# Beñat San Sebastian (@benat.eu) Profile: https://sifa.id/p/benat.eu Headline: Data Scientist ## About Experienced Data Scientist and Generative AI enthusiast. I'm a self-motivated learner and I'm always eager to acquire skills in new technologies to face upcoming challenges. Proven expertise in the insurance and banking sectors, with specialized knowledge in behavioral economics and game theory gained during my degree in economics. I have been intensely involved in rugby as both a player and a coach. I continue to apply everything I have learned in my sporting career to my work: teamwork, strategy, planning and a never-give-up spirit. ## Experience - **Spanish Assistant & Rugby Coach at Hampton School** (2013 – 2015) - **Senior Data Scientist at BBVA** (2024 – present) At AI Factory's GenAI Lab, I explore cutting-edge advancements in LLMs, test new technologies, and share insights to accelerate the implementation of GenAI solutions and foster a deeper understanding across the organization. - **Data Scientist & Innovation Manager at LLYC** (2022 – 2023) Creating data analytics tools and models for communications, public affairs, and understanding and tracking conversations in social networks. Mainly focused on Natural Language Processing, Genarative AI and Graph Analytics. - **Data Scientist at MAPFRE** (2019 – 2022) Leading several projects end to end collecting, processing and exploring data, modeling and supervising final deployment on topics such as debt collection, fraud detection or cross-selling. Building tools for machine learning pipelines to assist data preprocessing and enrichment, feature engineering and modeling. - **Co-Founder at Newral AI** (2021 – 2024) Data analytics, machine learning and AI consulting services and formation. - **Innovation Project Manager & R&D Incentives Consultant at Key Solutions** (2017 – 2019) R&D tax incentive consulting and writing proposals for R&D financing programs (CDTI, AEESD etc.). I specialised in software development projects and worked for data-driven startups such as Mediasmart and Geoblink. - **Data Science Tech Lead at NEORIS** (2023 – 2024) Working within BBVA as a GenAI Lab Specialist. My role centers on engaging with the latest LLMs advancements, testing these technologies, and effectively disseminating this knowledge across BBVA to foster widespread understanding and application. - **Data Scientist at Bankinter** (2022 – 2022) - **Data Science Intern at MAPFRE** (2019 – 2019) - **Lecturer in the Master of Data Science Program at KSchool** (2019 – present) Current Teaching Focus: Generative AI Workshop: Prompt Engineering, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) with LangChain, and Agents with LangGraph. Statistics with Python: Covering areas such as Descriptive Statistics, Probability, Inference, and Bayesian Statistics. Previous Teaching Subjects: Data Analytics with Python: Included modules like Numpy, Pandas, Matplotlib, APIs, and Web Scraping. Statistical Learning with R: Focused on Regression, Classification, Clustering, and Dimensionality Reduction. ## Education - **Universidad Politécnica de Madrid** (2003 – 2006) - **Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia - U.N.E.D.** — Bachelor's degree (2012 – 2019) - **Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia - U.N.E.D.** — Master's degree (2022 – 2025) - **KSchool** — Postgraduate Program (2018 – 2019) ## Skills - Microsoft Azure - Google Cloud Platform (GCP) - Data Science - Generative AI - Python - English - Deep Learning - Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Large Language Models (LLM) - Team Leadership - Scala - Data Visualization - Apache Spark - Statistics - Bayesian statistics - Scientific Writing - Machine Learning - Microsoft Office - Microsoft Excel - Agile Methodologies - Linux - SQL - Bash - Tableau - R - Management - Project Management - Behavioral Economics - Business Strategy - Marketing Strategy - Spanish - Natural Language Processing (NLP) - Git - Teamwork - Game Theory - Amazon Web Services (AWS) ## Certifications - Writing in the Sciences — Coursera (https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/records/WPFWWH86GWTJ) - Game Theory — Coursera (https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/GEVCEFDY54ME) - Game Theory II: Advanced Applications — Coursera (https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/FK8H4VPQHTD4) - Behavioral Finance — Coursera (https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/E6SD8NDEHJ93) - Applied Data Science with Python Specialization — Coursera (https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/specialization/22NAAMRSMDWY) - Interactive Python Dashboards with Plotly and Dash — Udemy (https://www.udemy.com/certificate/UC-INVTP8E2/) - Deep Learning Specialization — Coursera (https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/specialization/PCRCU24V4YHA) - Agile with Atlassian Jira — Coursera (https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/4DWHWDXD4ANS) - Apache Spark with Scala — Udemy (https://www.udemy.com/certificate/UC-b8ffb92a-5e9e-45b6-978b-81bc99e38e7e/) - DeepLearning.AI TensorFlow Developer — Coursera (https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/professional-cert/F4HM86VJTE9E) - Natural Language Processing with PyTorch — Pluralsight (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hdNFNjhpVvPcEaDKHqtQQXgXCfJO6omF/view?usp=sharing) - Bayesian Statistics: From Concept to Data Analysis — Coursera (https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/records/F7A236K7ZFFU) - AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Amazon Web Services (AWS) (https://www.credly.com/badges/69eb6601-6a98-4c33-b4de-d3323ec934c1/public_url) - Generative AI with Large Language Models — Coursera (https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/records/FC3XNXW53W9A) - Data Visualization with Tableau Specialization — Coursera (https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/specialization/YGYB3U8CRZYY) ## Volunteering - U18 Assitant Coach at Club de Rugby Complutense Cisneros - U23 Head Coach at Club de Rugby Complutense Cisneros - U18 Head Coach at Club de Rugby Complutense Cisneros ## Languages - Spanish (native) - English (full_professional) - Basque (native) - Portuguese (limited_working)