Strategy · Analytics · Research
Curriculum Vitae
A multidisciplinary career connecting economic analysis, business judgement and data-driven execution.
Professional profile
Economist, strategy and analytics consultant, and applied researcher with experience translating complex business and economic questions into decision frameworks, executive information systems and scalable analytical solutions.
I combine strategic judgement with hands-on expertise in business intelligence, cloud analytics, data modelling, automation and AI-enabled workflows. My experience spans fintech, financial services, investment, product, marketing, risk, strategic planning and management control environments.
My profile is distinguished by the ability to structure ambiguous problems, define meaningful performance indicators, align business and technical perspectives, and transform fragmented information into reliable evidence for action.
Author of applied economic research on prediction markets, financial instability, artificial intelligence, automation and the future of work.
Professional experience
Data Analyst
Dec 2025 – PresentCrypto Fund Trader · Pamplona, Spain
- Transform operational and business data into decision-ready information that supports organisational priorities and business decisions.
- Design interactive dashboards and performance-monitoring systems that provide a clear view of critical business metrics.
- Develop and optimise queries and analytical models in BigQuery to clean, structure and analyse large volumes of information.
- Implement predictive models within the data environment to identify trends, patterns and potential future scenarios.
- Maintain analytical transformation processes under version control in GitHub, strengthening traceability, reproducibility and knowledge continuity.
Data Specialist
May 2025 – Nov 2025MFTech – Zinli · Panama City, Panama
- Designed and maintained business intelligence systems covering retention, conversion, revenue and risk for finance, marketing, product and executive teams.
- Developed ETL processes in Big Data environments to integrate information from apps, web platforms, APIs, transactions and customer-support systems.
- Partnered with product, marketing and risk teams to define strategic metrics, key performance indicators and user-segmentation models.
- Automated recurring reports and performance alerts using BI tools and data-orchestration workflows.
- Ensured data quality, consistency and traceability across reporting and advanced analytics processes.
Consultant · Process Manager — Management Control / Strategic Planning
May 2022 – Feb 2023 · Mar 2023 – Jun 2024 · Nov 2024 – Apr 2025Invaca Investment Company · Caracas, Venezuela
- Structured business indicators to support the company's strategic planning process and management-control system.
- Monitored and audited financial information to ensure accuracy, consistency and reliability as a basis for decision-making.
- Configured dashboards for operational control, performance monitoring and executive decision support.
- Developed internal applications and visual reports for analysis, oversight and Board-level communication.
Big Data Specialist
Jul 2024 – Oct 2024Andromeda Ventures
- Supported Big Data initiatives focused on organising, processing and structuring information for analytical use.
- Contributed to data workflows and reporting-ready datasets aligned with business intelligence and decision-support needs.
Education
MSc in Economic Consulting and Applied Analysis
Oct 2025 – Jul 2026Universidad de Sevilla
EQF Level 7 · Master's thesis with top honours (Matrícula de Honor)
Degree in Economics
2017 – 2022Universidad Católica Andrés Bello
Spanish equivalence to Bachelor's level (2026) · EQF Level 6 · Thesis with top honours
Capabilities
- Strategy & Consulting
- Strategic advisory, structuring of business problems, management control, strategic planning and decision support at leadership level.
- Analytics & BI
- Business dashboards, KPI frameworks, executive reporting, retention, conversion, revenue and risk analytics, and data visualisation.
- Data & Engineering
- SQL, BigQuery, MongoDB, ETL/ELT pipelines, data modelling and architecture, API integration, Python, version control (GitHub) and cloud environments (Google Cloud).
- AI & Research
- AI-enabled workflows with models and tools, automation of analytical processes; applied economic research and authorship of SSRN working papers.
- Business Domains
- FinTech, financial services, investment, management control, strategic planning, product, marketing and risk analytics.
Publications
- Early Signals in Decentralized Prediction Markets: Evidence from Polymarket and Colombia's 2026 Presidential ElectionGuipe Salazar, A. J. (2026). SSRN Working Paper 7018879.
- Schrödinger's Bank: Quantum Superposition to Explain Self-Fulfilling Financial PanicsGuipe Salazar, A. J. (2026). SSRN Working Paper 7010698.
- The Token Economy: Compute Power, Automation, and the Future of Work in an Ecosystem of Human Labor, Capital, and Artificial IntelligenceGuipe Salazar, A. J. (2026). SSRN Working Paper 6855560.
Languages
Spanish (native) · English (B2 — professional working proficiency)