Marcelo Gutierrez Mallea
Hoxton
Summary
Versatile leader with a strong data science foundation and experience contracting for global companies. Specializes in AI-driven automation, software development, and cloud infrastructure. Founded a successful startup this year, securing three clients in financial and insurance sectors and leading a high-performing team to deliver innovative AI solutions.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
CEO (Founder)
LlamitAI
La Paz, Bolivia
01.2024 - Current
- Spearheaded the development and deployment of DocumenteAI, an AI-powered document processing tool for the banking and insurance industry that reduces operational costs by 80% and processing times by 75%.
- Secured early clients, completed successful pilots, and established a scalable SaaS revenue model.
- Assembled a skilled team with more than two decades of combined experience in AI and finance, leveraging expertise from global and local companies.
Lead Data Scientist (Contract)
BP
London
02.2023 - Current
- Working with BP Pulse, developed and deployed an EV charging stations’ energy consumption prediction model for network planning
- Technical environment: Python, Bash, Git, AWS
Senior Data Scientist (Contract)
IKEA
London
06.2020 - 12.2022
- Worked with the Strategic Business Planning and Advanced Analytics unit
- Implementing machine learning models to assess and predict impact of opening a new store
- Technical environment: Python, Bash, Git, Google Cloud Platform
Senior Data Scientist (Contract)
Vodafone
London
11.2019 - 06.2020
- Worked in the Neuron project with the Spanish Data Science team: migration and validation of machine learning models from on-premises to Google Cloud Platform
- Technical environment: Python, Airflow, Bash, Google Cloud Platform (Dataproc, Composer, BigQuery)
Data Scientist (Contract)
Alian
London
08.2019 - 11.2019
- Worked with UK Power Network data to build a POC of an energy consumption predictive engine
- Technical environment: Python, AWS (EMR, S3)
Data Scientist
Braintree
London
09.2017 - 08.2019
- Built machine learning models for different clients and mentored junior data scientists
- Unilever: Web crawled data and used NLP and graph neural networks to understand consumer liking
- ArcelorMittal: Led an anomaly detection project
- Built an ETL pipeline and implemented classification algorithms for multivariate time series data
- Sportmaster: Customer segmentation using clustering algorithms
Data Scientist (Contract)
Mojix
La Paz
02.2016 - 10.2016
- Built statistical models and mined large scale data in a commercial environment
- Implemented sales prediction and customer segmentation systems for the retail clients using sensor data
- Client facing role with regular meetings with the CEO and the clients to present findings
Junior Researcher
Institute for Advanced Studies in Development
La Paz
06.2015 - 12.2015
- Analysed census data to describe the Bolivian labour market using R
Quantitative Investment Intern
Union Bancaire Privée
Geneva
02.2013 - 09.2013
- Developed apps to help portfolio managers measure their risk using time series data and Extreme Value Theory
- Performed statistical analysis on financial data to identify volatility clusters
Data Analyst
Agence Virtuelle
Geneva
02.2011 - 02.2012
- Statistical analysis of web data including sales, clicks and impressions
- Produced reports of analysis and presented to internal and external stakeholders
Education
MSc. - Data Science and Machine Learning
University College London
UK09.2017
MSc. - Finance and Financial Engineering
University of Lausanne
Switzerland02.2014
BSc. - Economics
University of Geneva
Switzerland09.2011
Skills
- AI & Machine Learning
- Software Development
- Cloud Infrastructure
- Data Analytics
- Leadership & Team Building
- Strategic Planning
- Project Management
- Business Development
- Communication & Negotiation
- Problem Solving & Decision Making
Technical Experience
Python, Spark, AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Bash, Lua (Torch), ElasticSearch, R, VBA, SQL, MATLAB, Java, C++, Bloomberg terminal
Affiliations
- Part of Entrepreneur First’s 12th London cohort, one of the top accelerator programs in Europe
- Volunteered to teach Syrian refugee children in Mathematics, English and Music (Beirut, Lebanon) in 2014
- Private Piano teacher while at university 2009/2010
- Ranked 2nd in the Bolivian National Intercollegiate Chess Championship in 2003
Accomplishments
- Awarded UK’s Tier 1 Exceptional Talent Visa in June 2019
- Second price at the BCG Digital Ventures Hackaton organized by BCG in Feb 2019
- First prize at Tech Disrupt London Hackathon organised by Tech Crunch in Dec 2016
- Achieved Certificate of Artistic Studies in Piano from Conservatory of Music of Geneva in 2012, 14 years degree
- Won the Simon Patiño Foundation scholarship to study in Switzerland in 2007, valued at 250’000 CHF and granted to the top 5 high school graduates from the Bolivia every year
- National Representative for the 36th International Physics Olympiads in Spain, 2005 (5 out 1000 selection)
Languages
Spanish
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
French
Proficient (C2)
C2
Timeline
CEO (Founder)
LlamitAI
01.2024 - Current
Lead Data Scientist (Contract)
BP
02.2023 - Current
Senior Data Scientist (Contract)
IKEA
06.2020 - 12.2022
Senior Data Scientist (Contract)
Vodafone
11.2019 - 06.2020
Data Scientist (Contract)
Alian
08.2019 - 11.2019
Data Scientist
Braintree
09.2017 - 08.2019
Data Scientist (Contract)
Mojix
02.2016 - 10.2016
Junior Researcher
Institute for Advanced Studies in Development
06.2015 - 12.2015
Quantitative Investment Intern
Union Bancaire Privée
02.2013 - 09.2013
Data Analyst
Agence Virtuelle
02.2011 - 02.2012
MSc. - Data Science and Machine Learning
University College London
MSc. - Finance and Financial Engineering
University of Lausanne
BSc. - Economics
University of Geneva
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