Francis Bautista is a technologist and researcher with 11 years of experience building data-driven products and AI solutions, currently co-founding and leading Indigo Research. He combines hands-on data engineering at scale—processing petabyte-class datasets and building pipelines at Talas Data Intelligence—with applied machine learning and recommender systems experience from consulting roles like PLDT Global. As an instructor at Ateneo de Manila University and a master's candidate at UP Diliman, he bridges academic rigor and industry practice, advising student theses while shipping production systems. His background spans full-stack engineering, visualization, and distributed computing tools (Spark, Hadoop, Scala, Python, D3), enabling him to translate complex business questions into actionable insights. Notably, he has tackled transportation and subscriber profiling use-cases and led AI engineering teams that operationalized models in real products. Based in Pasay, Philippines, he blends entrepreneurial leadership with deep technical craftsmanship and a commitment to mentoring the next generation of engineers.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at University of the Philippines
Bachelor of Science, Management Information Systems; Computer Science; Science and Engineering, Bachelor of Science, Management Information Systems; Computer Science; Science and Engineering at Ateneo de Manila University
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Francis Bautista - Co-Founder CEO at Indigo Research