Cristian Arteaga is a Lead Data Scientist with eight years of experience blending software development and academic research to build ML-driven solutions for intelligent transportation systems. He holds a PhD in Civil Engineering from UNLV and progressed from research assistant and postdoc roles into industry data science leadership at Citian, where he now leads modeling and analytics initiatives. Cristian is a passionate open-source and Linux advocate who brings practical engineering—Python, SQL, and systems administration—into production-ready data pipelines. His background in both civil engineering research and hands-on software roles gives him a rare ability to translate transportation research findings into scalable, deployable analytics products.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Civil Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Civil Engineering at University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Universidad del Cauca
Contributions:120 commits, 102 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 4 months
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