Cristhian Plazas Ortega

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Sr. Data Scientist at Globant
Bogotá, Bogota, Colombia

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  • Inter-American Development Bank
    Globant
    Sr. Data Scientist Consultant public Remote experience
    Inter-American Development Bank, Globant
    Mar 2024 - Current (2 years 4 months)
    ● Leading Generative AI initiatives within Aurora, a multi-cloud RAG-based platform built on LangChain and leveraging AzureOpenAI and AWS. ● Managing delivery, backlog, and strategic alignment with IADB stakeholders while expanding the platform’s reach and functionality. ● Mentoring engineers and contributing to innovation and proposal design for new AI-driven solutions.
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    Globant
    Sr. Data Scientist Consultant public Remote experience
    GDM Seeds, Globant
    Dec 2022 - Mar 2024 (1 year 4 months)
    ● Architected and deployed MLOps pipelines in Databricks to scale genetic modeling workflows. ● Transitioned statistical models from R to Python and designed automated job orchestration using Databricks Jobs APIs. ● Oversaw presentations and reporting to executive stakeholders, bridging technical execution and business goals.
  • Globant
    Sr. Data Scientist public Remote experience
    Globant
    Dec 2021 - Oct 2022 (11 months)
    ● Designed and implemented recommendation systems based on collaborative filtering to match learning resources to employees’ skills and career paths. ● Collaborated with staffing and training stakeholders, integrating solutions via Python Flask APIs.
  • Teleperformance Spain
    Data Scientist public Remote experience
    Teleperformance Spain
    Aug 2021 - Dec 2021 (5 months)
    ● Developed and deployed a Best Time to Call (BTTC) model that improved contact effectiveness by 15%. ● Combined frequentist models and decision tree classifiers following data quality improvements, delivering a measurable impact on sales performance.
  • Scotiabank Technology
    Data Engineer Specialist public Remote experience
    Scotiabank Technology
    Dec 2020 - Aug 2021 (9 months)
    Provided end-to-end data engineering guidance for cross-department projects in the Canadian banking environment, managing risk identification, integration, and data solution delivery.
  • DATUP S.A.S
    Data Scientist public Remote experience
    DATUP S.A.S
    Jan 2019 - Dec 2020 (2 years)
    ● Built predictive analytics models for supply chain optimization, integrating AWS Glue, Athena, and Quicksight dashboards for real-time monitoring and business insights. ● Led the development of analytical models across multiple industries, collaborating closely with diverse clients to deliver data-driven value through Proofs of Concept (POCs). ● Designed and implemented a survival analysis model for the National Government of Colombia to estimate the probability that a company would start importing, exporting, or cease operations, based on key features collected from national institutions. This project was presented at MIT in Boston. Variables included company type, number of employees, region, inflation, GDP, and other macroeconomic in
  • EyS Soluciones Empresariales IT SAS
    Ingeniero de desarrollo de producto e innovación
    EyS Soluciones Empresariales IT SAS
    Aug 2017 - Jan 2018 (6 months)
  • EyS Soluciones Empresariales IT SAS
    Pasante de Ingeniería en Telecomunicaciones
    EyS Soluciones Empresariales IT SAS
    Jul 2016 - Jul 2017 (1 year 1 month)
  • Universidad Militar Nueva Granada
    Auxiliar de Investigación
    Universidad Militar Nueva Granada
    Feb 2015 - Jun 2016 (1 year 5 months)
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  • Microsoft
    AI Product Manager public Remote experience
    Microsoft
    Aug 2025 - Current (11 months)
  • U
    LLMs Mastery: Complete Guide to Transformers & Generative AI public Remote experience
    Udemy Business
    Feb 2024
  • Udemy
    Software Architecture & Design of Modern Large Scale Systems public Remote experience
    Udemy
    Oct 2023
  • NVIDIA
    Building Transformer-Based Natural Language Processing Applications public Remote experience
    NVIDIA
    Oct 2023
  • Udemy
    Liderazgo: Gerencia en Tecnología/Ingeniería public Remote experience
    Udemy
    Sep 2023
  • Platzi
    Curso para Comenzar tu Camino Emprendedor
    Platzi
    Mar 2021
  • Platzi
    Introducción a la Creación de Empresas y Startups
    Platzi
    Mar 2021
  • Universidad de los Andes - Colombia
    Master of Science - MS, Artificial Intelligence
    Universidad de los Andes - Colombia
    Jan 2019 - Dec 2022 (4 years)
  • Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje (SENA)
    Curso complementario, Engineering
    Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje (SENA)
    Jan 2016 - Dec 2016 (1 year)
  • Universidad Militar Nueva Granada
    Engineer’s Degree, Telecommunications Engineering
    Universidad Militar Nueva Granada
    Jan 2012 - Dec 2017 (6 years)