With over 10 years of experience, my career is defined by a triple role that integrates academia, consulting, and educational innovation.
My research and professor role at the School of Mathematics and CIMPA at the University of Costa Rica focuses on research in machine learning, statistics and related fields. I have trained over 20 students who now work as data analysts in the industry.
The consulting role has allowed me to lead high-impact projects, such as the validation of risk models for the Banco Nacional de Costa Rica and the actuarial analysis for the UCR salary reform, impacting more than 6,000 university employees. Currently I am working with the OBDI (Observatorio de Datos Institucionales) to support data-driven decision making in the university.
Finally, as an entrepreneur, I founded STATO PRO, an online academy for advanced data science that aims to close the gap between university training and the demands of the technology industry in Latin America.
Training
- PhD in Statistics — Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France (2010–2014) Thesis: Conditional covariance estimation for dimension reduction and sensitivity analysis. Advisors: Jean-Michel Loubes and Clément Marteau.
- Master (M2R) in Statistics — Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France (2009–2010)
- Master in Applied Mathematics — University of Costa Rica (2007–2009)
- Bachelor in Actuarial Science — University of Costa Rica (2002–2007)
Professional experience
- Academia
- Professor and Researcher, School of Mathematics, UCR (2014–present)
- Teaching Assistant, IMT, Université Paul Sabatier (2013)
- Professor, School of Mathematics, UCR (2007–2009)
- Consulting
- Machine Learning and Statistical Consultant, OBDI, UCR (2025–present)
- Senior Data Analyst & Lead Actuary, Comisión Técnica Salarial, UCR (2021–2025)
- Statistical Consultant, Proyecto ACAVAMA, Banco Nacional (2015–2021)
- Mathematical Analyst, Banco Nacional de Costa Rica (2007–2008)
- Actuarial Intern, CCSS (2006)
- Entrepreneurship
- Founder & CEO, STATO PRO (2025–present)
Teaching
- Courses in UCR
- Estadística Actuarial I y II
- Modelos de Supervivencia
- Distribuciones de Pérdidas
- Análisis de Datos
- Práctica Actuarial
- Cálculo Diferencial e Integral
Academic service
- 2022–present — Member, Comisión de Trabajos Finales de Graduación, UCR. Evaluates graduate theses and research projects for the Mathematics Department.
- 2021–2026 — Member, Comisión de Posgrado de Matemáticas, UCR. Evaluates new graduate programs in mathematics.
- 2022–2023 — Member, Asamblea Colegiada Representativa, UCR. Assembly that recommends, evaluates and issues the university’s internal guidelines.
- 2020–2021 — Coordinator, Comisión de Docencia, UCR. Committee evaluating the new structure of the Actuarial Sciences programme.
- 2019–2020 — Organizing committee, XXII SIMMAC, International Symposium on Mathematical Methods Applied to Science.
- 2016–2020 — Editorial board member, Revista de Matemática: Teoría y Aplicaciones (RMTA), UCR.
- 2015–2016 — Organizing committee, XIV CLAPEM, Latin American Congress of Probability and Mathematical Statistics.
Grants and fellowships
- 2023–2024 — Entrepreneurship grant, Agencia Universitaria para la Gestión del Emprendimiento (AUGE). Prototype funds for a data science platform.
- 2010–2014 — Work contract, University of Costa Rica.
- 2009–2014 — Cooperation agreement between France and Costa Rica, Campus France.
- 2003–2006 — Socioeconomic support scholarship, University of Costa Rica.
Languages
- Spanish (native)
- English (fluent)
- French (fluent)
