Francisco Palm is a Chief Analytics Officer and university professor with over two decades of open-source software development and 12 years of professional experience in data science and operations research. He blends academic rigor in conceptual and mathematical decision models with hands-on Python and R engineering to architect scalable analytics solutions across startups and research labs. As a senior consultant and instructor, he has led analytics teams, built learning programs, and applied geomatics and spatial analysis to real-world problems while championing "hacker ethics" as a pedagogy for Distributed Massive Empowerment. Based in Mérida, Venezuela, he balances leadership roles at Qu4nt by Spiralia with content creation and community-oriented AI education. His profile reflects a rare mix of long-term academic teaching, industry CTO/CxO experience, and sustained open-source contribution focused on practical empowerment rather than pure tooling.
12 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Master's degree at Universidad de los Andes (VE)
Diploma de Estadios Avanzados, Diploma de Estadios Avanzados at Universidad de Alcalá de Henares
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