QUASH.ai

- Lead the development of our Agentic AI platform, designing autonomous agents that enhance credit risk assessment processes across Latin America.​
- Align technological strategies with business objectives, ensuring our AI-driven solutions improve credit origination while maintaining rigorous risk management standards.​
- Oversee the integration of advanced AI technologies, fostering innovation to maintain our competitive edge in the financial technology sector.​
- Drive data-centric strategies, ensuring effective data collection, analysis, and governance to support our AI initiatives and comply with regulatory standards.​
- Lead cross-functional teams in designing and developing AI-driven products, collaborating closely with product management, operations, and compliance departments to deliver solutions that meet market demands and regulatory requirements.​
- Implement robust security measures, ensuring our technology infrastructure complies with industry regulations and safeguards both company and client data.​
- Build and mentor high-performing technology teams, fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation to drive the company's technological vision forward.​
- Communicate our technological vision to partners, investors, and stakeholders, ensuring alignment and support for our strategic initiatives.​

Chief Technology Officer

Closter

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Founder / Chief Data Scientist

H2O.ai

- Generated over $4M USD in new business over two years and secured +20 customers in the region.
- Exceeded annual quotas by 120% in 2022 and 115% in H1 2023.
- Building tailored demos and proof of concepts for prospects using value engineering techniques and methods.
- Working with the customer engineering team to develop data science solutions for our LATAM customers.
- Developing data science solutions and applications using Python and its ecosystem, H2O Driverless AI and H2O AI Cloud.
- Leading the efforts for Generative AI in the region and working with customers to implement tailored LLM solutions.

Senior Data Scientist (GenAI, AutoML)

- Working in the sales engineering team to develop several data science solutions for our LATAM customers.
- Developing data science solutions and applications using Python and its ecosystem, H2O Driverless AI and H2O Hybrid Cloud.
- Contributing in the internal private code and open source solutions for several H2O products.
- Hosting webinars, writing articles and speaking on several conferences about AI, ML and Data Science in general. 
- Creating the future of the world with AI.

Data Scientist / Solutions Engineer

EMERITUS Institute of Management

- Course Lead for Wharton course on Business Analytics in Spanish.
- Creating webinars in Spanish for the students.
- Assist teachers in the course.
- Office hours with the students and QA.

Course Lead / TA

- Designing courses on Data Science, Machine Learning and AI 
- Work close with Universities like Columbia, Wharton, Dartmouth, MIT and Cambridge to develop courses and learning strategies
- Speaker an active member of the data science community
- Delivering tutorials, demos and lectures on data science and related topics
- Using my expertise in data science to review content and courses that can improve the life of thousands of people that want to learn

Faculty Member, Professor and SME in Data Science

Latam AI - Inteligencia Artificial Aplicada (IAA)

An initiative to help promote the use of machine learning in Latin America. Join us Aug 31st-Sept 1st!

- Organizing the newest best conference for AI and Data Science in LATAM.
- Connecting with partners and speakers and engaging them in the event.
- Marketing for the event and communications.
- Part of the steering committee
- Speaker

Co-Organizer

Ciencia y Datos

Bringing data science into the Spanish world with posts, articles, webinars and courses. We also post content in English, but the core is in Spanish. More surprises coming soon ;)

Founder 

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Lecturer:
   - Data Mining
   - Advanced Machine Learning
- Coordinator of the certificate program in Data Science

Professor

Tecnológico de Monterrey

- Teaching courses on Data Science, Business Analytics and more
- Developing material for data science courses

International Journal of Business Analytics and Intelligence (IJBAI)

- Analyzing and commenting on research papers to make them publishable.
- Column writer about Data Science and Data related projects.
- International member of the editorial board ensuring that content is journalistically objective and relevant.
- Aggregating, curating, and editing interesting data stories from a network of contributors around the globe.

Editor

Iron AI

- Manage Data Science teams and projects.
- Principal developer of Optimus, a cleaning data library built with Apache Spark.
- Expand Data as Service collaboration with partners in Mexico and other international markets. 
- Apply deep learning algorithms to improve understanding of user behavior and content.
- Leverage experience with consulting to define business problems, work with and manipulate data, develop data science and analytical algorithms and solutions, and execute analytical models into production.
- Conduct research and case studies on leading edge technologies to make determinations on the probability of implementation.

