David Cava Piña

Engineering Manager, Knowledge Graph at Altana AI

David Cava Piña has a diverse work experience spanning multiple industries and roles. David currently works as an Engineering Manager for Altana Technologies, where they lead the Knowledge Graph Team in building Altana Atlas, a proprietary knowledge graph that learns from public and non-public data. Prior to this role, they were a Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Altana Technologies.

Before joining Altana Technologies, David worked as a Data Engineering & AI Advisor at SimpleFi and as a Principal Engineer at Ki Insurance. David also held positions at BCG Digital Ventures, where they served as an Engineering Lead - AI & Deep Tech and a Senior Machine Learning Engineer, playing a key role in the development and implementation of cutting-edge technology ventures.

Additionally, David co-founded ABACE Group and worked as a Cofounder & Advisor. David served as the Interim Chief Technology Officer at Digital Boost, leading engineering efforts to support businesses transitioning to digital during the COVID crisis. David also worked as an Interim Machine Learning Engineer at Epsy Health, contributing to the development of an AI platform for epilepsy patients.

Early in their career, David had roles at British Airways as a Senior Analyst in Advanced Analytics & Operational Research, a Technology Analyst, and a Business Strategy - Graduate Engineer. David also worked at UENI as a Sales Analyst and a Data Engineer Consultant.

David's work experience includes projects at Imperial College London, where they served as a Design & Simulation Engineer and a System Engineer for UK Space Agency projects.

Throughout their career, David has demonstrated proficiency in various areas including machine learning, data engineering, AI, and engineering leadership.

David Cava Piña's education history is as follows:

From 2009 to 2014, they attended the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, where they earned a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering. David then continued their studies at the same institution and received a Master of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from 2010 to 2014.

In 2012, they attended Cadtech Formación and completed a Master CATIA V5 program specializing in Catia V5.

In 2013, they took a European Commission course on Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) offered by the European Space Agency.

In 2014, they obtained the TOEFL iBT certification from ETS Global B.V.

In 2015, they enrolled in a Master of Science program at Imperial College London, focusing on Advanced Computational Methods for Aeronautics, Flow Management, and Fluid-Structure Interaction. David completed this program in 2015.

In 2018, they pursued a Blended Master's Degree in Supply Chain Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which they finished in 2018.

David also holds additional certifications such as the Master in CATIA V5 from CadTech Formación in 2012, the Cambridge Certificate in Advance English (CAE) from the University of Cambridge in 2008, Agile Development Using Ruby on Rails from UC Berkeley College of Engineering, and Professional Scrum Master I from Scrum.org. However, the specific months and years of completion for these certifications were not provided.

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