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Mauricio Arancibia

Data Scientist · AI Engineer · ML Specialist

📧 necrus.aikon@gmail.com · mauricio.arancibia@simgular.com 📞 (+591) 75761340 · 📍 Sucre, Bolivia · 🏠 Panama 398 Depto 2B 🌐 simgular.com · simgular.ai

Professional Summary

Innovative System Engineer with over a decade of expertise in Data Science, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence. Specialized in leveraging cutting-edge technologies to drive business impact through data-driven insights and advanced AI solutions.

Professional Experience

NTTData Sep 2024 – Present

Generative AI Tech Lead · Contractor · USA (Remote)

  • 🏆 Led design and development of PoCs, MVPs, and strategic proposals leveraging Generative AI
  • 📊 Directed cross-functional teams delivering advanced analytics, ML solutions, and AI-driven insights
  • 🤖 Spearheaded initiatives for automated content generation, conversational agents, and personalized recommendations

Python · PySpark · AWS SageMaker/Bedrock · Azure OpenAI · LangChain · LlamaIndex · RAG · LLMs

NTTData Jul 2022 – Aug 2024

Data Scientist / Data Analyst · Contractor · USA (Remote)

  • 🔍 Executed efficient ETL processes and exploratory data analysis for actionable insights
  • 📊 Ensured data integrity through Data Governance & Data Quality frameworks
  • 🧠 Implemented NLP solutions and led RAG Proof of Concepts

PowerBI · PySpark · Azure Synapse · Azure ML · NLP · PyTorch · TensorFlow · Collibra

Simgular Dec 2021 – Present

Founder & CEO · Independent AI Consultant

  • 🚀 Established and leads Simgular as a boutique AI consultancy ("company of one")
  • 🤖 Designed and implemented ML, NLP, and Generative AI solutions (RAG, AI agents)
  • ☁️ Built scalable solutions on AWS and Azure, including LLM-based applications
  • 🤝 Full lifecycle ownership — from client engagement to delivery and optimization

Python · Generative AI · RAG · NLP · Data Analytics · AWS · Azure · AI Agents

UNICEF Bolivia Nov 2022 – Feb 2023

Data Analyst Consultant · Contractor · Bolivia (Remote)

  • 📊 Created comprehensive PowerBI dashboards for UNICEF Bolivia programs
  • 📈 Designed KPI tracking systems to monitor program effectiveness

PowerBI · Excel · SQL · Data Modeling · DAX

NTTData for UNICEF Dec 2021 – Jun 2022

Data Analyst · Contractor · New York, USA

  • 📑 Implemented NLP semantic similarity analysis on UNICEF project documents
  • ✈️ Developed PowerBI dashboard for staff travel optimization
  • 🗣️ Enhanced progress report analysis using advanced NLP techniques

PowerBI · Python · NLP (NLTK, SpaCy, Gensim, Transformers) · Keras · TensorFlow

FANCESA Sep 2008 – Present

Senior Data Manager · Sucre, Bolivia

  • 📈 Led company-wide PowerBI adoption with dashboards for production, quality, and planning
  • 💰 Created cost analytics dashboards across the cement production supply chain
  • 🏗️ Managed data integration and ETL for a Green Field Cement Plant project

PowerBI · Qlik · PostgreSQL · Python · SharePoint

Education

  • 🎓
    Master in Advanced & Applied Artificial Intelligence
    Universitat de Valencia · 2021–2022
  • 📊
    Data Scientist Nanodegree
    Udacity · 2021–2022
  • 💼
    Business Intelligence Specialization
    UTBA · 2014
  • 🖥️
    Free Software University Master
    Universitat Oberta de Catalunya · 2009–2010
  • 🔧
    System Engineering
    USFX de Chuquisaca · 2001–2005

Certifications

  • ☁️
    AWS Certified AI Practitioner
    Amazon Web Services · Sep 2024
  • ☁️
    Azure AI Fundamentals
    Microsoft · Jun 2024
  • 🤖
    Machine Learning
    Coursera / Stanford Online · Jul 2021
  • 📊
    Applied Data Science with Python
    Coursera / University of Michigan · Apr 2021
  • 📈
    Reproducible Research · EDA · R Programming
    Coursera / Johns Hopkins · 2015–2016
  • 🔍
    Pattern Discovery in Data Mining
    Coursera / University of Illinois · Mar 2015

Skills

📊 Data VisualizationPowerBI · Qlik · Tableau · Matplotlib · Plotly · Seaborn
💻 ProgrammingPython · R · SQL · Java · REST API
🤖 Machine LearningTensorFlow · Keras · PyTorch · Scikit-Learn · Azure ML · SageMaker
☁️ Cloud & Big DataAWS Bedrock · Azure AI Services · Azure OpenAI · AWS AI Services
🗣️ NLPNLTK · spaCy · Gensim · Transformers
🧠 Generative AILangChain · LlamaIndex · RAG · Fine-Tuning · Agents · CrewAI · LangGraph · LLMs
🛠️ MLOps / DevOpsGit · Docker · CI/CD pipelines
🎨 UI/UXStreamlit · Gradio
🗄️ DatabasesAzure SQL · PostgreSQL · Vector Databases

Notable Projects & Achievements

  • 🧠 Neural Dojo Founder — Community blog on Data Science, ML & AI, fostering knowledge sharing and ethical AI applications
  • 🏆 Coursera Specializations — Machine Learning (Stanford) & Applied Data Science with Python (Univ. of Michigan)
  • 🚀 Open Source Contributions — ML and AI projects on GitHub: sentiment analysis, facial expression recognition, weather classification

Languages

  • 🇪🇸
    Spanish
    Native
  • 🇬🇧
    English
    Professional Working Proficiency