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Javier B. - Remote data scientist

Javier B.

Lead Data Scientist
Based in: 🇪🇸 Spain
Timezone: Madrid (UTC+2)

Summary

PhD in Complex Systems and a researcher at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. In his career he has accumulated extensive experience in projects related to Data Science. He made a research stay at the MIT Media Lab where his research focused on transforming the data into insights and stories. During he is PhD he analyzed online social networks, developing models to understand influence. He has applied this research in the industry, helping companies to monitor sentiment on social networks, and deployed viral marketing campaigns. Over the last years he has made significant advances in the area of financial machine learning. As a result he has deployed solutions for algorithmic cryptocurrency trading and a platform used by coops that predicts the evolution of the prices of fruits and vegetables He is the founder of AGrowingData, a start-up that develops Big Data solutions for the agri-food sector.

Work Experience

assistant professor
Universidad Pontificia Comillas | Feb 2020 - Present
Python
R
Tableau
- Introduction to Business Analytics (degree) - Several Master subjects related to Data Science and Business Analytics
Head Data Science and Business Intelligence
Health Insurance Company | Jan 2016 - Jun 2017
Python
MySQL
MongoDB
Neo4j
Tableau
Apache Spark
Microsoft SQL Server
Head Data Science and Business Intelligence Deploy de BI and Data Science strategy. Supervise all the projects in these areas.

Education

Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
PhD・Complex Systems and Machine Learning
Sep 2011 - May 2015
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
Physics・Complex systems
Sep 2006 - Sep 2011

Personal Projects

2020
Python
Angular
D3.js
Apache Airflow
The platform predicts the prices of different fruits and vegetables.Thus, it's helping coops in their decisión making process to increase the profitability of their products.

Certifications & Awards

PhD
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid | May 2015