José Alfredo Garza Valdes

I’m a data-driven strategy and product marketing professional with 6+ years across consulting, financial services, and index products. I take ownership of complex, ambiguous problems and consistently deliver measurable impact through self-directed learning, workflow automation, and creative use of data, AI, and software.

At MSCI, I drive performance for index programs by building capabilities from scratch—self-teaching Flourish Studio to publish consistently and earn cross-team subject-matter expertise. I also designed and built an internal go-to-market tracking web app to replace a manual PowerPoint workflow, and automated derivatives collateral to cut cycle time from 1–1.5 months to ~1 hour.

In client-facing work, I managed ~300 Hedge Fund client cases per month and built Python tooling that reduced bulk data requests from 1–2 weeks to ~1 hour. I earned the MSCI Index Client Service Innovation Award for automation tools (Excel VBA, Python, and internal data systems), and I support accounts with AI champion efforts and custom Salesforce reporting.

Before MSCI, I led high-impact consulting outcomes, including diagnosing root causes in a planning system, training teams on an automated workflow, and building a Random Forest model to improve delivery-time prediction. Across roles, my focus stays the same: move faster than the standard playbook by combining product thinking with practical technical execution.