Christian Rodriguez
@christianrodriguez2
Senior Data Scientist specializing in NLP, predictive modeling, and automated ML pipelines.
What I'm looking for
I’m a Senior Data Scientist with an M.Sc. in Artificial Intelligence and 5+ years of experience delivering end-to-end analytics solutions in high-impact environments, including the United Nations World Food Programme. I specialize in NLP, predictive modeling, and process automation—building and deploying ML pipelines that improved operational efficiency by up to 40% and supported data-driven decision-making for 8+ country-level programs.
At WFP, I served as a primary focal point for pipeline development and data distribution, managing 15+ automated pipelines for 50+ internal users, and leading dashboard design with Power BI and Tableau to reduce manual reporting time by ~35%. I also implemented semi-automated donor reporting processes (+20% positive donor feedback) and delivered data governance training for 40+ cross-functional staff across 5 regional offices; earlier roles included risk-scoring and ETL work that reduced undetected anomalies by ~25% and cut reconciliation time by 30%. I bring a strong “turn data into decisions” mindset—from authoring data quality standards to building NLP/OCR workflows and anomaly-detection models used for real policy and operational outcomes.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Senior Data Management & Analytics
World Food Programme
Jul 2023 - Jan 2026 (2 years 6 months)
Served as a primary focal point for pipeline development and data distribution, managing 15+ automated pipelines for 50+ internal users. Led dashboard development (Power BI/Tableau), cutting manual reporting time by ~35% and increasing positive donor feedback scores by 20% through semi-automated donor reporting.
Data Management & Analytics
World Food Programme
Jan 2022 - Jun 2023 (1 year 5 months)
Built risk-scoring models in Python and R to identify high-risk operations, reducing undetected anomalies by ~25%. Designed ETL processes across 8+ corporate data sources, cutting reconciliation time by 30% and enabling near-real-time reporting for 10+ regional offices.
Data Management & Analytics
World Food Programme
Nov 2020 - Oct 2021 (11 months)
Conducted data assessments delivering 10+ analytical reports that informed operational improvements. Integrated 12+ heterogeneous data sources, building automated Python/R pipelines that reduced data preparation time by 40% and decreased data inconsistencies by ~30% via validation rules.
Analytics Executive Assistant
Management Seguros Bolívar S.A.
Oct 2019 - Oct 2020 (1 year)
Interpreted complex financial and risk data to produce underwriting recommendations covering 500+ monthly insurance policies. Built a Python/PostgreSQL ETL system and developed fraud detection and credit risk predictive models, improving fraud identification by ~15%.
Data Science Intern
National Planning Department (DNP)
Feb 2019 - Aug 2019 (6 months)
Led a regulatory inventory initiative using NLP and machine learning to classify 5,000+ legal documents and support anomaly detection for high-risk urban areas adopted by 3 municipal governments. Built R Shiny dashboards for 10+ government analysts to enable evidence-based policymaking.
Education
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Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
M.Sc. in Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence
2023 - 2025
M.Sc. in Artificial Intelligence with a thesis on an emotion-driven music recommendation system using ensembled CNNs for facial emotion classification and a Multi-Armed Bandit reinforcement learning approach. Final ensemble accuracy reported as 66.69%.
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
B.Sc. in Statistics, Statistics
2013 - 2019
B.Sc. in Statistics from the Faculty of Basic Sciences.
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