Summary
Boris Villazon-terrazas is a senior AI and data science leader with 15 years of experience blending academic rigor and product-first delivery, currently leading EY Wavespace’s AI & Data Science practice and EY’s Global Generative AI CoE. He holds an MSc and PhD in Artificial Intelligence from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, has authored patents in AI, and maintains a strong research footprint evidenced by publications on Google Scholar. Boris has a track record of translating advanced research into impact—cofounding a startup, winning quantum and AI hackathons, and contributing to W3C standards and EU research projects on knowledge representation and semantic web technologies. He excels at bridging complex topics (knowledge graphs, NLP, quantum ML) with business outcomes, mentoring students as a thesis supervisor and driving cross-disciplinary teams in enterprise settings. An organizer and cofounder of the Knowledge Graphs and Semantic Web Conference, he combines deep technical credibility with practical experience shipping AI solutions at scale.
15 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bsc, Computer Science, Bsc, Computer Science at Universidad Católica Boliviana San Pablo
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies at Tetuan Valley Startup School
DEA (equivalent to Msc), Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science, DEA (equivalent to Msc), Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid