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Symfa (Miami, United States)
April 2025 - Present • 3 mos • Full-time
Defining and executing the company’s long-term technical vision across technological units
Leading and scaling a cross-functional R&D department focused on AI, machine learning, autonomous agents, and automation
Driving applied research in FinTech and InsurTech domains to deliver innovative, market-aligned solutions
Acting as the company’s AI thought leader, guiding strategy and implementation across client and internal projects
Publishing business and technical articles to position Symfa at the forefront of AI-driven innovation
Representing the company at key industry events and conferences e.g. Barcelona IT Hub
Media: Article 1, Article 2, Article 3, Talk at the BCN IT Hub
Quantori (Cambridge, United States)
November 2020 - Present • 4 yrs 7 mos • Full-time
Leading a team of 6 developers in the areas of ML, DS, and CV
Designing and implementing a specialized image processing system for Volastra Therapeutics, utilized for cell counting, classification, and detection
Building a COVID-19/pneumonia classification and scoring model that utilizes guided attention for the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Developed an end-to-end pipeline for histogenomic analysis of tumor immunologic phenotypes for Boehringer Ingelheim
Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Spain)
June 2023 - Present • 2 yrs 1 mos • Full-time
Analyze time-series data on blood flow index to derive actionable insights
Develop advanced machine learning and deep learning models for noninvasive intracranial pressure forecasting
Mentor PhD students in ML algorithm development for time series analysis
Politecnico di Milano (Milan, Italy)
May 2022 - July 2023 • 2 yrs 3 mos • Full-time
Hyperspectral data processing and analysis
Obtaining hyperspectral images while performing experimental surgery on animals
Development of advanced ML models for hyperspectral detection and clustering
Media: Article 1
Intelerad Medical Systems (Montreal, Canada)
April 2020 - September 2022 • 2 yrs 6 mos • Full-time
Developing a model for obscuring faces and ears on 3D MRI/CT data for Biospective
Creation of a contrast classification model using CT data for Bristol Myers Squibb
Retraining and implementing the CLOVA OCR for medical text recognition
Developing ML models for recognizing body parts, utilizing both MRI and CT data for Bristol Myers Squibb
Implementing the CRAFT (Character-Region Awareness) text detector
Tomsk Polytechnic University (Tomsk, Russia)
March 2016 - August 2022 • 6 yrs 6 mos • Full-time
Supervising a group of 5 developers in the creation of CV algorithms and ML models
Designing a specialized deep learning model for segmenting medical devices for Boston Children’s Hospital
Building an automatic fire detection system utilizing machine learning techniques for the Incom Group
Developing a Multi-Task Learning-based system for tracking aorta/catheter keypoints for Kemerovo Cardiology Center
Media: System for visualization of minimally invasive surgery (Article 1, Article 2)
CISTIB (Leeds, United Kingdom)
February 2019 - August 2019 • 7 mos • Internship
Development of a stenosis detection and scoring system
Leverage Amazon Web Services for both model training and deployment
Utilizing VAEs and GANs to generate new medical data
Media: Research statement, Reference letter by professor Alejandro F. Frangi
Biomedical Imaging Technologies Lab (Madrid, Spain)
August 2018 - January 2019 • 6 mos • Internship
Building a model to classify and detect pulmonary emphysema
Developing an algorithm to generate semi-synthetic ultrasound data
Implementing an MRI reconstruction technique using partial k-space data
Utilizing unsupervised machine learning methods for biomedical image segmentation
Media: Internship certificate, Project evaluation, Reference letter by professor Maria J. Ledesma-Carbayo
Signal Processing and Recognition Lab (Trento, Italy)
March 2017 - August 2017 • 6 mos • Internship
Utilization of feature engineering techniques for extracting features from raw data
Development of a feature selection algorithm and its comparison with other methods
Media: Mobility certificate, Reference letter by professor Farid Melgani
SIBUR (Tomsk, Russia)
May 2015 - May 2017 • 2 yrs • Full-time
Implementation of process control systems within petrochemical pipelines
Maintenance and repair of measurement devices, as well as automated process control systems such as Siemens S300/400, Yokogawa Centum, Numerik PS2000 and Remicont