Data & AI Consultant · Fintech & Startups

From raw data
to real impact.

13+ years turning messy data into clear decisions at companies like Zillow, Rappi, and fintech startups across Mexico and the US. I don't just analyze — I build.

Google Developer Expert PhD in Artificial Intelligence Remote · MX & US
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13+
Years in Data & AI
5
Companies across MX & US
7
Projects in 3 months (latest)
4
Countries impacted at Rappi

From engineering to data leadership — across startups and scale-ups.

Cross-Border Payments Fintech
Head of Analytics, BI & Data — 2025

Sole data lead. Built an AI internal assistant, automated financial reconciliation ($4,700 in discrepancies found month one), designed AI agents for automated Slack insights, discovered a critical ETL bug, redesigned BI dashboards, optimized Airflow pipelines, and mentored new hires. 7 projects in 3 months.

PythonAI AgentsAirflowMetabase
Zillow
Technical Program Manager — Data & AI

Bridge between Data & AI teams and product execution at one of the world's largest real estate technology platforms. Managed cross-functional coordination to ship data-driven products.

TPMCross-functionalData & AI
Cashback Fintech (Reworth)
Head of Data — 2021-2024

Led the entire data function at a cashback fintech startup — analytics, reporting, and data strategy during growth phase.

Head of DataFintechStrategy
Rappi
Data Scientist — 2019-2021

Built restaurant recommendation models increasing GMV by 4% and CTR by 40% across Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, and Argentina. Automated ML pipelines with Airflow and Snowflake, reducing execution from 24 hours to 3 hours.

MLSnowflakeAirflowA/B Testing
Sentiment Analysis Startup
CTO — 2017-2019

Led emotion detection research using Amazon Rekognition, achieving 85% accuracy. Real-time face analysis for marketing campaigns.

CTOComputer VisionAWS
Softtek
Software Engineer — 2011-2015

Built modules for GE Corporate, Electronic Arts, and Brightstar. Full-stack development with Node.js, MongoDB, Symfony.

Node.jsMongoDBEnterprise

7 projects delivered in 3 months as the sole data lead.

01

AI-Powered Internal Assistant

Built a ChatGPT-like tool connected to the production database. Non-technical teams ask questions in plain language and get instant answers — no SQL needed.

→ Self-service analytics for 4+ departments
02

Financial Reconciliation Engine

Automated cross-referencing of transactions between internal systems and payment processors. Detects discrepancies in amounts, commissions, and FX rates.

→ $4,700 USD in discrepancies found in month one
03

AI Agents for Automated Insights

Agents connect to the data warehouse, analyze metrics, and post bullet-point summaries directly to Slack — zero human intervention.

→ Automated daily insights for leadership
04

Critical ETL Bug Discovery

Deep funnel analysis across 12 stages uncovered a counter logic error that was miscounting first-time users — distorting the company's core metric.

→ Fixed the #1 acquisition metric
05

Conversational Analysis & A/B Testing

Extracted customer sentiment from support interactions. Designed A/B tests to measure product changes on conversion.

→ Evidence-based product decisions
06

BI Dashboards + Pipeline Optimization

Redesigned Metabase dashboards for financial, operational, and user metrics. Refactored Airflow pipelines for reliability.

→ Faster dashboards + reliable data delivery

The toolkit behind the results.

Languages

Python, SQL, JavaScript, Node.js

Data & BI

Metabase, Streamlit, Snowflake, Airflow

AI & ML

Claude, Gemini, AI agents, LLM orchestration, NLP, recommendation systems

Domain

Fintech, remittances, real estate tech, e-commerce, financial reconciliation

Flexible engagement models.

🔄
Fractional

Part-time data lead for your team. 10-20 hrs/week. Perfect for startups that need senior data leadership without the full-time cost.

🎯
Project-Based

Defined scope and deliverables. Reconciliation systems, dashboard redesigns, AI tools, pipeline optimization.

💡
Advisory

Strategic guidance on data architecture, AI roadmap, or team building. For founders who need a thinking partner.

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