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Senior Data Scientist & Data Architect

Bilbao, Spain
Worldwide
Computer Engineering + Business Administration and Management
Bilbao, Spain
Worldwide
Computer Engineering + Business Administration and Management

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About me

Data strategy and AI professional with 10+ years leading data products, advanced analytics, and data governance. Former CTO and Founding Engineer, expert in cloud, Big Data, and technical leadership, delivering measurable business value.

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Data Science & Analytics
Advanced expertise in data analysis, visualization, and storytelling using Python, Power BI, and various data analysis packages. Experience with time series analysis and predictive modeling.

Business Intelligence Solutions
Creation of comprehensive BI solutions with Microsoft Power BI, integrating data from multiple sources including SAP, Salesforce, and custom databases. Development of automated financial reporting dashboards.

AI & Machine Learning
Implementation of AI models for business applications, including predictive analytics and computer vision. Experience with TensorFlow, Keras, and NLP technologies for data-driven decision making.

Data Integration & ETL
Design and implementation of data pipelines using tools like Palantir Foundry, Amazon Redshift, and Airbyte. Experience consolidating data from various sources for unified analytics.

Cloud Technologies
Proficiency with AWS and Microsoft Azure services for data storage, processing, and application deployment. Implementation of Azure Boards/DevOps for project management.

Programming & Development
Strong programming skills in Python, Django, SQL, and web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript). Experience with both front-end and back-end development.

Database Management
Knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases including MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Neo4j. Design and optimization of database structures for performance.
 

Languages

EnglishFluentFrenchGoodSpanishNative speaker

Project history

Palantir Foundry Product & Delivery Lead

Sonnedix

Energy, Water & Environment

500-1000 team member

Sonnedix is a global renewable energy producer operating large-scale solar power plants across multiple countries. I acted as a Product & Delivery Lead within Palantir Foundry, owning the end-to-end delivery of data products and operational applications used by asset management and O&M teams.

I served as the primary bridge between business stakeholders (operations, asset management, engineering) and the Foundry engineering layer, translating operational needs into scalable ontology-driven solutions. I led
solution design, delivery planning, stakeholder alignment, and adoption, while remaining hands-on with Foundry development to ensure technical quality and delivery velocity.

Founder

Galde

Internet & IT

< 10 team member

Creating Business Intelligence, AI and Data Governance solutions, optimizing business operations through integration of advanced technology, financial reporting automation and enterprise data pipelines. Managing multidisciplinary teams and coordinating technological strategies aligned with business objectives of international clients.

IT Partner Interim (Senior Data Scientist, Tech Lead & Business Analyst)

SCOR, SE

Insurance

1000-5000 team member

Automating pricing and compliance reporting processes using Microsoft Power BI and integrating Palantir Foundry to consolidate data from various sources. Leveraging Microsoft Azure to identify hidden patterns between clients and policies, contributing to product portfolio enhancement. Leading technical documentation, UAT-Prod Testing and Role-Based Access Control monitoring.

Data Governance Lead

Adevinta

Internet & IT

1000-5000 team member

One of Adevinta's main platforms in Spain (InfoJobs) needs to strengthen its Data Governance across the entire platform. My goal is to operationalize the Data Governance Strategy defined by the CDO and the Data Platform & Governance Director within InfoJobs, in order to later scale these initiatives to other platforms.

Some actions performed are:

- Auditing the strategy and define guidelines.
- Map the main tools to be used (Databricks Unity Catalog, dbt, etc.).
- Work on various branches of Data Governance: Lineage, Data Quality, Metadata, etc.
- Promote Data owners across the teams and help establishing a compliant data governance culture.

Senior Data Scientist

Midis Group

Internet & IT

1000-5000 team member

Developing automation tools and Microsoft Power BI dashboards to reduce 99% of time in information retrieval and accounting consolidation reporting tasks. Collaborating with business and financial analysts, double-checking calculations from Vertex and improving reporting from ACR.

Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer

PANORAMIC

Internet & IT

< 10 team member

Developing SaaS platform for strategy and HR consultants providing quick organizational diagnostic tools. Technical architecture design, prototype implementation, team coordination, programming, and R&D AI research on models.

Senior Data Scientist

University Rey Juan Carlos

Internet & IT

500-1000 team member

Preparing and laying out website for SC Learning project, allowing interaction with genome data and relevant research results. Technical architecture design, prototype implementation, and data visualization.

Senior Data Scientist

BELCA

Industry & Mechanical Engineering

50-250 team member

Implementing CRM software (HubSpot), integrating it with SAP Business One and harmonizing taxonomies, tax codes and customer data to make business operations more efficient and enable international expansion.

Associate Professor

UNIVERSITY OF DEUSTO

Internet & IT

500-1000 team member

Teaching Web Engineering & Programming Methodology and Languages as part of double degree curriculum in Business Administration and Computer Engineering. Directing End of Degree Projects of AI applications with average assessment of 4.6/5 by students.

Data Scientist & Analyst

XABET

Internet & IT

10-50 team member

Developing predictive model for power curves created by wind turbines using Python and R to evaluate efficiency of wind towers and propose corrective alerts. Prototype implementation, team coordination, and data visualization.

QA & Sales Engineer

COUNTERCRAFT

Internet & IT

10-50 team member

Contributing to sales area through technical tasks including developing automatic quotation generator using Google Apps Script, validating technical content of product proposals, and integrating product with additional components like Splunk SIEM.

