Jenny Yela
Information Management And Data Science Senior Officer
Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
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Top SchoolJenny Yela is an Information Management and Data Science leader with eight years of experience applying analytics in humanitarian contexts, currently serving as Senior Officer at IFRC in Geneva. She combines a Management Engineering background from Universidad Nacional de Colombia with a Master's in Digital Humanities from EPFL to bridge technical data science and mission-driven operations. Jenny helped deliver cash assistance to over 1.7 million refugees through the ESSN program and now drives IFRC-wide initiatives like AlertHub, the Data Playbook and a roadmap for machine learning adoption. Known for turning standards into practical tools, she advocates for the Common Alerting Protocol while ideating ML solutions that respect humanitarian constraints. Based in Lausanne, she blends academic rigor, field-proven impact, and a collaborative approach to make data more actionable across the Red Cross Movement.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Business Administration and Management, General, Administrative engineering, Bachelor's degree, Business Administration and Management, General, Administrative engineering at Universidad Nacional de ColombiaMaster's degree, Digital Humanities, Master's degree, Digital Humanities at EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)
Github Skills (14)
mathematical8
science7
python7
pandas6
machine-learning6
data-science5
summarization5
react4
nlp3
vite3
typescript3
natural-language-processing3
text-generation2
korean-nlp2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
IFRCGo/rcrc-data-science
Nov 2021 - Jan 2023
Collection of data science projects in the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement. Advanced mathematical models, algorithms, ML and AI.
Contributions:1 review, 42 commits, 3 PRs in 1 year 2 months
red-crosspythonsciencedata-sciencemachine-learning
ypyelab/IAP_MiniProjet2
Nov 2018 - Sep 2020
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 9 months
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