Blanca Alonso

Define the product features and build the product pipeline based on prospect client needs and and competitive landscape research:

• Studied market to determine optimal product features and prizing.
• Ongoing customer and market research, client interviews and product iteration.

Technical Product Management of a Computer Vision and ML based AI solution for kitchen operations optimization in the hospitality industry.

• Market and strategic analysis.
• 6-month and 12-month product roadmaps.
• Bi-weekly and weekly sprint planning and monitoring.
• Continuous alignment of the team with the short and medium term strategic priorities to ensure the product delivery.

Advisory and definition of the Data Strategy plan for a 24 month window across departments:

• Design and roll-out of the user data strategy of the company.
• Analysis potential use cases for ML based models, based on current and upcoming data sources across different departments.
• Market and Product research for Data monetization opportunities.
• Investment advice in face and identity recognition solutions (Technical Due Diligence).
• Design of the roadmap and advise in the implementation of a face and identity recognition-based solution for user onboarding and authentication services.

• Deep Learning research and implementation of object detection, semantic segmentation, and multi-object tracking systems [Python, PyTorch].
• Product design definition and building of an automatic labeling software (SaaS) tool for Image and Video Annotation.

Deep Learning research and implementation of mobile device solutions for image and video face tracking, and identity checking [Python, PyTorch]:

• Video and Image Face Recognition Systems and Anti-spoofing for fraud and identity verification.
• Research on 360-degree-view images processing and optimized deep learning models for computational-constrained devices.
• Data augmentation for image and video Face Pose estimation.
• Image In-painting and Image Reconstruction using GANs based on face texture maps generated using 3D Morphable Models.

Development of the Machine Learning and Analytics practice in a location-based services mobile application startup that predicts the demand for private-hire car services (London, L.A., N.Y.) [Python, PostgreSQL, PostGIS]:

• Supervised and unsupervised modelling over geo-located data: Tree-based methods, Neural Networks, clustering (hierarchical, DBSCAN, HDBSCAN) for identification and prediction of high-demand areas.
• Design of the data processing pipeline and model update.
• Development and deployment of algorithms for real-time data integration.

Research on computer vision projects for identification of car damage severity. Statistical descriptive analysis of insurance policyholders’ driving behavioral and score data. [Spark (Scala), Python, R]

• Research on CNN and GAN models for accident severity grading and car damage repairing cost estimation –multi-class and multi-label classification– using car crash images.
• Research on LSTM models over driver images for identification of risky behavioral driving patterns.
• Building an analytics pipeline for running statistics on geo-located customer data in Spark (EMR).

M&A, Project Finance and Strategy projects:

• Corporate transactions projects involving market and business analysis –key drivers, revenue and cost structure analysis–, project finance and financial modelling, and debt restructuring processes.
• Designed and monitored the Business Strategy Plan of a first Spanish food manufacturing company.

M/A, Project Finance and Company Valuation projects:

• Project finance, financial modelling, market and business analysis.
• Company and business line Valuation projects in the context of funding, debt refinancing and M&A transactions projects.
• Involved in several M&A private equity deals in the pharmaceutical, power and renewable sectors.

Strategy and Operations projects:

• Product portfolio analysis.
• Analysis and Optimization plan for Distribution channels.
• Operational and commercial due diligence.
• Deployment of a new product portfolio strategy across the convenience stores business of a leading Spanish food retailer.

• Book keeping and maintenance of the client pipeline updated.
• Monitored daily rates for a set of interest rate based derivative products.
• Help in daily trading operations.

Project management, design and delivery of automated warehousing and product and stock processing solutions across different industries:

• Analysis of client’s logistics needs, and definition of project’s technical specifications for the implementation of automated inventory management systems.
• Software building and testing.
• Research in RFID technologies and integration-related software development.