Karim T.

Transforming DeAcero into a Digital company that produces and markets steel I lead the entire digital team, development, architecture, devops, data and analytics. We are building new digital capabilities to evolve the way steel is built and marketed with a focus on the experience of our partners and customers.

Drove group-wide analytics, monetizing the data agenda to $5.6M USD in six months.

Advisor to the board, hired CTO and Tech Strategy

Directed Falabella.com's integration to a $4B GMV ecom through data innovation leadership. Established a data-driven and data-monetization unit, boosting analytics for immediate decision-making and enhancing our customer and sellers experiences. Led a team of 70, improving data savyness cross-org. My strategy: Achieve lasting outcomes via innovation and focused strategy, emphasizing practical applications and strong foundational support.

As Director, I led the data and analytics strategy across Latin America, overseeing projects from conception to completion and streamlining the productive platform and website. Established and led a self-sufficient data team from the ground up (from Zero to Heroes), quickly generating value from business cases and laying strong, sustainable foundations. Pioneered the corporate data executive role, expanding the team, budget, and initiative scope from supporting business functions to becoming a central, cross-functional capability. Spearheaded the migration of our tech stack to the cloud, facilitating the organization-wide adoption of cloud technologies.

At this company, I developed and implemented a comprehensive data analytics roadmap that integrated technology, data, and business strategy in alignment with corporate objectives. Formed and directed a team to refine business processes through a data-driven approach. Led a team of data scientists, guiding them in cloud adoption and scaling models to swiftly serve Latam customers by real time personalization. Established a lasting Data Strategy encompassing organizational structure, culture, and technology.

Established Telefonica's data capability, developing tech, data, people, and cultural foundations for a digital telecommunications company through a series of successful business cases. Grew from the first data scientist in the company to leading a 50+ team, re-skilling operational staff and recruiting, training data scientists, architects, developers, and data engineers in a market with limited expertise. Successfully managed a multi-million dollar budget, driving data-led initiatives that captured the #1 market share in the mobile sector.

First data scientist in the organization at LATAM level, managed to start the data revolution inside a 100+ years old Telecom.

Built a company to improve data-democracy for pricing data in ecommerce. CTO/CEO, managed to find fundings and commercial partners and built the entire stack, on top of cloud/SaaS.

Mastered leveraging data for tangible value. Contributed to the Data Intelligence team, shaping the future (now current) of credit risk scores, and advanced the technical architecture by integrating a modern data processing stack (transitioning from mainframe to Spark/Netezza). Developed data monetization assets utilizing highly regulated data."

Acquired knowledge in technology and mastered execution with excellence. Developed a high-usage, multi-tenant SaaS solution for banks and financial institutions and enhanced a proprietary platform for fraud and identity management by integrating ML/AI with open and closed data sources.

Experience in different centers of research, in sports, psychology, data minning, operation research and neurosciences.

Mastered translating diverse business challenges into data-driven initiatives. Adapted quickly to new projects every 2-3 weeks, employing data to enhance operational efficiency and decision-making across various fields.

"The cream of a Stanford MBA" - Bill Barnett

Lot of STEM in order to understand how to frame, design and execute technology. GPA: 6.2/7.0