Curriculum Vitae

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Education

2020 / Paused

PhD in Mechatronics and Mechanics Engineering
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)

2016 / 2019

MSc in Industrial Automation
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)
Grade: 4.5/5.0

2008 / 2013

Bachelor's in Mechatronics Engineering
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)
Grade: 4.4/5.0

Work Experience

Sep 2025 / Present

SSr. Python Developer
Globant, Bogotá - Colombia
Software Engineer for Verily Life Sciences.
Tech: Python, Golang, GCP, Integration tests, Unit testing, gRPC, FHIR, GitHub actions.

Jul 2022 / May 2025

Research and Development Specialist
Seguros Bolivar, Bogotá - Colombia
Led 8+ projects for the research and knowledge team implementing innovation methodologies. Python microservice for image risk analysis (5000 quotations/year), RAG pipeline for document analysis and data extraction (500+ documents/year), research agent for news processing (1000+ publications/month) to provide market insights. Automation bots in Selenium handling 2000+ web queries/month, improving response times by 400%. Created Google Appscript automations for alert systems and document generation, optimizing risk engineering workflows.
Tech: Python, FastAPI, LangChain, LangSmith, Langgraph, Docker, Flask, Selenium, Apps Script, Streamlit, Postgres, ChromaDB, OpenAI, Vertex AI, Looker Studio, GitHub.

Aug 2017 / Aug 2025

University Lecturer
Universidad Nacional, Universidad Militar, Universidad ECCI, UPTC - Colombia
Lecturer in Computer Programming and Object-Oriented Programming at National University of Colombia. University lecturer in courses on Robotics, Industrial Robotics, Servomechanisms, Robotic Platforms, Sensors, Actuators, Programming Electives, and Automation Fundamentals.
Tech: Python, C, MATLAB, ROS, Bash, LaTeX, Simulink, ABB Robot Studio, GitHub, URSim, Festo FLuidSim, Proteus.

Nov 2014 / Jul 2017

Research and Development Engineer
Colsein, Tocancipá, Colombia
Designed and implemented technological and industrial innovation projects using TRIZ methodology. Co-designed, built, and commissioned a 3D scanner for fuel tank calibration in less than 18 months, resulting in the calibration of 8 tanks with 3D rebuild model within mm resolution. Co-developed software to process point cloud data and generate gauging tables.
Tech: Python, C, MATLAB, Excel, .NET, Solidworks, Geomagic Design, Autodesk Recap.

Certifications

  • Cloud Digital Leader Certification - Google - September 2025
  • Google Cloud Computing Foundations Certificate - Google - June 2025
  • AWS Educate Introduction to Cloud 101 - AWS Educate - March 2025
  • Introduction to Vertex AI Studio - Google - July 2024
  • Machine Learning - Coursera - July 2021
  • Introduction to Data Science in Python - Coursera - June 2020

Languages

  • Spanish: Native
  • English: TOEFL iBT Score: 105/120

Technical Skills

AI/ML

LangChain & Langgraph, OpenAI APIs (LLMs and GenAI integration), ChromaDB (vector database for AI applications), Looker Studio (data visualization and reporting)

Cloud & Tools

AWS, GCP, Docker, GitHub, Postman

Frameworks & Libraries

FastAPI (API RESTful, microservices), Streamlit (application interfaces), Selenium (RPAs and scraping)

Programming Languages

Python (data analysis, automation, backend, AI development), Golang (backend development), MATLAB (robotics simulation and numerical computing), SQL (database management), C, Bash