Nelson Restrepo
Data & AI Manager
Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia
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Top SchoolNelson Restrepo is a Data & AI Manager based in Medellín with over a decade of experience designing and leading data-driven platforms for financial services, telecommunications, insurance, logistics and tech firms. He blends enterprise and solution architecture with hands-on big data engineering—having led architectures using Hadoop ecosystem tools, Spark, cloud-managed EMR/Dataproc, and modern data warehousing at companies like Globant, Seven4N and Bancolombia. As an educator and researcher at Universidad EAFIT, he translates academic rigor into practical indicators for biodiversity and ecosystem decision-making, reflecting a rare mix of production-scale engineering and applied research. Known as a tech coach and former CTO, he excels at mentoring teams to adopt scalable, observable data architectures and ML-ready pipelines. Nelson’s background in electrical and electronics engineering underpins a systems-thinking approach to complex data problems and enterprise transformation. He often pairs enterprise strategy with implementation, moving projects from architectural definition to operational delivery.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer’s Degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Engineer’s Degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana
English, Spanish, PortugueseGithub contributions (5)
nelsonmoreno/Microservices
Nov 2015 - May 2016
Contributions:4 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
nelsonmoreno/Box2d
Apr 2016 - Jun 2016
Contributions:13 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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