UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA. 2018 - Present
Ph.D in Statistics
Research Interests: Applications of Bayesian statistical methods in a wide range of disciplines such as computer science, computational biology, finance, economics and engineering.
Columbia University, New York, NY. Fall 2017
School of Profesional Studies
GPA: 3.7/4 Relevant Coursework: Intro to Modern Analysis and Linear Algebra.
Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración, Caracas, Venezuela. 2015 - 2016
Masters in Finance
Honors: First Class Honors Obtained.
GPA: 4.8/5 Relevant Coursework: Quantitative Analisis, Financias Mathematics, Intermediate Macroeconomics,Intermediate Microeconomics.
Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, School of Engineering, Caracas, Venezuela. 2006 - 2012
Bachelor of Science - Industrial Engineering (Concentration: Data Analysis)
Honors: Valedictorian, First Class Honors Obtained.
GPA: 16/20 Relevant Coursework: Financial Engineering, Data Analysis, Operations Research, Advanced Statistics, Macroeconomics and Computer Simulations.
Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Madrid, Spain. 2010 - 2011
One (1) Year exchange student. Engineering School ICAI - Industrial Organization Engineering
Coursera, Caracas, Venezuela. Mar. 2015
Johns Hopkins University's R Programming
Honors: with Distinctions
Coursera, Caracas, Venezuela. Dic. 2014
Johns Hopkins University's The Data Scientist’s Toolbox Course
Honors: with Distinctions
Coursera, Caracas, Venezuela. Nov. 2014
IESE Business School's Corporate Finance Essentials Course
Honors: with Distinctions
Universidad Católican Andrés Bello, CIAP, Caracas, Venezuela. Nov. 2014 - Dec. 2014.
Lean Management for Service Companies
GPA: 20/20 Honors: Mention in Excellence Obtained
Universidad Católican Andrés Bello, CIAP, Caracas, Venezuela. Sep. 2014 - Oct. 2014.
Strategic Planning
GPA: 20/20 Honors: Mention in Excellence Obtained
Universidad Católican Andrés Bello, CIAP, Caracas, Venezuela. Sep. 2012 - Dec. 2012.
Diploma in Project Management
GPA: 18/20 Honors: Mention in Excellence Obtained
Torino Capital LLC, New York, NY. Aug 2016 - May 2017
Senior Economic Analyst August 2016 - May 2017
Supervised the Venezuelan research team as a senior economic analyst. Worked with a group of economists focused on macroeconomic research in Latin America. Worked directly with clients providing research and knowledge of the countries’ economies.
Macroeconomic research on Ecuador, Venezuela and Argentina.
Publish of weekly report regarding relevant news and analysis on researched countries.
Servicios Lealtad TD, C.A. - Elemetrica, Caracas, Venezuela. Nov 2014 - Mar 2016
Director of Operations and R&D November 2014 - March 2016
Supervised the development of the main product of the company, a Business Intelligence Software for small companies that employed a range of statistical tool that provide our clients insights into their business.
Defined the statistical methods to be implemented in the platform.
Reviewed new code and algorithms before being deployed into production.
Managed critical activities that took the Company to a 100% client growth in one year and quadruple its working force.
Soluciones Brecancar C.A., Caracas, Venezuela. Jan 2014 - Dic 2014
Cofounfer Director of Operations January 2014 - Present
Director of operations and manager for the company's first project. Designing a web app that allows people with out a credit card to make payments and shop online using a virtual currency created in Venezuela called DIEMO.
Venezolana de Proyectos Integrados C.A. - VEPICA, Caracas, Venezuela. Oct 2011 - Mar. 2014
Commercial Coordinator March 2013 - March 2014
Analysis and development of technical and commercial offers for new projects to be acquired by the company mainly in the area of oil and energy. Projects mainly developed for Fortune 500 Companies such as PDVSA, ENI, Conoco Phillips, Repsol, etc.
Management and certification of the company experience history and database of the mayor projects executed during the last forty (40) years.
Assistant Project Manager Septiembre 2013 - Novembre 2013
Support to the project manager in the development and monitoring of the project schedule and financial planning for a new school complex in Caracas.
Engineer October 2011 - March 2013
Conceptual design of an oil and gas gathering pipeline for an oil production block in the Orinoco Oil Belt. The pipeline design was a multimillion-dollar project for ENI
Conceptual design of a flare system, water treatment and a fuel gas distribution system for a gas processing plant. Project developend for REPSOL.
Conceptual design of a modularized oil production facility for early production oil and gas in the Orinoco Oil Belt. The design included basic engineering, cost estimate, project execution schedule and a technical and economical analysis of the viability of the project.
Design: AutoCAD, Solidworks, Illustrator.
Software: Microsoft Office; Excel, Power Point and Word, Arena Simulator.
Programming: HTML, CSS, Shell, R, Python
Language: Fluent in English, Native Spanish, Basic Italian.
Lobbied for the development of an aluminium and paper recycling program within my University. The program aimed to recycle more than a ton of waste every month.
Participated in the Venezuela Student's movement against the censorship of local TV stations.
Participated in the last 4 presidential and local elections in Venezuela, to ensure and promote the integrity and transparency of the voting processes.
Nationalities: Venezuelan and Italian.
Date of Birth: March 25, 1988.
Sports: Mountaineering, Climbing, Hiking, Trekking, Kite Surfing, Mountain Biking and Yoga.