José-Tomás (JT) Prieto, PhD

JT Prieto, PhD has a diverse range of work experience in various roles and industries.

Starting in 2008, JT worked as a Technical Leader at ACS XEROX Company in Guatemala until 2011.

In 2011, JT became a Telecom Project Leader at Flytechnologies in Gabon for a few months as part of their Masters internship.

From 2011 to 2015, JT pursued a PhD at Ecole Polytechnique in France, where they studied the economic and political effects of Information and Communication Technologies in healthcare environments. During this time, they also founded a pilot experiment.

In 2015, JT joined the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala as the Data Science Regional Manager for the CDC-UVG CoAg. From 2015 to 2017, JT also served as the Principal Investigator of US CDC-funded research.

In 2017, JT became a PHIFP Fellow at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Denver, Colorado. Here, they strengthened multidisciplinary data science programs in the context of the US opioid epidemic.

In 2020, JT joined Palantir Technologies as the Enterprise Lead - Global Health. José-Tomás (JT) led multimillion/year and highly sensitive global product deployments, including pilots, in the health, aeronautics, and supply chain sectors. JT also led user engagement and user enablement programs, developed and launched training certification programs, and explored innovative use cases with technical users.

Finally, in 2023, JT is set to become the AI Program Lead at Apheris.

José-Tomás (JT) Prieto, PhD has a diverse education history. José-Tomás (JT) obtained their French Scientific High School Baccalaureate from Lycee/College/High school Jules Verne in 2003, with a specialization in Spé Math. In 2004, they pursued a degree in Computer Science Engineering at Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, which they completed in 2008.

Afterward, José-Tomás obtained a Bachelor of Music Degree in Piano from Studium Piano Academy, from 1991 to 2001. José-Tomás (JT) then pursued further education at École Polytechnique, where they completed a Master's degree in Network Industries and Digital Economy in 2011.

José-Tomás continued their studies at École Polytechnique and obtained their Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Economics and Management in 2015.

In addition to their academic qualifications, José-Tomás has obtained several certifications. José-Tomás (JT) completed courses such as "Data Science for Executives," "Enabling Technologies for Data Science and Analytics: The Internet of Things," "Machine Learning for Data Science and Analytics," and "Statistical Thinking for Data Science and Analytics" from Columbia University in the City of New York in 2018 and 2019.