Machine Learning Fundamentals

Machine Learning Scientist

Datacamp +30 Certifications

Platzi +20 Certifications

I taught support classes to different students in the area of discrete mathematics, algorithms and programming. I did this to improve the learning experience of current and future students.

Student Advisor for Algorithms and Programming I

Student Advisor for Discrete Mathematics

Assistant Coordinator

I founded the artificial intelligence club (IA UCAB) to organize events and activities at the university. The group studied basic machine learning algorithms for forecasting and useful predictions. With the pandemic, the virtualization of activities allowed it to spread nationwide and with the arrival of members from all over the country it became IA in Venezuela.

Artificial Intelligence Club coordinator

I organized Chess competitions at the University and Online. As a member of the club, I participated in many regional and inter-college competitions.

Engineer's degree

Junior Consultant | Software Developer

My responsibility was to design and develop Android applications with Java. I was just creating the views of the application and communicating it with the API that my colleagues developed.

Android Developer

📖 As a Professor of Programming Fundamentals, I played a crucial role in equipping students with the foundational knowledge and skills necessary for success in software development and computer science.

Some of my accomplishments during this time include:

💗 Received positive feedback from students for delivering interactive and engaging lectures that fostered a deep understanding of programming concepts.

🧑🏻‍🔬 Developed a new project-based assignment that allowed students to apply their programming skills to real-world scenarios, like video-games, management, and accounting systems, resulting in improved student engagement and project outcomes.

💡 Implemented innovative teaching strategies, such as incorporating online coding platforms like LiveShare for pair-programming, GitHub for collaboration, and interactive programming exercises with real-time runtimes, to enhance student learning experiences.

University Professor

Senior Full Stack Developer

I developed an online transaction system that automates the management processes of competitions, matches and athletes belonging to the Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Caracas. I did this project as a community service. Technologies such as Nest, React, Docker, Heroku, GitHub Actions and Sendgrid were involved. The design I implemented was based on a Hexagonal Architecture.

Software Developer

📖 As a Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, I guided the next generation of AI enthusiasts, elaborating awesome projects week after week, and showing up the State-of-the-art machine learning and AI models.

Some of my accomplishments are:

🧑🏻‍💻 Developed more than 10 projects related to classical machine learning problems like classification, regression, clustering, and dimension reduction, and advanced topics like image and sound segmentation, text-to-speech, speech-to-text, voice cloning, generative models for images, text, and audio, reinforcement learning by policies and value based, and deployment of models with Azure, HuggingFace and Cloudflare.

✅ Was awarded an exceptional student evaluation score of 5.91 out of 6.

🧑🏻‍🏫 Implemented a project-based learning approach where students applied their programming skills to a variety of real-world scenarios, including movie recommendations, image classification, background removal, audio denoising, chatbots

🔬During my time working with faculty researcher Ebert Brea, I was responsible for implementing and designing a nested partition optimization algorithm for mixed integer values using C++11. My work consisted of creating an efficient and scalable algorithm for ongoing research.

Some of my notable accomplishments during my time on this project include

🏆 Accomplished optimization of nested partitions of mixed integer values by implementing and contributing to the design of a new algorithm in C++11.

⌨️ Implemented and thoroughly tested the algorithm in a development environment, ensuring its effectiveness and scalability.

📃 Worked closely with faculty researcher Ebert Brea to ensure that the algorithm met all the necessary requirements and needs for ongoing research.

Overall, my experience on this project allowed me to gain advanced skills in C++11 as well as experience in algorithm design and optimization. On the other hand, it introduced me to the world of scientific research.

C++ Developer | Research Assistant

I was responsible for making demand projections for the School of Computer Engineering and the School of Civil Engineering using Microsoft Access.

Data Scientist | Student Assistant

🧑🏻‍💻I was responsible for leading the integration of multiple debit and prepaid card services issued by CashPass and Tribe with white label partners who wanted to launch a card that could use their token for payments.

ℹ️ Overall, my experience at Unbanked allowed me to gain extensive knowledge in third party integration, system architecture design, and team leadership. 

Some of my notable accomplishments during my time at Unbanked include:

🕛 Successfully reduced token integration time from 2 weeks to minutes by implementing a new framework, leading to increased efficiency and faster time-to-market for white label partners.

🫂 Effectively managed teams of 3 to 6 people on larger projects, ensuring collaborative teamwork and timely completion of project milestones.

⚡ Designed and implemented enhancements to internal system architectures for scalability and third-party integration, improving system performance and capability for third-party integration.

💳 Created a test environ

Lead Software Engineer

🧑🏻‍🔬 I was responsible for developing and testing DeFi apps with Solidity, Hardhat, Truffle, React Native, Jest, Web3 and Express. Apps where focused on Crosschain-Loans and interoperability between blockchains as Ethereum, Harmony, Filecoin and Binance. I also wrote and supervised articles about interoperability, double spending, scalability, liquidity, smart contracts and oracles.

During my time at Blits Labs, I was able to gain valuable experience in the rapidly evolving field of DeFi and blockchain development. I collaborated with a talented team of developers and writers to create cutting-edge applications and educational content.

Here are a few achievements that I'm particularly proud of during my time at Blits Labs:

🧧 Contributed to the development of the Blits Wallet. A mobile blockchain wallet made in React Native with +10k downloads. 

💱 Contributed to the development of some Crosschain-Loans protocols to lend and borrow assets across blockchains.

🧑🏻‍💻 Created the

Blockchain Developer

💻 During my time in consulting, I was responsible for the development of the customer portal for Daycohost, one of the largest data centers in Venezuela. My tasks included the creation of views, development of backend services and integration between web services and integration between business systems belonging to the company.

Some of my achievements during my time at Daycohost include

🧑🏻‍💻 I developed the customer portal from the first version created by the consultancy using NestJS and React.

🎨 I created custom views and components for the customer portal to ensure an intuitive and easy-to-use user experience, including home view, contact management, ticket creation, reporting and requests.

🔙 I developed backend services for the customer portal, including integrations with existing enterprise systems.

🫱🏻‍🫲🏻 I worked closely with the development team and other departments in the organization to ensure that the customer portal met the requirements and needs of the cust

Semi Senior Consultant | Software Developer

🚀 Right now I'm leading the development of the next mainstream electronic signature platform that will be used in 5 years. The goal of SignatureAPI is providing a programmer-friendly API, and automations platform connectors, to integrate electronic signatures to business processes with ease and the most competitive price of the market.

Some of my current tasks are:

🔝Lead the development of the core features for SignatureAPI, designing and implementing architectures in order to handle 5 Million envelopes per month (however, I'm thinking about the next 10 million).

🐳 Optimized and redesigned the development workflows with CI/CD tools integrating development and operations

🏢 Architected a green field product from 0 to 1 and I’m currently working on going from 1 to 10 by the enhancement of the current features and the design and implementation of new ones.

Rolando Andrade

🌎 Let's change the world 🌏 Software Engineer, Freelance Consultant, Indie Hacker, Professor, and more...