Benjamin Ardila Martínez

Managing Partner at Neural Design
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Location
Bogota, D.C., Capital District, Colombia, CO
Languages
  • French Full professional proficiency
  • English Full professional proficiency
  • German Professional working proficiency
  • Spanish Native or bilingual 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.

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Credentials

  • Machine Learning Modeling Pipelines in Production
    Coursera
    Aug, 2021
    - Sep, 2024
  • Machine Learning Data Lifecycle in Production
    Coursera
    Jul, 2021
    - Sep, 2024
  • Introduction to Machine Learning in Production
    Coursera
    Jun, 2021
    - Sep, 2024
  • Renewable Energy and Green Building Entrepreneurship
    Coursera
    Mar, 2020
    - Sep, 2024
  • Convolutional Neural Networks
    Coursera
    Dec, 2017
    - Sep, 2024
  • Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter tuning, Regularization and Optimization
    Coursera
    Sep, 2017
    - Sep, 2024
  • Neural Networks and Deep Learning
    Coursera
    Sep, 2017
    - Sep, 2024
  • Structuring Machine Learning Projects
    Coursera
    Sep, 2017
    - Sep, 2024
  • ARIMA Modeling with R
    DataCamp
    Mar, 2017
    - Sep, 2024
  • Aprendizaje Automático
    Coursera Course Certificates
    Jan, 2016
    - Sep, 2024
  • Google Analytics Individual Qualification
    Google
    Nov, 2017
    - Sep, 2024

Experience

    • Mexico
    • Software Development
    • Managing Partner
      • 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.

    • Colombia
    • Technology, Information and Internet
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Podcast Host
      • 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.

    • United States
    • Business Consulting and Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Consultant
      • 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

    • United States
    • Business Consulting and Services
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • Senior Data Scientist
      • May 2019 - Dec 2019
    • Spain
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Team Lead
      • 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

    • Professor
      • 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

    • Colombia
    • Banking
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Campaign Manager - Business Intelligence
      • 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

    • Project Manager - Risk Department
      • 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%.

    • Risk Modelling Manager
      • 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.

    • Modelling Department Team Lead
      • 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.

    • Spain
    • Business Consulting and Services
    • Actuarial Analyst
      • Nov 2008 - Jun 2010
    • Civil Engineering
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Junior Auditor
      • Jan 2008 - Nov 2008
    • Colombia
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Graduate Teacher Assistent
      • 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.

Education

  • IE Business School
    Dual Degree IMBA & Master in Business Analytics & Big Data, Business Administration and Management, General
    2016 - 2017
  • Universidad de Los Andes
    Master of Science (MSc), Industrial Engineering
    2007 - 2008
  • Universidad de Los Andes
    Bachelor of Science (BSc), Industrial Engineering
    2002 - 2007
  • Lycée Français Louis-Pasteur
    Baccalauréat Scientifique, Major in Physics
    1988 - 2002

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