Chief Data Scientist (CDS)

Physicist and computer engineer with a MSc in Physics. Working on Data Science and artificial intelligence.

I've helped dozens of companies in LATAM and the world to implement machine learning models, enable a data-driven culture and use AI to transform their businesses.

I love new challenges, working with a good team and having interesting problems to solve, also applying my knowledge and expertise in science, data analysis, visualization, and machine learning to help the world become a better place.

Favio Vazquez

El avance de la tecnología es exponencial. ¿Estamos preparados?

En solo dos años hemos pasado de videos de "broma" hechos por AI a casi no poder distinguir entre la realidad y un video generado por inteligencia artificial. Acá les muestro un ejemplo generado con Kling 2.6 de Higgsfield AI.

Hasta para los que trabajamos día a día en el mundo del AI, la velocidad en que se están convirtiendo las investigaciones en productos nos sorprenden. Antes pasaban años para que lo que se publicaba tuviera un impacto directo en la sociedad y las compañías, pero ese margen se está reduciendo a niveles acelerados.

En el 2013 Scott Brinker formuló la ley de Martec, que describe que la tecnología avanza exponencialmente, mientras que las organizaciones y personas lo hacen logarítmicamente, mucho más lento, creando una brecha que desafía la adopción de cambios y la transformación digital, haciendo que la implementación de nuevas tecnologías sea difícil y a menudo fracase por la resistencia organizacional. 

Aunque esa brecha se está reduciendo sigue ocurriendo que la tecnología pasa y las compañías, o se enteran muy tarde y comienzan a implementarla aceleradamente para alcanzar la ola, o literalmente se les va la ola dejando una deuda prominente tanto tecnológica como cultural en la organización.

Entonces las preguntas que debemos hacernos son: ¿estoy preparado para los cambios que vienen? ¿está mi compañía lista para abrazar estos cambios? ¿qué me conviene implementar y qué me conviene adquirir? ¿es hype o realmente hay valor?

Son preguntas fundamentales, y una de las formas de prepararnos es mantenernos al día con los desarrollos, hacer todo lo posible para encontrar la señal sobre todo el ruido, humo y hype que se genera en el mundo del AI para encontrar soluciones que verdaderamente puedan aumentar la eficiencia de tu compañía, así como mantenerte relevante y entregar los mejores productos al mejor precio ganándole a tu competencia.

¿Cómo te mantienes al día con los nuevos avances?

¿Qué haces para mantener a tu equipo motivado e inspirado para abrazar el cambio?

¿Cómo lideras el desarrollo, implementación o adquisición de nuevas tecnologías?

Me encantaría que compartan sus ideas y comentarios.

Por cierto en español para mantenerte al día te recomiendo que sigas a:

Leon Palafox
Diego Halffter
Alejandro Correa Bahnsen, PhD
Itzul Girón

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MAINT

Presales activities:

• Translate business problems into advanced data analytics solutions, considering compliance with local regulations on personal data protection. 
• Collaborate with technical teams (data scientists, data engineers and data architects) to design and estimate the cost of advanced data analytics projects.
• Understand the problems of companies in relation to data privacy to propose specific and tailored technological solutions, like OneTrust “Trust Intelligence Platform”.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams (data engineers and legal specialists in personal data protection) to design the implementation plan of data privacy technological solutions. 

Delivery activities:

• Led the implementation of advanced data analytics projects, as a business-data translator, to enable the effective use of data and analytics to drive business success.

Data and Analytics Consultant

Presales activities:

• Engaged with stakeholders and conduct high-level assessments to identify business processes with automation potential.
• Worked with technical teams (Automation developer and Solution Architect) to design and estimate the cost of an RPA implementation project´s. 

Delivery activities:

• Performed in-depth process analysis for the processes selected for automation and create the relevant documents, such as the Process Definition Document.
• Defined the business requirements and the test case scenarios for the future state, automated business processes.
• Worked closely with the Automation Developers and Test Engineers during workflow testing and deployment to create knowledge transfer documentation used later in the automation lifecycle.

