Fernando Melchor
Chief Operating Officer
Mexico City
Summary
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Top SchoolFernando Melchor is a data-driven operator and urban-focused data scientist with 9 years of experience building analytics products and leading multidisciplinary teams across government, media, and startups. As COO of Intelimétrica and Chief Data Officer at Clau he combines strategic product development with hands-on expertise in geospatial analysis, NLP, recommender systems and network analysis to turn complex city and user data into operational dashboards and policy-ready insights. His work for Mexico City reduced ambulance response times by 10 minutes and delivered a daily police security dashboard used for decision-making, demonstrating a rare blend of technical rigor and civic impact. Earlier roles at Discovery and ARGO produced reusable data-products—automated ETL pipelines, topic-classification models and audience network visualizations—that influenced marketing and resource allocation. Trilingual and trained at NYU CUSP, he excels at building trust across stakeholders and translating urban data into actionable, high-impact solutions.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Ingeniero Mecatrónico Manufactura Diseño Automatización, Ingeniero Mecatrónico Manufactura Diseño Automatización at Tecnológico de MonterreyDELF B2, DELF B2 at Instituto Francés de América LatinaMaster of Science (MSc) Data Science and Urban Informatics, Master of Science (MSc) Data Science and Urban Informatics at NYU Center for Urban Science + Progress
English, French, Spanish
Github Skills (19)
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
fernandomelchor/NYC_MTA_Subway_Network
Jun 2017 - Jul 2017
Contributions:15 commits, 2 PRs, 13 pushes in 20 days
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fernandomelchor/Airbnb_Project
Apr 2017 - Jan 2018
Contributions:14 commits, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
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