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Ricardo Manuel Lazo Vasquez

@rlazov

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I'm a passionate Data Scientist who loves research, journaling, and the role of DS itself.

Peru

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What I'm looking for

I seek roles building and deploying ML/AI systems in collaborative, research-driven teams where I can apply MLOps, model development, and cloud engineering to deliver production impact.

Hey, I'm Ricardo, a Data Scientist from Peru. I currently work for Interbank here in my country. I like researching for fun, which made me publish a paper and thesis some time ago. I also enjoy coding, competitive programming, Data Science, and everything related to new technological advances.

I also enjoy listening lofi, training, reading (Books, manga, comics), and journaling, but I am more interested in making my life as optimal as possible.

Please be free to contact me.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Co-Founder

Current

Generative Artificial Intelligence Academy GAIA

Oct 2025 - Present (2 months)

Co-founded an AI academy focused on generative models and applied LLMs, developing curriculum and leading workshops to train practitioners and students.

Generative AI LLM Curriculum Development Python NLP

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Data Scientist

Current

Interbank

Jul 2022 - Present (3 years 5 months)

I've worked on several AI/ML projects using Python, AWS, Pytorch, Scikitlearn, and AWS Sagemaker.

Python Data Science PyTorch TensorFlow SKLearn

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Researcher

Current

Universidad Católica San Pablo

Jan 2021 - Present (4 years 11 months)

Conducted academic research in computer science, contributing to 5 indexed publications and participating in projects that produced one patent and applied ML methods to domain problems.

Research Machine Learning Deep Learning Python Experimental Design Data Analysis Publications

Python Data Scientist/Analyst

Turing

May 2024 - Aug 2025 (1 year 3 months)

Worked as a Python data scientist/analyst on remote projects, developing data pipelines and models to support product analytics and informed decision-making from May 2024 to Aug 2025.

Python Pandas scikit learn Data Analysis SQL Remote Collaboration

Machine Learning Engineer

Interbank

Aug 2023 - May 2024 (9 months)

Built and deployed ML solutions and production pipelines using AWS and ML tooling to support banking use cases, serving from Aug 2023 to May 2024.

Machine Learning AWS Sagemaker MLFlow Python Data Pipelines S3

Data Scientist

Interbank

Oct 2021 - Jul 2022 (9 months)

On Interbank I develop Machine Learning and Deep Learning models using Sklearn, PyTorch, Numpy, and Pandas. I trained models from scratch and using Fine Tunning, made MLOps, Data Analysis, etc.

Python SQL AWS QuickSight Sagemaker

Computer Science Thesis Student Researcher

Universidad Católica San Pablo

Jun 2021 - Jul 2022 (1 year 1 month)

Executed thesis research in computer science applying ML/NLP techniques, producing results documented between Jun 2021 and Jul 2022 and supporting academic publications.

Thesis Research NLP Machine Learning Python Data Analysis Experimentation literature review

Data Scientist (Part Time)

Interbank

Sep 2021 - Feb 2022 (5 months)

Supported data science initiatives on a part-time basis, contributing models and analyses to projects between Sept 2021 and Feb 2022.

Data Analysis Python SQL Reporting Collaboration

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

University of Colorado Boulder

Master of Science, Data Science

Grade: GPA: 3.640

Activities and societies: Graduate Certificate in Data Science completed concurrently.

Completed a Master of Science in Data Science and a Graduate Certificate in Data Science with a cumulative GPA of 3.640, graduating in December 2024.

Universidad Católica San Pablo

Licentiate degree, Computer Science

Activities and societies: Also completed a graduate degree in Computer Science in July 2021; involved in academic research and thesis work.

Completed licentiate and bachelor's level studies in Computer Science, with the bachelor degree conferred in December 2021 and licentiate conferred in February 2023.