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Montreal, Qc, Ca

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Applied scientist in Natural Language Processing (NLP) projects in industry. Expert advisory and execution on projects combining both applied ML and software development.Responsibilities:• Designing and implementing Data Science/ML pipelines for data processing and usage• Designing, evaluating, and testing diverse hypothesis on data in the context of an applied ML project• Evaluating the implementation of State-of-the-Art NLP models on various projects while considering the technical challenges on different development environments• Expert advisory on the application of NLP for the solution of real-world problemsTechnical environment:Python 3.x (numpy, pandas, matplotlib, seaborn), Tensorflow 2.x, Pytorch, Docker

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Professional M.Sc in Machine Learning/Deep Learning

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Member of the Natural Language Understanding (NLU) Central Research team which maintains and creates new functionalities for the ML engine present in certain internal conversational engines. In particular, I took part in the experiments modeling and execution regarding the deep learning engine used for the semantic tagging of utterances later used for different downstream tasks. Tasks involved improving on the performance of a BERT-based model at any point of the pipeline: pre-training, fine-tuning.Responsibilities:• Performing experiments for the improvement of performance metrics (F1, accuracy) for the semantic tagging of utterances, i.e multi-label classification of intent and mentions in conversational samples.Technical environment:Python 3.6 (numpy, pandas, matplotlib, seaborn), Tensorflow 1.15, Singularity, Oracle Grid Engine.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Member of one of the agile squads at the Savings and Investment Direction. The squad took part in a plethora of interesting projects, mainly RESTful APIs built on a CI/CD PAAS platform, following a micro-services architecture.Responsibilities:• Configuration and implementations of CI/CD pipelines for DEV, TEST, and PROD environments (PCF suite, Concourse)• Providing input and guidelines to improve architectural design and general REST API code in Spring Boot 2.x and Java 8• Involved in all phases of the Scrum sprints (all typical Scrum ceremonies included)• Unit and integration test development using JUnit, MockMVC, Mockito, PostmanAchievements:• Bringing into production the Product-Offers API which will be consumed by one of the most utilized web interfaces at Desjardins: AccèsD.Technical environment:Java 8 (J2SE, J2EE), Spring Boot 2.x, JUnit, MockMVC, Postman, PCF (Pivotal Cloud Foundry), Concourse, Bitbucket, Artifactory, Splunk

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation headquartered in Redwood City, California, United States. The company specializes in developing and marketing computer hardware systems and enterprise software products.Took part in the Oracle Public Cloud Infrastructure team, maintaining the Cloud Portal API (RESTful API).Responsibilities:• Design and implement CI/CD pipeline• Designing and developing high-volume and low-latency Java EE applications• Involved in all phases off the Software Development Life Cycle from analysis, design,development, testing, implementation and maintenance with timely delivery against aggressivedeadlines• Effectively made use of Indexes, Collections, Analytical functions, Views and Query Re-Write.• Developing database objects like Stored Procedures, Functions, Packages and Triggers usingSQL and PL/SQL• Expertise in key Oracle performance features such as Query Optimizer, Execution Plans and IndexesAchievements:• Successfully achieving migration of our suite of applications from Weblogic 11g to Weblogic 12c while migrating our REST API from Jersey 1.x to Jersey 2.x. This was a key requirement to support product installation automation for our clients.Technical environment:Java 6-7-8 (J2SE, J2EE), Spring, Jersey 1.x, 2.x, Weblogic 11g, 12c, Python and Shellscript scripting, Oracle 12c DB.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Java consultant who takes part in the Regulatory Programs Teams in the Client Reference Data (CRD) department. RegPrograms team takes on the challenge of ensuring the correct regulatory program policies evaluation for all the Firm’s clients as requested by the business. Assigned to Java projects as a back-end developer of business logic, REST services in Apache CXF and Spring. Analysis of requirements, designing and coding of the appropriate solution. Technical profile: Java 6-7 (J2SE, J2EE), Spring, Apache CXF, ExtJS, AngularJS, Ivy, Ant, Jenkins, GIT, Selenium Web Browser Automation, Sybase, Scrum.Responsibilities:• Following standard development practices and procedures globally defined for Morgan Stanley. (Java development in Eclipse using Ivy for library management, Ant for building, Jenkins jobs for build, release control and distribution of new projects).• Analyzing, designing and coding of the back-end solution in Java, both in desktop and web based applications.• Constantly communicating with the Firm’s global team in order to achieve results in a timely manner.Achievements:• Successfully designing and developing the Regulatory Programs module in the Automated Testing engine project using Selenium for Java. Currently, that module is utilized for daily tests in non-prod environments in order to provide QA sign-off of the next versions to be released.• Providing the Java back-end / front-end logic for the Regulatory Programs UI project using the new development standards in the Firm (developing a front-end in AngularJS that connects to a RESTful API in Java).

