Edison Montoya
Professor at Universidad de Antioquia
Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia
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Top SchoolEdison Montoya is a data-driven professor and technology leader with 14+ years designing scalable AI, blockchain, and high-performance systems across energy, finance, mobility, and healthcare. He blends academic rigor—a PhD in Physics and postdoctoral research on complex systems—with hands-on product delivery as founder/CEO of BCFort, where he secured six-figure grants from AWS, IBM, and Google for AI and traceability projects. Edison has led public-policy work for the World Economic Forum and Colombia, translating technical architectures into regulatory recommendations and practical pilots. His work spans digital twins for oil platforms, LLM-based civic support tools, and blockchain traceability for medical and agroindustrial supply chains. Known for teaching advanced topics from neural networks to general relativity, he uniquely pairs theoretical depth with cloud-native engineering and cross-functional leadership. Based in Medellín, he brings a rare mix of research credibility, startup grit, and government-facing policy experience.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Physics at Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de HidalgoBachelor's degree Physics, Bachelor's degree Physics at Universidad de AntioquiaTheoretical and Mathematical Physics, Theoretical and Mathematical Physics at Instituto Balseiro
English, Spanish, PortugueseGithub contributions (5)
eamonto/yang-mills-on-ads
Feb 2012 - Nov 2012
Contributions:9 commits in 8 months
eamonto/parallel_LQC
Feb 2012 - Mar 2012
Contributions:3 commits in 1 day
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