| Name: David Azcona | |
| Address: Albert College Avenue, Dublin, Ireland | |
| Github: http://github.com/dazcona | |
| LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/davidazcona/ |
| 2015/2019 | PhD, Dublin City University (DCU), Ireland |
| Focus: Machine learning | |
| Advisor: Prof Alan Smeaton | |
| 2017/2018 | Fulbright Visiting Researcher, Arizona State University (ASU), United States |
| 2013/2015 | MSc in Computing, Major in Data Analytics, Dublin City University (DCU), Ireland |
| 1st class honors (ranked 2nd in my class) | |
| Focus: Machine learning, Data mining | |
| Thesis: Micro-analytics for Student Performance Prediction (published in IJCSSE) | |
| 2007/2010 | BSc in Computer Science, Public University of Navarre (UPNA), Spain |
| 1st class honors (Thesis grade: 10/10) | |
| Thesis: Maintenance System for Wind Farms (developed during internship at Ingeteam) |
| 2020/Present | Applied Scientist at Zalando, Ireland |
| Research, develop and deploy Machine Learning pipelines in production | |
| 2015/2020 | Postdoctoral & PhD Researcher at Insight Centre for Data Analytics, Ireland |
| Collaborate with researchers, lecturers and industry partners to develop new technologies | |
| 2012/2015 | Software Engineer at IBM Ireland |
| Monitored, analyzed and reported issues on 200+ servers in 6+ environments daily | |
| Reduced the shutdown time by 90%, which brought stability to production | |
| 2012 | Software Engineer at IBM Belgium |
| Migrated sales reports to new analytics platform acquired by IBM | |
| 2010/2012 | Software Developer at Ingeteam, Spain |
| Developed wind power analytics platforms that were utilized by Vestas, Acciona, and Siemens Gamesa |
For the past 5 years I have been a laboratory assistant and tutor at DCU’s School of Computing:
| 2019/2020 | DCU Faculty of Engineering Postdoctoral Representative |
| I represent postdoctoral researchers at the Faculty Committee for Research | |
| 2015/2020 | DCU Soccer Club Coach, Captain, Secretary & Ambassador |
| 2010/Present | UPNA Student Ambassador |
| Mentor foreign students to enhance their study abroad experience | |
| 2017/2018 | Coding Lead Mentor at ASU’s Inition Education Solutions |
| Led a group of student volunteers to teach kids how to code in a fun way at Gililland Middle School (Tempe, Arizona) | |
| 2015/2017 | DCU Faculty of Engineering Postgraduate Research Student Representative |
| Represented research postgraduate students by raising issues to the faculty | |
| 2015/2016 | DCU Mentor under DCU’s Mentorship Program |
| Mentored an electrical engineering undergraduate student who went on to win an academic scholarship | |
| 2015/2016 | DCU International Member of the Buddy Program |
| 2013/2014 | Project Supervisor at UPNA and Institute of Technology Blanchardstown (ITB) in Ireland |
| Facilitated a collaboration effort between students from UPNA and ITB to work together on their practicums | |
| 2012 | UPNA School of Computing Student Representative |
| Promoted and showcased the university to prospective students and their families | |
| 2011 | Volunteer at Spanish Red Cross |
| Transported elderly people between a retirement home and their own homes |
| Prof Alan Smeaton | alan.smeaton@dcu.ie | Professor of Computing at DCU and Founding Director of the Insight Centre for Data Analytics |
| John Rome | john.rome@asu.edu | Deputy Director of the University Technology Office at ASU |
| Varad Rajulu | varad.rajulu@us.ibm.com | Engineering Manager at IBM |
| Jorge Acedo | jorge.acedo@ingeteam.com | Director at Ingeteam Wind Power & Associate Professor at UPNA |
Thank you for your consideration.