Juan Esteban Mejía-Velásquez

Juan Esteban Mejía-Velásquez has a diverse work experience in various data-related roles. Juan Esteban is currently working at Credicorp Capital as a Data Tech Lead - Chapter Data Engineering, where they lead the Data Engineers while ensuring the quality of deliverables and facilitating the intake processes for the company's data ecosystem. Prior to this, they worked at Wunderman Thompson Colombia as a Data & Analytics Director, where they developed a team of engineers and data scientists and delivered presentations to stakeholders and senior executives. Juan Esteban also worked as a Senior Data Scientist at La Haus, where they led statistical and analytical models for the marketplace. Juan Esteban has experience in analytical capabilities and government of information as an Analyst at Bancolombia. Additionally, they have experience as a Data Science Mentor at Acámica, a Professor at Fundación Universitaria CEIPA and Universidad de Antioquía, Modeling Analyst at Satrack, and a Professor at Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Juan Esteban began their career as a Consultant BI - Junior at Datalytics, where they worked on analytical projects and the development of fraud detection algorithms.

Juan Esteban Mejía-Velásquez obtained a Master's degree in Behavioral Studies from Universidad EAFIT in 2021. Prior to that, they pursued a Master's degree in Systems Engineering with a focus on Operations Research and Artificial Intelligence at Universidad Nacional de Colombia, starting in 2015. Juan Esteban also holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the same institution, which they completed in 2013, specializing in strategic thinking and mathematical and statistical modeling.

In addition to their formal education, Juan Esteban has obtained various certifications, including AI for Trading from Udacity in 2023, Deep Learning Specialization from Coursera in 2020, Data Scientist with Python and R Track from DataCamp in 2018, Deep Learning Nanodegree from Udacity in 2017, Mining Massive Datasets from Stanford University in 2016, Data Manipulation at Scale: Systems and Algorithms from Coursera Course Certificates in 2016, and Scalable Machine Learning from edX in 2015.