Benjamin Ardila Martínez
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German Professional working proficiency
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Jorge Cimentada
Benjamin was my direct superior at Kernel. Right from the start, I was impressed by how tight he held the team together. He made sure I was easily integrated from the start and thoroughly prompted me to share ideas with the data science team. Contrary to many data science leads, Benjamin can pop up a SQL editor and write some queries to get some data as well as sit through a business presentation to dissect a machine learning model. Well rounded and passionate are two words that I think describe him well. It was truly a great person to learn from.
Hugo Alfonso Castro Bonilla
Benjamin worked with me in different positions for more than 5 years at Banco Falabella, developing models and statistical analysis in the area of credit risk and commercial intelligence. Throughout those years Benjamin proved to be a great professional with outstanding analytical skills. Skills in project management based on the information of the clients to generate commercial actions of high impact in the results of the business. Benjamin is very competent and experienced, he was characterized by having a permanent profesional growth in each one of the roles he had at banco Falabella. He was characterized for its good ethics and commitment in each one of the tasks assigned. His ability to take challenges allowed him to be recognized as an excellent professional within the bank. Resulting in being able to work with teams from different areas always generating a positive work environment. I would recommend Benjamin to any job that requires professional commitment , honesty and great human quality. A job that requires team work skills, projects of important technical details, and where it is necessary to design solutions of good quality focusing in the fulfillment of objectives.
Nicolas Garcia
Benjamin is an exceptional individual. He has excellent analytical capabilities and is very resourceful on how to approach and develop strategies to handle data related challenges in complex business environments. I had the opportunity to work with Benjamin for almost 3 years, and he was key in developing techniques and models that allowed Banco Falabella to optimize various processes across the credit lifecycle, including the collections process which I was responsible for. He always impressed me with his knowledge, diplomacy, communication skills, and understanding of international cultures, values and business principles. I would have no doubt that Benjamin will prove an asset to any organization.
Jorge Cimentada
Benjamin was my direct superior at Kernel. Right from the start, I was impressed by how tight he held the team together. He made sure I was easily integrated from the start and thoroughly prompted me to share ideas with the data science team. Contrary to many data science leads, Benjamin can pop up a SQL editor and write some queries to get some data as well as sit through a business presentation to dissect a machine learning model. Well rounded and passionate are two words that I think describe him well. It was truly a great person to learn from.
Hugo Alfonso Castro Bonilla
Benjamin worked with me in different positions for more than 5 years at Banco Falabella, developing models and statistical analysis in the area of credit risk and commercial intelligence. Throughout those years Benjamin proved to be a great professional with outstanding analytical skills. Skills in project management based on the information of the clients to generate commercial actions of high impact in the results of the business. Benjamin is very competent and experienced, he was characterized by having a permanent profesional growth in each one of the roles he had at banco Falabella. He was characterized for its good ethics and commitment in each one of the tasks assigned. His ability to take challenges allowed him to be recognized as an excellent professional within the bank. Resulting in being able to work with teams from different areas always generating a positive work environment. I would recommend Benjamin to any job that requires professional commitment , honesty and great human quality. A job that requires team work skills, projects of important technical details, and where it is necessary to design solutions of good quality focusing in the fulfillment of objectives.
Nicolas Garcia
Benjamin is an exceptional individual. He has excellent analytical capabilities and is very resourceful on how to approach and develop strategies to handle data related challenges in complex business environments. I had the opportunity to work with Benjamin for almost 3 years, and he was key in developing techniques and models that allowed Banco Falabella to optimize various processes across the credit lifecycle, including the collections process which I was responsible for. He always impressed me with his knowledge, diplomacy, communication skills, and understanding of international cultures, values and business principles. I would have no doubt that Benjamin will prove an asset to any organization.
Jorge Cimentada
Benjamin was my direct superior at Kernel. Right from the start, I was impressed by how tight he held the team together. He made sure I was easily integrated from the start and thoroughly prompted me to share ideas with the data science team. Contrary to many data science leads, Benjamin can pop up a SQL editor and write some queries to get some data as well as sit through a business presentation to dissect a machine learning model. Well rounded and passionate are two words that I think describe him well. It was truly a great person to learn from.
