Carlos Fernández-loría
Assistant Professor at HKUST Business School
Costa Rica
Summary
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Top SchoolCarlos Fernández-loría is an Assistant Professor and researcher with a decade of experience at the intersection of information systems, analytics, and software engineering. Trained with a PhD from NYU Stern and an MBA from INCAE, he blends rigorous academic research—using methods like Cox proportional hazards and system dynamics—with practical industry impact, from leading business intelligence redesigns at Banesco Panamá to technical leadership on high-profile games and apps that reached top charts. His work spans empirical studies used in MBA curricula, enterprise BI optimization, and applied software architecture for consumer-facing products, showing fluency from data-driven modeling to production systems. Based in Costa Rica, he brings a unique combination of scholarly rigor and hands-on product delivery, with a track record of turning analytic insights into actionable organizational and technical solutions.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science Engineering, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science Engineering at Instituto Tecnológico de Costa RicaDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Information Systems, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Information Systems at NYU Stern School of BusinessMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) at INCAE Business SchoolHigh School Degree, 95, High School Degree, 95 at Colegio Internacional SEK Costa Rica
Spanish, English
Github Skills (25)
shap10
classification10
regression10
orange10
random-forest10
clustering10
shapley9
visualization9
gradient-boosting9
machine-learning9
data-mining9
deep-learning9
visual-programming9
data-visualization8
python8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
ferlocar/spring_2019_data_mining
Dec 2018 - Apr 2019
Introduction to Data Science
Contributions:24 commits, 21 pushes in 3 months
pythonsciencedata-sciencemachine-learningintroduction-to-data-science
ferlocar/deconfounder
Aug 2020 - Jun 2023
TODO.
Contributions:12 PRs, 10 pushes, 10 branches in 2 years 10 months
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