sciences and Operations at USC Marshall School of Business

United States

About

My curiosity and desire to help other people make me a fast learner, team-oriented hardworking, and also flexible in my job. My objective is to find new ways to improve myself and be more effective in what I do.

Experience

  • USC Marshall School of Business (9 yrs 6 mos)
    • Assistant Professor of Clinical Data Sciences and Operations
      Aug 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 11 mos

    • Adjunct Professor of Data Sciences and Operations
      May 2019 - Aug 2023 · 4 yrs 4 mos

      Teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in Statistics, Machine Learning, Data Mining, Analytics and Modeling, Project, and Operations Management. DSO 528 - Data Warehouse, Business Intelligence, and Data Mining (Graduate) DSO 536 - Monte Carlo Simulation and Decision Models (Graduate) DSO 547 - Designing Spreadsheet-Based Business Models (Graduate) DSO 580 - Project Management (Graduate) FBE 545 - Applied Financial Modeling (Graduate) BISC 499 - Microscopy and Spectroscopy of Biological Systems (Undergraduate and Graduate) BUAD 315x - Basics of Project and Operations Management (Undergraduate) BUAD 311 - Operations Management (Undergraduate) BISC 305g - Statistics for Biological Sciences (Undergraduate)

    • Teaching Assistant and Tutor
      Jan 2017 - Apr 2020 · 3 yrs 4 mos

      GSBA 506 - Applied Managerial Statistics GSBA 524 - Data and Decision Models GSBA 511 - Microeconomics for Management DSO 528 - Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, and Data Mining FBE 543 - Forecasting and Risk Analysis FBE 506 - Quantitative Methods in Finance Responsibilities include teaching review sessions, assisting with homework, grading and holding office hours

  • Manager Corporate Strategy at Thermo Fisher Scientific
    Mar 2020 - Aug 2023 · 3 yrs 6 mos

  • University of Southern California (6 yrs 8 mos)
    • Lecturer
      Aug 2018 - Apr 2020 · 1 yr 9 mos

      I designed and teach a class in microscopy and spectroscopy applied to the study of biological and medical systems (BISC 499 - Microscopy and Spectroscopy of Biological Systems). This class targets biological sciences and biomedical engineering students (advanced undergraduate and graduate levels), but it’s open to everyone who wants to learn more about microscopy and spectroscopy and their applications to bioscience.

    • Director of Imaging Services
      May 2018 - Jan 2019 · 9 mos

      I oversee and manage microscopy core facility operations and user training processes

    • Research Associate
      Oct 2013 - Jan 2019 · 5 yrs 4 mos

      I design and develop new technologies used in translational research. I build new optical and electronic devices which are used by the scientists in my group. I help biologists and medical doctors to perform advanced fluorescence and metabolic imaging acquisition and analysis. I support my colleagues in a variety of ways to ensure that they are able to achieve their research goals in the best possible way. In order to promote and accelerate the progress of the aforementioned projects and experimental work, I recruit individuals from a wide spectrum of disciplines, scientific and administrative, creating collaborative alliances with different institutes, within and outside of the university.

  • Account Manager-Microscopy Research Solutions at ZEISS Microscopy
    Jan 2019 - Mar 2020 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • UC Irvine (Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics)
    • Assistant Specialist
      Jul 2013 - Aug 2013 · 2 mos

      I built digital FPGA-based electronic boards for controlling lasers and other microscopy related devices.

    • Graduate Research Assistant
      Oct 2008 - Jun 2013 · 4 yrs 9 mos

      Raman Spectroscopy, NIR Spectroscopy, Fluorescence Microscopy, FPGA prototyping, light propagation in turbid media modeling and applications in tissue optics