Summary
Marcio Palheta is a software engineer, researcher and professor with over two decades in software development and more than a decade focused on data science and machine learning. He has led engineering teams and founded a tech startup while researching asymmetric loss functions for credit scoring during his PhD, work that enabled practical credit access solutions for millions of unbanked Brazilians. Based in Amazonas, he combines academic rigor—teaching computer science and supervising research—with hands-on product and VP-level experience building predictive risk models for retail lending since 2017. Known for turning research into commercial impact, he bridges deep learning research, database and backend engineering, and entrepreneurship. Outside work he balances an academic-industrial career with family life as a husband and father of two.
12 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Tecnologo, Processamento de Dados, Tecnologo, Processamento de Dados at UEA
Doutorado em Ciências da Computação, Aprendizagem de Máquina e Mineração de Dados, Doutorado em Ciências da Computação, Aprendizagem de Máquina e Mineração de Dados at Universidade Federal do Amazonas
English