ERIC RAÚL PEÑA

• Business Analytics Certificate and Dean’s Fellowship awardee.
• MIT Media Lab’s Digital Currency Initiative Working Group Leader.
• Co-Founder and Vice President of Startup Relations of MIT Sloan Blockchain Club.
• Independent Research Study on Blockchain-based Fintech in the credit space.
• Graduate Cumulative GPA: 5.0 (on a 5.0 scale)

Master's degree in Information Technology Management

Systems Engineer

Performed product design and business case development in the Cities by We division. Applied Business Analytics to support decision making in the Business Plan design process.

Designed and developed contents for the MIT Media Lab's online course on Cryptocurrencies.

Created and managed a data-driven portfolio of award-winning products (web and mobile) that increased citizens' engagement by 650%, saved PEN 1.5M and processed more than 25,000 requests per week. Managed a team of 23 engineers and more than 150 contractors and business analysts.

Spearheaded the end-to-end implementation of a SME outsourcing services platform with a featured ERP-like cloud-based product that on-boarded 5000+ users in the first two months.

Built a new data analytics based software product for funds allocation and execution of infrastructure projects that managed a total budget of 4.4 B PEN (1.25 B USD). Led 39 engineers and 200+ cross-functional project team members.

Launched a software product that increased revenues by 20%. Redesigned maintenance processes based on machine malfunction prediction algorithms, reducing overall operation costs by 15%.

Led an IT Services Platform optimization project (Brasil, Peru, Spain and US) resulting in improved efficiency and quality of product release and updates delivery, improving cost efficiency by 15%. Promoted from Senior Data Manager.

Oversaw the creation of a new Line of Business application, leading to a 25% increase in productivity, and a reduction of time-to-market for new credit products from 6 months to 3-4 weeks