Executed projects:

• Optimized and automated processes within Operations Management using Robot Process Automation (RPA) technology. Automated processes included the execution of international money transfers and handling of judicial retentions. CLIENT: Medium bank of the Ecuador.
• Optimized and automated processes within Operations Management using Robot Process Automation (RPA) technology. Automated processes included the handling of claims and the generation of chargebacks on the Mastercard platform. CLIENT: Big bank of Ecuador.

Robot Process Automation (RPA) Business Analyst

Presales activities:

• Translated business problems into advanced data analytics solutions.
• Collaborated with technical teams (data scientists, data engineers and data architects) to design and estimate the cost of advanced data analytics projects.

Delivery activities:

• Led the implementation of advanced analytics projects, particularly those requiring the development of machine learning models. 

Executed projects:

• Developed a demand prediction model using Machine Learning technology as part of a new strategy to optimize inventory replenishment. CLIENT: Retail company in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Data Analytics Consultant

Presales activities:

•	Understood banking challenges to propose specific and tailored technological solutions, like: Temenos Core Banking and FICO Decision Management System.
•	Worked with technical teams to design and estimate the cost of the implementation of the proposed technological solutions for clients in the financial sector.

Delivery activities:

•	Executed functional tasks at every stage, from design to production, during the implementation of technological solutions for the banking sector. Ensured compliance with client requirements and the current regulatory framework.

Executed projects:

•	Provided strategic support in defining the business requirements needed for the implementation of the new core banking system, following the methodology established by Temenos. CLIENT: Medium bank of the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador. 
•	Developed functional manuals to facilitate the configuration of modules necessary for the new core banking system's implementation. CLIENT: Medium bank of the city of Quito, Ecuador. 
•	Documented new processes to be undertaken by the financial entity, linked to its bank conversion process and the implementation of a new core banking system. CLIENT: Medium bank of the city of Quito, Ecuador.

Banking Consultant

EP PETROECUADOR

•	Coordinated and oversaw the execution of processes related to accounting, treasury, budget, and costs within the southwestern zone of the company (Santa Elena and Manabí). 

Workplace: La Libertad Refinery, Province of Santa Elena

Chief Financial Officer - Southwestern Zone

EMS Consultores

•	Developed analytical solutions by leveraging extensive data, statistical, and quantitative analysis to meet customer requirements, with a primary focus on the Financial Sector.
•	Conducted pre-sale activities related to designing analytical products in accordance with the prevailing regulatory framework of the banking sector.

Executed projects:

•	Identified potential foreign trade clients based on performance profile design. (Client: One of the largest banks in Ecuador)

Superintendencia de Bancos del Ecuador

•	Performed professional supervisory duties to ensure that controlled entities (private banks) adhered to legal and technical regulations, ensuring their stability under risk-oriented supervision.

Bank Supervision Expert - Private Financial Sector Auditing Department

Corporación Financiera Nacional CFN

Monitored and controlled the credit management processes, through regular visits to the offices within the region assigned to the department. Furthemore,  analyzed the situation of each office, their main financial and core business indicators, in order to determine their patterns of business growth and progress to accomplish the proposed goals.

Implemented actions and activities in the offices, in order to fulfill the recommendations of the control bodies (Internal Audit, External Audit and Banking Authority).

Regional Offices Analyst-Division of Regional Offices

Supported in the monitoring and control of the credit management processes, through regular visits to the offices within the region assigned to the department. 

Furthermore, an active participation within the team work that executed the operational decentralization of the branch offices of Manta, Machala and Loja, during the period 2008-2012. Decentralization was achieved, for the first time in institutional history.

Regional Offices Assistant -Division of Regional Offices

Provided counseling to customers about the new financial products offered by the institution, and guidance on the credit process to follow. 

Reviewed pre-analysis applications, as first step of the credit process of each client.

Information Officer-Department of Credit

•	Profound knowledge in finance, economics, statistics, and banking.
•	Extensive work experience in both public and private sectors.
•	Proven track record of addressing real-world challenges through advanced technology solutions.
•	Expertise in leading cross-functional teams, including data engineers, data scientists, developers, and more.
•	Multicultural background acquired through formal studies in the Netherlands, Chile, Costa Rica, and research assignments in India.

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