About me

AI and Data Science professional with expertise in fintech, machine learning, AML/FT, and workflow optimization.

Skilled in leveraging Python and SQL to develop AI-driven tools and AML/FT solutions.

Proven success collaborating with global teams to align with U.S. regulations and create scalable, data-centric applications that drive impactful results.

What I do

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    Data Analysis

    Extract insights through meticulous exploratory analysis and the employment of statistical techniques.

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    Machine Learning

    Build predictive models to contribute to data-driven decisions and solve complex problems.

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    Web Apps

    Design web applications to host and deploy ML models for practical utility of data-driven solutions.

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    Kaggle Competitor

    Engage in high-level competitions to sharpen skills and explore innovative data solutions.

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Experience

  1. AML/FT Intelligence Analyst (Focus on Data)

    CloudWalk, Inc

    2024 — Present

    • Developed AML/FT and KYC policies and procedures for a financial product aimed at the U.S. market, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements.

    • Collaborated closely with major U.S. banks—Patriot Bank, Cross River Bank, Lead Bank, and Synovus Bank—during due diligence processes, refining policies and procedures to ensure alignment with U.S. laws and regulations.

    • Collaborated with Legal, Engineering, Product, Cybersecurity, Fraud Monitoring, Marketing, Issuing, and Customer Support teams to ensure regulatory compliance across all business units supporting the U.S. product. Guided each group in developing the necessary structures and processes for periodic reporting to sponsor banks.

    • Partnered with Persona to design and implement the onboarding and KYC process for the U.S. product, defining verification checks, watchlist screening, and PEP checks. Used SQL to create threshold-based alert systems that flagged suspicious transactions potentially tied to money laundering or terrorism financing, significantly improving monitoring effectiveness.

    • Designed and implemented an AI Agent using Python, Google BigQuery, and OpenAI’s GPT model to autonomously analyze financial data, identify patterns indicative of suspicious activity, and write analysis reports.

    • Developed a web application using Python and Streamlit for AML/FT operations, allowing analysts to run multiple BigQuery queries simultaneously and instantly visualize financial and compliance data. This accelerated the workflow and reduced the need for manual processes.

    • Maintained and managed a vector database using Python, Google Cloud Storage, and LangChain to power an AI Agent that provided real-time assistance via Slack for Compliance teams, covering both Brazilian and U.S. laws.

  2. Content Contributor

    Sabio Trade

    2024 — Present

    • Collaborated with SabioTrade’s international team to produce articles for their blogs, ensuring informative and relevant content for the company’s audience.

    • Authored several blog posts on a wide range of finance and trading topics—including Forex, technical analysis, quantitative finance, investment strategies, and banking—providing readers with clear and detailed insights into financial markets.

  3. Content Creator - Data Science, Machine Learning, and Quantitative Finance

    Medium

    2023 — Present

    • Authored articles about Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, and Quantitative Finance for various Medium publications, including InsiderFinance Wire, AI in Plain English, and LXAI, attracting over two thousand subscribers to my Medium profile.

  4. Kaggle Master

    Kaggle

    2022 — Present

    • Contributed to the Kaggle community by producing several highly praised notebooks such as Data Science for Financial Markets, Text Summarization with Large Language Models, and Building Convolutional Neural Networks from Scratch.

    • Earned the titles of Notebooks Master and Datasets Expert for my contributions across competitions, forums, and dataset curation.

  5. Finance Analyst

    LR Torres

    2018 — 2024

    • Enhance financial management and administrative efficiency through data-driven methodologies.

    • Designed and implemented data visualization tools to elevate analytical capabilities and strategic planning.

    • Optimized financial planning processes, developing a more strategic decision-making culture.

    • Managed financial resources, led strategic planning initiatives, and oversaw digital marketing efforts to drive business growth.

    • Developed and maintained strong relationships with customers, ensuring high levels of satisfaction and retention.

Education

  1. Data Science & Artificial Intelligence

    PUCRS

    2022 — 2022

    Postgraduate Specialization.

  2. Financial Management

    FGV

    2020 — 2021

    College Degree.

Certifications

  1. Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate

    Microsoft Azure

    2024
  2. Machine Learning Engineering for Production (MLOps) Specialization

    DeepLearning.AI

    2024
  3. CPA-20

    ANBIMA (Brazilian Financial and Capital Markets Association)

    2021

Courses

  1. Audio Course

    Huggingface.co

    2023
  2. NLP Course

    Huggingface.co

    2023
  3. Generative AI with Large Language Models

    Deeplearning.ai

    2023
  4. The Econometrics of Time Series Data

    Queen Mary University of London

    2023
  5. Computer Vision

    Kaggle

    2022

My skills

    Data Science: Data Cleaning, Preprocessing, Visualization, Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA), Statistics, Regression Analysis, ETL


    Machine Learning & AI: Classification & Regression Models, Clustering, Deep Learning (Computer Vision & Natural Language Processing), Econometric Models, Model Evaluation, Feature Engineering & Selection, Hyperparameter Tuning


    Cloud Platforms: AWS SageMaker, Azure, BigQuery, Google Cloud Platform


    Programming & Databases: Python, SQL, MySQL, PySpark, Docker, Git


    Frameworks & Libraries: TensorFlow, Keras, Scikit-Learn, Transformers, LangChain, PyCaret, Optuna


    Data Visualization: Pandas, NumPy, Plotly, Streamlit, Statsmodels


    Specialized Tools: Gradio, Diffuser, CrewAI, YFinance

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