Hey! I'm Nico, a mix between a financial and a tech geek. I'm full of ideas and energy to challenge the status quo.
I started this weeksite to show my work (I'm a freelancer) and write some stuff about crypto, startups and other projects.
Feel free to reach me!
Some of them still in progress 🏗
Published my thesis Measuring Nepotism and Overrepresentation in the Chilean Public Service Analysis of Paucity and Diversity of Surnames.
Graduated in the top 10% of my class. Worked while studying at MercadoLibre, Ardum Ingeniería and AstraZeneca.
Creating cool stuff to automate boring stuff. Built +30 products for clients. Led, coded and coached from scratch B2B Payment products in Chile & Mexico (from 0 to +5MM USD).
Doing crazy things with big public datasets. Working on a paper with PhD. Naim Bro.
Freelancer. I built LinkedIn scrapers to gather data and create a Natural Language Processing model. Created web app to manage and control worker's skills.
Freelancer. I built its web app (www.ardum.cl), admin dashboard along with the implementation of internal databases.
Delivered a smart parking solution using IoT devices and 5G in Torino, Italy. Worked with an international team from 6 different engineering disciplines.
Built an information system to manage workers' skills and assess job performance.
Led and built PubliBOT , a tool to automate reports in the Advertising Business Unit (incresed speed x8). Made BI solutions to control and monitoring the renevue of ads products.
Second startup. SaaS that used machine learning to help teachers detect in time students with socioemotional problems (+18k usd raised). Worked with brilliant people.
Trained by Huawei at its headquarters in Shenzhen, China. Selected from a pool of +300 applicants. Met wonderful people.
First startup at 18 years old. Sold goods (from Chinese suppliers), built an online store and a fashion blog. Urban fashion expert on those days (+30k followers, +1k customers, ~70 ROI).
Developed forecast of energy operations and storage under uncertainty in Atacama Desert. (supervised by professor Álvaro Lorca).
Developed linear regression that described inmigration in Santiago (supervised by professor Luis Hernandez).
Selected from a pool of +150 master students. Delivery of smart city solution for the city of Torino using IoT and 5G.
Selected from a pool of +50 UC engineering students. Agreement between PUC and Politecnico di Torino.
Selected from a pool of +300 students from the top 3 schools of engineering in Chile. Training made by Huawei in its headquarters located in Shenzhen, China.
Selected from a pool of +200 UC students. Intensive English training in Drexel University, Philadelphia. Cultural inmersion for students with excellent academic and professional record.
Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship contest. LookOut was selected from a total of 64 tech projects ($5MM CLP).
Full scholarship (6 years) for students with excellent academic record in high school (1 of 75) and outstading score in the PSU, equivalent to SAT (top 0.1% in Chile).
Submit the form or email me at 📩 ndvega@uc.cl