Background
José Ulises Quevedo Llergo
I'm currently pursuing an MS + MBA, exploring the intersection of data science, artificial intelligence, and business strategy. Before grad school, I was Head of Technology at dive.ai, where I led the data science practice — translating client problems into technical solutions and managing the teams that built them.
I graduated from ITAM (Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México) with a degree in Data Science, earning the top GPA (9.86/10) among 200+ students for seven consecutive semesters. In 2022, I was recognized as ITAM's Best Student among 5,000 students across all majors. In 2023, I was selected as one of 10 Rhodes Scholarship Global Finalists.
Philosophy: I aim for a broad knowledge base rather than a deep one — reflected in my interests spanning machine learning, cloud architecture, econometrics, and organizational leadership. This blog is a way of documenting that breadth during my graduate studies.
Professional Experience
dive.ai — Head of Technology
At dive.ai I progressed from individual contributor to leadership, with ownership of P&L, technical strategy, and team development:
- Revenue: Generated $120K in new client revenue across finance, insurance, and healthcare
- Systems: Architected production ML systems including an LLM-powered insurance chatbot (200K+ clients) and real-time fraud detection (60% fewer false positives)
- Infrastructure: Reduced cloud costs by 30% while improving reliability
- Team: Built technical standards that reduced engineer turnover and enabled scalable growth
Research & Consulting
- ITAM Economic Research Center: ML computer vision pipelines for air quality analysis; distributed data processing on AWS (17M+ flight records)
- IMCO: Redesigned Mexico's State Competitiveness Index using PCA
- Project Buscadoras: Social impact research on missing persons in Mexico (50+ visualizations)
- Universidad Panamericana: Taught Linear Algebra and Calculus to engineering students
Details
Skills & Languages
| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| Languages | Spanish (native), English & Italian (fluent), French (conversational), Russian (basic) |
| Technical | Python, R, SQL, AWS, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Bayesian Methods, NLP, Cloud Architecture |
| Interests | Sleight of hand magic, theater, reading, language learning |