Hugo Alfonso Castro Bonilla
Benjamin worked with me in different positions for more than 5 years at Banco Falabella, developing models and statistical analysis in the area of credit risk and commercial intelligence. Throughout those years Benjamin proved to be a great professional with outstanding analytical skills. Skills in project management based on the information of the clients to generate commercial actions of high impact in the results of the business. Benjamin is very competent and experienced, he was characterized by having a permanent profesional growth in each one of the roles he had at banco Falabella. He was characterized for its good ethics and commitment in each one of the tasks assigned. His ability to take challenges allowed him to be recognized as an excellent professional within the bank. Resulting in being able to work with teams from different areas always generating a positive work environment. I would recommend Benjamin to any job that requires professional commitment , honesty and great human quality. A job that requires team work skills, projects of important technical details, and where it is necessary to design solutions of good quality focusing in the fulfillment of objectives.
Nicolas Garcia
Benjamin is an exceptional individual. He has excellent analytical capabilities and is very resourceful on how to approach and develop strategies to handle data related challenges in complex business environments. I had the opportunity to work with Benjamin for almost 3 years, and he was key in developing techniques and models that allowed Banco Falabella to optimize various processes across the credit lifecycle, including the collections process which I was responsible for. He always impressed me with his knowledge, diplomacy, communication skills, and understanding of international cultures, values and business principles. I would have no doubt that Benjamin will prove an asset to any organization.
Jorge Cimentada
Benjamin was my direct superior at Kernel. Right from the start, I was impressed by how tight he held the team together. He made sure I was easily integrated from the start and thoroughly prompted me to share ideas with the data science team. Contrary to many data science leads, Benjamin can pop up a SQL editor and write some queries to get some data as well as sit through a business presentation to dissect a machine learning model. Well rounded and passionate are two words that I think describe him well. It was truly a great person to learn from.
Hugo Alfonso Castro Bonilla
Benjamin worked with me in different positions for more than 5 years at Banco Falabella, developing models and statistical analysis in the area of credit risk and commercial intelligence. Throughout those years Benjamin proved to be a great professional with outstanding analytical skills. Skills in project management based on the information of the clients to generate commercial actions of high impact in the results of the business. Benjamin is very competent and experienced, he was characterized by having a permanent profesional growth in each one of the roles he had at banco Falabella. He was characterized for its good ethics and commitment in each one of the tasks assigned. His ability to take challenges allowed him to be recognized as an excellent professional within the bank. Resulting in being able to work with teams from different areas always generating a positive work environment. I would recommend Benjamin to any job that requires professional commitment , honesty and great human quality. A job that requires team work skills, projects of important technical details, and where it is necessary to design solutions of good quality focusing in the fulfillment of objectives.
Nicolas Garcia
Benjamin is an exceptional individual. He has excellent analytical capabilities and is very resourceful on how to approach and develop strategies to handle data related challenges in complex business environments. I had the opportunity to work with Benjamin for almost 3 years, and he was key in developing techniques and models that allowed Banco Falabella to optimize various processes across the credit lifecycle, including the collections process which I was responsible for. He always impressed me with his knowledge, diplomacy, communication skills, and understanding of international cultures, values and business principles. I would have no doubt that Benjamin will prove an asset to any organization.
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Credentials
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Machine Learning Modeling Pipelines in Production
CourseraAug, 2021- Sep, 2024 -
Machine Learning Data Lifecycle in Production
CourseraJul, 2021- Sep, 2024 -
Introduction to Machine Learning in Production
CourseraJun, 2021- Sep, 2024 -
Renewable Energy and Green Building Entrepreneurship
CourseraMar, 2020- Sep, 2024 -
Convolutional Neural Networks
CourseraDec, 2017- Sep, 2024 -
Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter tuning, Regularization and Optimization
CourseraSep, 2017- Sep, 2024 -
Neural Networks and Deep Learning
CourseraSep, 2017- Sep, 2024 -
Structuring Machine Learning Projects
CourseraSep, 2017- Sep, 2024 -
ARIMA Modeling with R
DataCampMar, 2017- Sep, 2024 -
Aprendizaje Automático
Coursera Course CertificatesJan, 2016- Sep, 2024 -
Google Analytics Individual Qualification
GoogleNov, 2017- Sep, 2024
Experience
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Neural Design
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Mexico
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Software Development
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Managing Partner
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Jul 2021 - Present
Helping companies to take advantage of the full potential of advanced analytics by building a data and AI strategy and helping them to build the required capabilities to capture their potential value. Helping companies to take advantage of the full potential of advanced analytics by building a data and AI strategy and helping them to build the required capabilities to capture their potential value.