Caracas, Venezuela

Oracle consultant in Java SE and EE/JSF development, Oracle Identity Management (OIM) and Oracle WebCenter Content. Assigned to several projects as technical consultant and leader. Part of an experienced and result-oriented team who approaches new challenges, following the Oracle Unified Method (OUM): Inception, Elaboration, Construction, Transition, Production (requirements definition, scoping, planning, analyzing, designing, constructing, testing).Technical profile:Java 6-7 (J2SE, J2EE), JSF, ADF, WebLogic Server, Oracle 11g, 12c, Oracle Identity Manager, Oracle WebCenter Content, EIM (Siebel), UML, Oracle Unified Method.Responsibilities:• Following standard practices and procedures to analyze situations/data and provide quality work products to deliver functional and technical solutions on applications and technology installations.• Solving problems by understanding and applying relevant Oracle methodologies and practices.• Implementing Oracle products and technology in various industries to meet customer specifications.Achievements:• Proposing creative and key solutions to an integration problem in Banesco's WebCenter Portal project. Said solution, allowed further project execution.• Participating in several projects with different complexity levels and natures, in which it was possible to demonstrate strong skills such as versatility, technical proficiency, fast learning, and adaptability in high pressure contexts.

Caracas, Venezuela

As software development leader of my team, I was in charge of every IT project in the organization, performing status reviews and planning. Shared responsibility with technical leaders in software design and advanced coding.Technical profile:Java 5-6 (J2SE, J2EE), Struts 1, 2, Spring Framework, HTML, CSS, jQuery, Javascript, AJAX, EJB3, JPA, Glassfish, Apache, Tomcat, Hibernate, MySQL, SOAP and REST Web Services development, Android SDK, JUnit, Planning, Project Management, XP (eXtreme Programming), Agile RUP.Responsibilities:• Planning, supervising, monitoring, and change management of organization's IT projects.• Designer and coder in high complexity projects.• Responsible for applications' maintenance and support in development, QA and production environments.• Communication channel between IT department and the rest of the organization.• Requirements definition, project planning, monitoring.Achievements:• Agile RUP software methodology implementation in the internal application development process. Shorter development times and effective results were consequence of applying this new way of work.• During my time as a team leader, several projects went live, such as two eCommerce web sites for both the United States and Venezuela, PIN distribution web application, Android, Blackberry and iOS IP phone applications and many more. These results brought more revenue to the company and general improvements in customer service for Opextel's client base.

Caracas, Venezuela

As a senior software developer, I was part of a programmers’ team who was in charge of developing new modules for the business administration system.Technical profile:Java 5-6 (J2SE, J2EE), Struts 1, 2, Spring Framework, HTML, CSS, jQuery, Javascript, AJAX, EJB3, JPA, Glassfish, Apache, Tomcat, Hibernate, MySQL, SOAP and REST Web Services development, XP (eXtreme Programming), Agile RUP.Responsibilities:• New modules development for organization's business administration system SISAC.• Support for applications in production. • QA environment management.• Planning, task delegation, and supervision in key projects.Achievements:• Quick grasp of organization's objectives through deep understanding of its technical needs. Proposed several SISAC improvements (invoicing process, internal and external interfaces, back-end processing tuning) in order to prepare platform for future Web and Mobile applications.

Caracas, Venezuela

Engineer assigned to give support and develop new modules for the existing massive SMS (Short Message Service) processing platform.Technical profile:Java 5 (J2SE, J2EE), EJB2, EJB3, JPA, Hibernate, JSP, Ajax, HTML, CSS, jQuery, SQL Server 2008.Responsibilities:• Defining requirements, designing, task planning, and coding of new applications.• Giving support to applications in production.• Developing new modules for the SMS Manager System.Achievements:• Main responsible for the Massive SMS Sender application development, from project’s inception up until production release.• Managed to improve performance of main SMS Manager, developing and applying several patches in the platform.

Master Of Science - Ms, Computer Science

Professional M.Sc. in Machine Learning supervised by Mila

Ingeniero En Computación, Computer Software Engineering

Activities and Societies: Orfeón Universitario Simón Bolívar (Choir)