Certificates

Product Management Program

UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business

2026

Implementer of the dataMat® and dataToolkit® Tools

Club CDO Chief Data Officer Spain & Latin America

2025

5th Training Programme on Public Procurement and Innovative Public Procurement

BEAZ - Diputación Foral de Bizkaia

2024

Generative AI

Google

2023

B2B Tech Sales Fellowship

Nova

2022

Deep Learning Specialization

DeepLearning.AI

2019

Machine Learning

Stanford University

2018

Akademia Project

Fundación Innovación Bankinter

2018

Digital Marketing - Actívate

Google

2017


Portfolio

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Interim Data Partner

The company needs to optimize its pricing and data consolidation processes, in addition to accessing new markets in the P&C (Property & Casualty) area. In collaboration with P&C IT & Innovation Partners, I have played a key role in automating pricing and compliance reporting processes using Microsoft Power BI and integrating Palantir Foundry to consolidate data from various sources, such as Salesforce, Omega and SAP Ledger.
https://www.scor.com/en
item-1

Data Governance

One of Adevinta's main platforms in Spain (InfoJobs) needs to strengthen its Data Governance. My goal is to operationalize the Data Governance Strategy defined by the CDO and the Data Platform & Governance Director within InfoJobs. Some steps are being conducted: - Auditing the strategy and define guidelines. - Map the main tools to be used (Databricks Unity Catalog, dbt, etc.). - Work on various branches of Data Governance: Lineage, Data Quality, Metadata, etc. - Promote Data owners across the teams and help establishing a compliant data governance culture.
https://adevinta.com/es/
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Financial Automation

Midis Group is a leading software solutions provider recognized by the World Economic Forum. I have developed a set of automation tools and Microsoft Power BI dashboards. The main information source has been SAP S/4, on which I have closely collaborated with business and financial analysts, both double-checking the calculations generated by Vertex, as well as improving the reporting coming from ACR. The tools developed for business analysts reduced 99% of their time in information retrieval and accounting consolidation reporting tasks.
https://www.midisgroup.com/
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Computer Vision

The client wanted to automate several internal processes by using computer vision technologies. We have developed a set of Computer Vision algorithms to automate solar panels' error detection and typing, as well as create the infrastructure for improving the Convolutional Neural Networks system, related to Electroluminescence and Thermography.
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Firefighter System

Bilbao’s Fire Department needed to protect lives with real-time guidance, integrate with existing systems, and have a firefighter-specific solution. Galde built an analytical platform to optimize interventions using logistics BI expertise, neural networks, and time-series modeling. They leveraged data from the REACH program and Basque Open Data, displaying insights with InfluxDB.
https://firedash.galde.app/
item-5

AI Training for PhDs

From IKERLAN, the R&D center of the Mondragón Group, we were asked to provide accelerated training in AI to the IoT + Electronics team of researchers. We built a portfolio of 10 sessions that comprised a summary of Machine Learning, Deep Learning and Reinforcement Learning techniques, as well as NLP, Computer Vision, and industry applied cases.
https://www.ikerlan.es/
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AI Saturdays Euskadi

AI Saturdays (or AI6) is a global non-profit community, consisting of reaching all Intelligence education Artificial of the quality and rigor of the best universities in the world. From the hand of Galde, Global Shapers Bilbao and Camp Tecnológico, in addition to a network of sponsors among which are comprised by SPRI, Bizkaiko Foru Aldundia and Kutxa Kultur, the AI6 community comes to Bilbao and Donostia-San Sebastian.
https://saturdays.ai/
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Interim CTO

Online training and courses are increasingly relevant in our society. However, it seems that people over 55, who may have more difficulties with the use of technologies, have nothing that fits their requirements. I defined and built the complete architecture of Oniversity, an online course platform for seniors over 55 who want to age actively and healthily.
https://oniversity.world/
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Interim CTO

The startup was created from the need to automate and digitalize patient experience healthcare field. To do this, the startup wanted to make use of NLP & GenAI techniques with expect medical knowledge to support health professionals. In this process, I have been responsible for the technological architecture, in addition to coordinating different external technological developments (e.g. HiTZ Zentroa to generate language models in Spanish and Basque, or voicebots).
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Data Visualization

The University is involved in various research projects that require the presentation of results through a web interface to manipulate the data. This has been the case for the SC Learning project, a Biology project related to COVID-19 deep analysis. Galde was in charge of preparing and laying out the website for the SC Learning project, allowing interaction with genome data and relevant research results. The website was displayed and the showcase was successfully done.
https://www.sie.es/lideres-en-investigacion-biomedica/
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Founding Engineer

Since mid-2020, Galde has supported this startup to develop multiple processes that were relevant for the eCommerce platform management. Additionally, Galde has given insights and directed the conversation with R&D centers, etc. in order to give the startup new chances to apply for R&D projects by developing recommender systems for their platform. In August 2023, Comadera has decided to hire new people, so it has been the moment to move on Galde's role.
https://www.comadera.com/
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BI & CRM Automation

The BELCA Group has a long history in the food packaging market. When it comes to managing teams, for many years the instinct of management has been relied on to run the company correctly. The group needed to conduct the following tasks: 1. Ensure data quality in all information systems. 2. Configuration of the dashboard and CRM and integration with all existing information systems. 3. CRM training for the person in charge of the sales team. 4. Implementation in HubSpot of the business process defined. 5. Manuals for loading data and interpreting indicators.
https://www.belca.es/

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