A selection of my experiences, grouped by categories.

Employments

  • Walmart Global Tech, Bentonville, AR, USA, July 2025 - Present
    • Senior Data Scientist, Applied AI, Pricing team.
    • Working on pricing models using temporal graph neural networks, bundle generation strategies for SFOT using agentic AI and deterministic methods, and causal machine learning for clearance markdown and international pricing elasticity.
  • Walmart Global Tech, Bentonville, AR, USA, June 2024 - August 2024
    • Senior Data Scientist Intern.
  • Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, USA, Sep 2021 - Apr 2025
    • Graduate Research Assistant and Instructor in the Department of Applied Computing.
  • Banco del Pacífico, Guayaquil, Ecuador, Jun - Sep 2021
    • Big Data Specialist.
  • Unidad Educativa Jefferson, Guayaquil, Ecuador, Jun 2018 - Jan 2019
    • High School Teacher.
  • Purdue University Northwest, Hammond, IN, USA, Jan 2019 - Aug 2021
    • Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant.

Teaching & Mentoring

  • Instructor, [EET 4501, Applied Machine Learning, Department of Applied Computing, Michigan Technological University, Spring 2024]
  • Instructor, [SAT 4310, Advanced Scripting Programming, Department of Applied Computing, Michigan Technological University, Fall 2023]
  • Teaching Assistant, [Digital Systems, PNW], Spring 2019
  • Teaching Assistant, [Elementary Engineering Design, PNW], Fall 2019
  • Teaching Assistant, [Programming for Engineers (C++), PNW], Spring 2020
  • Teaching Assistant, [Computer Organization and Design, PNW], Spring 2020
  • Academic Tutor, Purdue University Northwest Student Academic Support Department, Spring 2016 - Spring 2019
  • Supplemental Instructor Leader, Algebra, Trigonometry, and C++, Spring 2017 - Spring 2019

Leadership & Extracurricular Activities

  • LXAI workshop @ ICML 2025 - Program co-chair
  • LXAI workshop @ NeurIPS 2024 - Visa co-chair
  • LXAI workshop @ NeurIPS 2023 - Visa chair
  • ML in Education sub-committee @ SIIM - Member
  • Impulse Data & AI 2023 Conference - Organizer committee member
  • Graduate Student Government @ Michigan Tech - Grad Commons Manager
  • Cybersecurity and hacking competitions, including Cyber FastTrack and HackIN

Professional Service

Journal Reviewer

  • Signal, Image and Video Processing (SIVP)
  • Neurocomputing
  • International Journal of Digital Earth

Conference Reviewer

  • MICCAI
  • CVPR Workshops (PBVS)
  • CVPR Workshops (LXCV)

Competitive Programming & Technical Activities

  • Cyber FastTrack Challenge program 2019
    • Semifinalist in the nationwide competition.
  • HackIN 2019, Indianapolis, IN - Nov 2019
    • Ranked in the top 10 among 50+ teams.