Experience
PhD Researcher · Con/Data — PhD research
2024 — Present- Research on Retrieval Augmented Generation, Text-to-SQL, and Open Government Data.
- Prototyping chat interfaces over municipal and federal datasets for non-technical audiences.
Sr. Product, Data & AI Consultant · Vaultapps
2025 — Present- Lead data, product, and AI engagements across concurrent client projects — app-store intelligence, sports-media platforms, eye-performance training, and field-data capture.
- Built an Elixir/Phoenix API backed by a TimescaleDB warehouse ingesting ~45M Apple and Google app-store listings for the App Peak product.
- Shipping React Native, Expo, and Next.js apps end-to-end as sole developer on multiple engagements; consulting on architecture, data pipelines, and product scope.
Senior Product Manager · Braintree (a PayPal company)
2023 — 2024Chicago · Guatemala · Poland
- Led cross-functional teams across three time zones to design, build, and enhance Payment API products.
- Shipped dispute automation features that reduced manual review for eligible chargebacks.
- Partnered with risk, legal, and engineering on regulatory-sensitive product decisions.
Senior Product Manager · Mastercard
2022 — 2023- Developed cloud-based FinTech solutions and led cloud migration initiatives.
- Defined product strategy for platform services consumed by enterprise issuers.
Product Manager · PayPal · Xoom · Venmo
2018 — 2022- Platform PM for Internal Customer Tools powering Platform API, Risk, and Compliance teams.
- Owned roadmap for tooling used by hundreds of internal analysts and ops agents.
University Professor · Rafael Landívar University, Faculty of Engineering
2019 — 2021- Taught programming courses to ~90 engineering students per semester.
- Mentored senior capstone teams on data and software projects.
Education
- 2023 — 2025
PhD in Finance and Administration
Galileo University
- 2022
Post-Graduate Degree in Business Intelligence
Galileo University
- 2021
Post-Graduate Degree in Data Analysis and Prediction
Galileo University
- 2005 — 2009
MSc in Data Analysis and Prediction
Galileo University
- 2013 — 2017
BSc in Computer Science
Rafael Landívar University
Certifications
PMP / Project Management Professional
Project Management Institute
PMI-ACP / PMI Agile Certified Practitioner
Project Management Institute
PSM / Professional Scrum Master
Scrum Organization
PSPO / Professional Scrum Product Owner
Scrum Organization
Certified Data Analyst
Google
AWS Certified AI Practitioner
AWS