Business Analyst

Results-oriented Bilingual Business Analyst with a strong track record in financial models for capital and operational budgets, specializing in multiple types of assets, including those related to health, safety and environment systems and its supply chain optimization.

Proven proficiency in excel and any advanced financial application, ensuring a harmonious fusion of information technology and operational processes. Adept leader of cross-functional teams, possessing an in-depth understanding of financial services standards. Specialized in aligning technology with planning for financial decisions to drive sustainable value creation. Looking for opportunities to add value in the healthcare sector.

Education:

• Postgraduate in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning; Business Applications, McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin

• Master’s in business (MBA), Zulia University, Venezuela

• MSc Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University, US - MS Thesis in Artificial Intelligence

• BSc Chemical Engineering, Eastern University, Venezuela

• Leading and Managing People Program, Columbia University, Graduate School of Business

• Business Leaders, Harvard University, Graduate School of Business Administration

Relevant Experience:

• Consultant and Founder, OptimaWell LLC (2021–Present): Specialized in Integrated Asset Optimization, aligning strategic planning with cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology, with expertise in risk management and integrated asset management and strategic planning for sustainable value creation.

• Consultant, Kuwait Oil Company (2012–2021): Led Asset Strategic Planning for large Capital Investment (CAPEX) Projects ensuring performance monitoring and evaluation of 2 Technical Service Agreements for a large complex asset. Col-led the Center of Excellence for Asset Optimization in Kuwait.

• Consultant, PDV & Halliburton (2002–2011): Asset Risk Management, Asset Optimization. Key Projects / Achievements:

• Artificial Intelligence Business Projects at the University of Texas, covering customer profiling, price modeling, sentiment analysis, customer chunk prediction, and more.

• Led automation of operational processes, implementing neural networks and Artificial Intelligence expert systems for efficiency gains.

• Consulted a $6 billion CAPEX Project in Kuwait meeting business targets and achieving KPI monitoring and conflict resolution for two technical service agreements $1.4 billion each between Shell and KOC involving more than one thousand consultants, specialists, and field advisers.

• Project Leader Automation of Operational Processes including development of neural networks and artificial intelligence expert systems for labor intensive activities with impact on cycle time and OPEX.

• Implemented Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Risk Adjusted Return on Capital (RAROC), and a Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) Management System for Kuwait Oil Company.

• Implemented integrated asset management with optimization of total life cycle cost and cycle times including the supply chain.

• Published 46 works related to Asset Optimization, Strategic Planning, and more.

Industry and Methodological Competences:

• Proficient in SQL for data science, business intelligence visualization tools (Power BI/Tableau), statistical tools (Excel, Python, R), exploratory data analysis and ERP systems (SAP).

• Expertise in life cycle analysis (LCA), Life Cycle Costing (LCC), Front End Loading (FEL) for business project maturation, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), business benchmarking, competitive intelligence, economic analysis under uncertainty and risk, and more.

• Familiar with ESG standards

• Skilled in designing Artificial Intelligence business solutions using supervised and unsupervised learning, model tuning, feature engineering, and ensemble techniques, artificial neural networks, natural language processing, generative artificial intelligence (GPT, others), and model deployment.

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