Summary
Maria Ruiz is a Data Science Strategy Manager with 11 years of experience translating business needs into production-ready data models and leading cross-functional teams. She blends hands-on modeling and engineering—moving between data science, data engineering, and project orchestration—to deploy personalization, optimization, and sales-ops solutions across retail and e‑commerce. Her consulting background at BCG X and Kernel Analytics exposed her to diverse use cases, from pandemic-era supply optimization to menu assortment and recommendation systems. Maria excels at organizing multidisciplinary workstreams and keeping analytics tightly connected to business stakeholders, which she credits as key to successful transformation projects. Based in Barcelona, she pairs a formal Data Science master’s with a business-and-IT undergraduate foundation and a less-obvious creative training in classical music, a background that informs her disciplined yet collaborative leadership style.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree in Business and Information Technology, Bachelor's degree in Business and Information Technology at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Master's degree Data Science, Master's degree Data Science at Barcelona School of Economics
Professional Degree in Classical Singing and Piano Music Performance General, Professional Degree in Classical Singing and Piano Music Performance General at Conservatori de Musica Victoria dels Angels
Spanish, English, Catalan, French