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Redmond, Washington, Us

Supported optimization of industrial processes through data processing & ML model engineering:• Leading the processing & recognition of patterns in customer datasets.• Identifying industrial optimization opportunities & engineering ML solutions.• Supporting the design & evaluation of GenAI (LLM) solutions.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Directed partners and customers teams to meet industrial KPIs:• Lead a partner DS team to improve RL performance KPI by 45%. Beating operators by 5%.• Guide a team’s scheduling solution from untrainable to 15% close to KPI target.• Validate Machine Teaching strategies for AI, i.e.: modular decomposition ↑ 40%.• Craft templates to ramp up new projects, i.e.: simulation & solution validation.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Led BonsAI training on RL for Industrial Deployment supporting 100+ trainees:• Teach 100+ partners and customers. Fully training dozens for production deployment.• Lead transfer to Coursera, boosting graduation rates by x5. From 10% to 50%.• Collaborate with the University of Washington to craft 18 h worth of tutorials.• Lead training resume ingestion, final project review, and training content improvement.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Supported the use of BonsAI, Reinforcement Learning for industrial applications:• Led a patner DS team to reduce fracpack jobs postprocessing from 2 days to 1.5 hours.• Partnered with BP to publish a paper on a successful BonsAI deployment.• Compiled a set of Machine Teaching strategies to reduce RL training time by 50%.• Supported our BonsAI Advance training through 1:1 final-project review sessions.

Contributing to the mission through financial support, and strategic guidance. Helping foster a growth mindset that puts all stakeholders first, along the principles of Conscious Capitalism.

Founded a conscious venture capital firm that seeks, though conscious profitability*, have a positive impact in the world – both environmentally and socially.Current investments:• RETREE -- Pursuing sustainability through reforestation. https://retree.es/• LASTBASIC -- Seeking democratizing hardware design. https://lastbasic.com/• U4IMPACT -- Orienting Final Thesis (BS, MS) to suit corporate and societal needs. https://u4impact.org/• MIRESI -- The largest network of quality elderly residences in Spain. https://miresi.es/• POLITIKEA -- Empowering individuals to be politically engaged and self-aware. https://politikea.io/* Companies that seek conscious profitability, taking what they need to operate while giving back a major part of the generated value.

San Jose, California, Us

Used Computer Vision Algos for quality control in advance packaging, semiconductor industry: • Automated a code flow for sensitivity analysis to be as precise as 6 nanometers.• Developed algos using OpenCV, as well as DL (PyTorch), with up to 95% accuracy.

Redwood City, Ca, Us

• DC Systems provides, through their software, real-time data monitoring for power plants and distribution centers• Reduced project customization time by 30% | Participated in Software Quality Control & Quality Assurance• Proactively troubleshooted both software and hardware challenges when supporting clients’ system-upgrades-----DC Systems is a company located in Silicon Valley (San Francisco Bay Area) that deals with data monitoring in electrical environments. It provides real-time data and alarm information about transformers, circuit-breakers, and any other electrical equipment in power distribution centers and power generation plants.Responsibilities in this position include: - License and install our software (RTscada) in clients' servers/computers - Define the scope of a project, its needs, and the protocols required in order to communicate with field devices (Modbus or Ethernet) - Define clients' requirements and conduct project execution from order to delivery - Visit clients' facilities for product installation - Define and conduct testing to assure the correct implementation of our software (RTscada) - Use SQL to develop customer-oriented solutions and database management - Communicate with California main electrical coordinator (CAISO - California Independent System Operator) whenever a new system needs to be tested, or a previously installed system is unreachable or not communicating properly

Madrid, Community Of Madrid, Es

• This institution promotes technical research and post-graduate studies by developing projects for tech companies• Effectively engineered both hardware and software for a Music-Based Automatic Control of Spotlights• Built 5 algorithms, architected key metrics and reached more than 90% accuracy on Beat Detection [ MATLAB ]-----Continued improving my Bachelor's Thesis: "Automatic Control of Spotlights for Concerts" - Input - Live music - Output - Lights color and intensityApplied AGILE METHODOLOGY (Example on 'beat detection' algorithm): • PLAN - Defined ‘beat detection’ as the core feature for the product • DESIGN - Studied 3 ways to identify the beat on different music • DEVELOP - Coded the selected beat-identifying functions and their interactions • TEST - Applied the algorithm to different music and measured accuracy • EVALUATE - Carried out gap analysis to check viability for improvementELEMENTS USED: - MATLAB - Coding framework, given the range of music-related tools - ELECTRONIC BOARD - Coded to control effectively the spotlights given the MatLab commands - SPOTLIGHTS - Elements that I configured to receive the DMX commands correctly

Madrid, Community Of Madrid, Es

Worked hand to hand with the head of the company. Applied coordination, IT & programming, creative and technical skills. Developed teamwork and decision-making skills. • COORDINATION: Managed people in my team to get tasks done in a timely manner • PLANNING: Helped to arrange teachers' schedules and classes • TECHNICAL SKILLS: - Understanding specific communication standards (DMX protocol) - Setting up a whole light system for concerts - Dealing with program licenses, computers troubleshooting, and specialised equipment such as the Showtec's SM-8/2 light controller

Deep Reinforcement Learning: Nanodegree Program, Computer Engineering

Artificial Intelligence: Nanodegree Program, Computer Engineering

Master'S Degree, Engineering/Industrial Management

Master'S Degree, Electromechanical Engineering

The Second City Acting Program, Acting

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Electromechanical Engineering