Data Scientist

Santiago Víquez S. Curriculum

Vitae

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medium.com/@santiviquez github.com/santiviquez Data scientist with a background in Physics. Passionate about product design and entrepreneurship. I see the job of a data scientist as a detective that solves cases to the root, and that’s what excites me. Personal Information

+ Birthday: 18 de July de 1993

+ Email: *****.******@*****.***

+ Phone: 8876-90-30

+ Address: San José, Costa Rica

Education

Professional Studies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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University of Costa Rica San José, Costa Rica

B.S. Physics 2011–2017

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Udacity www.udacity.com

Deep Learning Nanodegree Mar 2017– Sept 2017

An intensive six months online course for developing deep learning models in tensorflow. You can see my projects in github

Languages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

+ Spanish: Native.

+ English: (Working Level) Conversational Language Studies Center; National University of Costa Rica.

+ German: (Basic) Goethe Costa Rica Center.

Work Experience

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Data Scientist Jan 2017 – Present

Singularities, Costa Rica

- Improve the acquisition of banking products by 15% (compare with their previous method) with a recommender system for one of the largest banks in the region.

- Help to reduce food waste in a restaurant chain in Costa Rica by implementing a sales prediction algorithm that help the manager restaurant to place orders from their suppliers.

- Contribute with a Costa Rican government entity in charge of customs (Ministerio de Hacienda) to detect fraudulent imports.

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Co-Founder Jan 2017 – Present

Agua Tibia, Costa Rica

Technology startup in Costa Rica that focuses on the development of innovative digital products to boost marketing strategies (web site).

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Client Operations and Product Analyst Mar 2016 – Oct 2016 Biin, Costa Rica

- Developed usability tests and monetization strategies for the platform.

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Assistant Laboratory Professor Mar 2013 – Jul 2016 University of Costa Rica, Sede Rodrigo Facio

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Math Consultant Jul 2015 – Oct 2015

Fair Play Labs, Costa Rica

- Developed algorithms to solve different secondary level math problems for a educational platform. Technical and Soft Skills

+ Programming Skills: Apache Spark, Scala, Java, Python, R, Tensorflow, Ionic, TypeScript, Angular, HTML5, CSS.

+ Soft Skills: Public Speaking, empathic, teamwork, designer and executor. Experience to work in Agile methodologies such as Scrum and Kanban.

Papers

+ Evaluating the Detection of Diskoseismic Modes in AGNs Solis-Sanchez, Hugo; Ortega-Rodriguez, Manuel; Montealegre, Felipe; Venegas-Li, Ariadna; Viquez, Santiago; Gomez-Ovares, Pedro. American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting 225, id.144.34

Interests and Extracurricular Activities

+ I like to blog about good or bad results when developing and launching new products, in order to document learning and promote a culture of transparency.

+ With a group of entrepreneurs, I founded and organized Novatadas, a monthly entrepreneurial event focused on conversation among entrepreneurs to share successes and failures in order to strengthen the Costa Rican entrepreneurship ecosystem.

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