Cognira
Cristian Gómez Peces has a diverse and impressive work experience. In 2021, they began working as a Data Scientist for Cognira. In 2020, they were a Member at Nova Talent and a Graduate Research Assistant at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where they formalized a method for electric utilities to predict PV locations and maintain a safe operation of grid, wrote technical papers in collaboration with Sandia National Laboratories, and completed a Master Thesis in Sensitivity Analysis applied to distribution networks. In 2019, they were a Global Volunteer at AIESEC, where they partnered with local schools to raise awareness on climate chance for children from 8 to 18 years old, built solar lamps to be delivered to rural areas with limited access to electricity, and executed public showcases to promote science and technology to the community in East Malaysia. Cristian was also an Industry 4.0 Engineer at Groupe PSA, where they devised an IoT device that detects missing car components using Computer Vision to minimize human errors in the assembly line, launched a plan in collaboration with other PSA factories to accelerate assembly lines digitalization, and engineered a GUI to create object classifiers and empowered maintenance employees to use it. Additionally, they were a Teaching Assistant at Universidad Pontificia Comillas, where they reinforced students learning by providing easy-to-follow examples to explain hard concepts seen in lecture and empowered students with troubleshooting frameworks to solve issues in the analog electronics lab. Finally, in 2018, they were a Software Development Trainee at Optiva Media, where they worked for TiVo Inc. on software development for some of the TiVo products deployed in the Spanish Digital TV market and accelerated firmware update release by fixing bugs in C++ and upgrading the UX refresh to meet client’s deadline. In 2017, they were an Intern in Data Analysis at Universidad Pontificia Comillas, where they quantified the impact of ICAI’s Tech Campus program on the number of applications to join the Engineering program and retrieved data from the local database and used MATLAB to identify areas of improvement for the program.
Cristian Gómez Peces has an extensive education history. Cristian obtained a Bachelor of Science in Electromechanical Engineering from Universidad Pontificia Comillas in 2018. From 2017-2018, they participated in an exchange program at the University of Michigan, where they studied Computer Engineering. Cristian then went on to pursue a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering at Universidad Pontificia Comillas from 2018-2021. Most recently, they obtained a Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2020. Additionally, they have obtained several certifications, including the Goethe-Zertifikat B1 from the Goethe-Institut e.V. in 2018, the Cambridge English Advanced Exam from the University of Cambridge in 2016, and Intermediate German (B2) from Escuela Oficial de Idiomas in 2014.