Nicolas Picon
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Spanish Native or bilingual proficiency
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French Limited working proficiency
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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Chinese Elementary proficiency
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Credentials
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Python 3 Course
CodecademyJan, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering
New York Institute of TechnologyMay, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
IEEE Std 802.11n-2009 Standard with IEEE 802.11n Physical Layer eLearning Tutorial - Bundle
IEEE Educational Activities CertificatesOct, 2020- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Empire Bio Diagnostics
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United States
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Medical Equipment Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Product Manager
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Apr 2023 - Present
Work directly under the Chief Product Officer to lead together the end-to-end product lifecycle management for our surface cleanliness validation system products, overseeing all aspects from concept development to product launch and ongoing improvements.• Build strong relationships with key stakeholders, including clients, suppliers, and external partners, to ensure smooth collaboration, negotiate contracts, and resolve any issues or concerns.• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including design, engineering, and manufacturing, to translate customer requirements into actionable product specifications and features.• Monitor product performance metrics, including sales, customer satisfaction, and market share, and leveraged data-driven insights to drive continuous product improvements.• Conduct user testing and gather feedback to iteratively improve product usability, functionality, and overall user experience.• Conduct extensive market research and analysis to identify customer needs, competitive landscape, and emerging trends, resulting in the development of innovative product strategies.• Develop and maintain a product roadmap, prioritizing features and enhancements based on customer feedback, market demand, and business goals.• Manage the strategic planning and execution of product initiatives across both domestic and international markets, with a primary focus on the US domestic region and a strong emphasis on expanding market presence in Latin America. Show less
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Business Operations Manager
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Sep 2022 - Present
Oversee, evaluate, and improve the company’s day-to-day operations and collaborate with cross-functional teams.• Improved operational efficiency by 22%, identifying weaknesses and investing in software that reduced 85% of employees’errors.• Created and managed operational budgets focused on establishing savings and maximizing profits.• Managed forecasting for 2 product categories that represent $10M in annual sales for the company.• Researched and evaluated vendor contracts and pricing variables to better convey margin reports to the Board of Directors.• Identified and analyzed any potential project risks and developed effective mitigation plans to eliminate or minimize the risk.• Crafted documentation, training, and implementation of the best practices for each department and ensured total staffcompliance. Show less
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Production Manager
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Sep 2021 - Sep 2022
• Oversee daily production activities for multimillion-dollar operation. • Build from the ground up the manufacturing process, documentation, system, and strategy to achieve a smooth and effective production.• Assume full responsibility for managing all plant operations including shipping, maintenance, production, and sanitation with extra office responsibilities. • Supervise the generation of maximum profitability and ensured full production levels were met while simultaneously performing safety, quality, cost, and inventory management within operating budget constraints. • Create fast-paced operations schedules to encourage high-volume production and reliable shipment times.• Support the engineering team, HR partners, employees, managers, and the operations team to resolve product management queries. Show less
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R&D Engineer
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Sep 2020 - Sep 2022
• Write code to improve the functionality of the software and designing desktop applications.• Develop novel manufacturing methods and used 3D printing to create prototypes.• Create testing methods, schedules, validation, and equipment. • Simultaneously manage multiple projects and meet many strict deadlines.• Develop design documents, user guides, maintenance documents, project documentation, and release documents.• Work with Web development of Customer experience management and Service quality management.• Develop software engineering tools to improve existing technologies and solutions to increase efficiency by ~20% and increase productivity by ~ 30%. Deploying various programming languages like C, C++ and Python to implement algorithms.• Create technical presentations to brief the employees about the usage of complex tools and techniques.• Liaise between internal and external team members and customers. Show less
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Engineering Intern
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Jul 2020 - Sep 2020
• Developed a desktop application to sort, organize and analyze testing data.• Collaborated with engineers and scientists to develop the cleaning formula to remove ATP from swabs.• Tested different batches of swabs to find the cleanliness and sensitivity of the swab.• Analyzed data produced by the ATP desktop application to create reports and discuss the effect of the variables in the cleaning process.
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Management Leadership for Tomorrow
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United States
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Non-profit Organizations
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700 & Above Employee
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MLT MBA Prep Fellow
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Feb 2023 - Present
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New York Institute of Technology
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Programming Peer Tutor
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Jan 2021 - May 2021
Functions: 1. Interacting with tutees in a friendly and professional manner and assisting them with grasping difficult concepts in the areas of math, programming and science as well as in complex engineering courses. 2. Scheduling tutoring appointments and showing up to them on time and prepared. 3. Teaching tutees skills that will ensure that they will be able to be very successful in learning and understanding the topics they will need to learn in the future. Functions: 1. Interacting with tutees in a friendly and professional manner and assisting them with grasping difficult concepts in the areas of math, programming and science as well as in complex engineering courses. 2. Scheduling tutoring appointments and showing up to them on time and prepared. 3. Teaching tutees skills that will ensure that they will be able to be very successful in learning and understanding the topics they will need to learn in the future.
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Analitic AI
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Colombia
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Data Infrastructure and Analytics
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Co-Founder
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Mar 2020 - Jan 2021
Launched an artificial intelligence data consulting company to help small business owners from Colombia use the power of the data they collect daily and make more intelligent decisions to have the edge over their competitors. AnaliticAI.com Launched an artificial intelligence data consulting company to help small business owners from Colombia use the power of the data they collect daily and make more intelligent decisions to have the edge over their competitors. AnaliticAI.com
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Education
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New York Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical and Computer Engineering