Alejandro Betancourt
Machine Learning Principal at Mercado Libre
Bogota, Colombia
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Top SchoolAlejandro Betancourt is a Machine Learning Principal with 13 years of experience leading AI and data initiatives across Latin America, currently driving ML efforts at Mercado Libre from Bogotá. He has repeatedly scaled data teams and MLOps practices—most recently as CTO and Chief Data Officer at KLYM, where his pragmatic focus on optimization cut infrastructure costs by 60% while enabling rapid revenue growth and market expansion. Alejandro combines deep academic credentials (dual Ph.D. work in machine learning and interactive/cognitive environments) with hands-on engineering, from real-time video enhancement at TP Vision to spatial analytics used by municipal decision-makers. He helped launch Landing AI’s Latin America practice with Andrew Ng, bringing computer vision and industrial AI into production across manufacturing. Comfortable at the intersection of research, product and operations, he’s known for turning complex ML research into robust, cost-efficient fintech and industrial systems. Notably, his background in spatial clustering and open-source tooling shows a long-standing commitment to reproducible, high-impact analytics beyond headline models.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. (Cum Laude) Interactive and Cognitive Environments, Ph.D. (Cum Laude) Interactive and Cognitive Environments at Eindhoven University of TechnologyPh.D. (Cum Laude) Interactive and Cognitive Environments, Ph.D. (Cum Laude) Interactive and Cognitive Environments at Università degli Studi di GenovaMaster of Science (MSc with Honors) Applied Mathematics, Master of Science (MSc with Honors) Applied Mathematics at Universidad EAFIT
Spanish, English
Github Skills (2)
clustering5
machine-learning3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
abetan16/open_egohands
Oct 2016 - Oct 2016
Contributions:4 commits, 1 branch in 1 day
clusterpy/clusterpy
May 2013 - Dec 2013
Contributions:11 commits in 7 months
clusteringconstrainedconstrained-clusteringmachine-learning
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