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Inteligencia Colectiva
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Colombia
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Technology, Information and Internet
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1 - 100 Employee
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Podcast Host
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Jun 2022 - Present
In Inteligencia Colectiva we disclose the present and future of Artificial Intelligence in Latin America. In Inteligencia Colectiva we disclose the present and future of Artificial Intelligence in Latin America.
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Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
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United States
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Business Consulting and Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Consultant
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May 2020 - Jun 2021
Multiple projects with different focuses such as: ⬥ Analytics strategy in the smart cities sector ⬥ Network, supply chain and IT efficiencies in the telecom sector Multiple projects with different focuses such as: ⬥ Analytics strategy in the smart cities sector ⬥ Network, supply chain and IT efficiencies in the telecom sector
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BCG GAMMA
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United States
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Business Consulting and Services
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200 - 300 Employee
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Senior Data Scientist
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May 2019 - Dec 2019
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Kernel Analytics
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Spain
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Team Lead
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Nov 2017 - Oct 2019
Kernel Analytics was a consulting firm specialized in advanced analytics acquired by BCG Gamma in May '19 and awarded by Microsoft as its best AI Partner in Spain in '18 ⬥ Led two lines of customer experience management projects in the telecom sector, one for mobile network and the other for fixed networks. Generated a >30% reduction in percentage of customer complaints in the year of the release of the fixed network workstream. Generated a >10% reduction in mobile network maintenance costs while increasing network QoE Show less
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Professor
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Jul 2019 - Jul 2019
Professor Master in Analytics - International Summer school Name of the course: Building successful data driven strategies Professor Master in Analytics - International Summer school Name of the course: Building successful data driven strategies
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Banco Falabella Colombia
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Colombia
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Banking
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700 & Above Employee
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Campaign Manager - Business Intelligence
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May 2015 - Dec 2015
⬥ Redesigned responsibilities of the area focusing on optimizing marketing mix along with customer's lifecycle while eliminating the main sources of data mining errors.⬥ Produced 18% of new credit card enrollments by developing meaningful customer profiles based on shopping behavior. Machine Learning technique: Regression Trees. Other: A/B Testing.⬥Supported the Chief Data Officer designing data governance policies (responsibilities, attributions of data users) and mapping all the sources of data in the Company. Show less
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Project Manager - Risk Department
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Oct 2014 - Apr 2015
⬥Contributed to new credit card sales channel by generating databases of potential customers.⬥Lead cross-functional team that developed system to identify and engage latent clients in retail store’s cash registers; increasing approval rate for new segments by 80%.
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Risk Modelling Manager
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Jul 2012 - Sep 2014
⬥Generated transactional fraud dashboard that enabled fraud detection rules’ optimization reducing fraud alerts by 60% and augmenting process' fraud detection from 25% to 50%.⬥Increased cross-sales by 10%, via administering behavioral scoring project, without increasing risk. Machine Learning technique: Logistic Regressions.⬥Developed 2015's risk budget model. Resulted in smallest 5-year budget's deviation.
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Modelling Department Team Lead
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Sep 2010 - Jun 2012
⬥Created a new set of customized application scorings that resulted in a >30% decrease in credit card defaults using new sources of information. Machine Learning technique: Logistic Regressions⬥Designed selection tests and recruited team for new department.
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Towers Watson
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Spain
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Business Consulting and Services
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Actuarial Analyst
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Nov 2008 - Jun 2010
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Coca-Cola FEMSA
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Civil Engineering
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1 - 100 Employee
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Junior Auditor
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Jan 2008 - Nov 2008
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Universidad de los Andes
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Colombia
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Graduate Teacher Assistent
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Jul 2007 - Dec 2007
⬥Assistant Professor in Probability and Statistics I. ⬥Participated in a research group for Medical Decision Making. ⬥Assistant Professor in Probability and Statistics I. ⬥Participated in a research group for Medical Decision Making.
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Education
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IE Business School
Dual Degree IMBA & Master in Business Analytics & Big Data, Business Administration and Management, General -
Universidad de Los Andes
Master of Science (MSc), Industrial Engineering -
Universidad de Los Andes
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Industrial Engineering -
Lycée Français Louis-Pasteur
Baccalauréat Scientifique, Major in Physics