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About me

I tried several paths until data finally made sense.

I had no master plan and no connections. I had discipline, several failures and people who left a mark on me.

Portrait of Andrés Yañez

Who I am

I am a Decision Intelligence Specialist. I help data and technology support real business decisions. On the side, I like to build, research and learn, so I am also developing my own product and my own brand.

Everything I do goes through data: I check it before deciding almost anything, from a data migration to an important decision. It is not a perfect formula, it is simply how I think.

Principles and approach

  • Philosophy

    I would rather let my results speak than let a diploma speak. I have failed more times than I count and I am still here; that matters more to me than any degree.

  • Approach

    I like the technical side, but also impact, design and knowing how to reach a board of directors. I want to be the one who also presents the analysis and makes it matter.

  • Where I'm headed

    Inside a company, I aim to grow toward higher-impact decisions. Outside it, I build my path in public, mistakes included.

Timeline

My path

  1. University

    Two universities, an app that failed and data science as the destination

    I founded an app to exchange services and it didn't work. I tried another path and went back to Externado to focus on Data Science with finance. I was the program's first student representative and helped build it from the inside.

    Andrés Yañez with a group of people in front of a Universidad Externado de Colombia screen

  2. Datascination

    I went from student representative to founder

    I co-founded a data science consultancy that helped entrepreneurs and companies implement technology, and it was the company behind my thesis: I documented how to build and scale it. There I met a mentor who guided me for a long time.

    It wasn't perfect, there was a lot of trial and error. It was the first time that building something of my own let me reach a lot of people.

    • Top 10 of 30x
    • Award in Mexico
    • 3 events with Externado
    Datascination team receiving an award on stage
    Andrés Yañez presenting his thesis, with a slide on screen

  3. Sanofi

    A continuous improvement role before I finished university

    Using technology and my own ideas to change processes from the inside, at a multinational and before graduating.

    It was the first time I felt that my judgment, not just my degree, really mattered.

  4. Companies

    Projects with teams from different sectors

    I worked with sales, banking and pharmaceutical teams, adapting each solution to its context: from demand forecasting to AI assistants, master data validation and an MLOps platform.

    See projects with companies →
    • Demand forecasting
    • AI assistants
    • Master data
    • MLOps

  5. Today

    I work in Decision Intelligence and keep building my own things

    I am a Decision Intelligence Specialist: I help data and technology support business decisions. Outside of work I build my own products: a newsletter and VESTNEXT.

    • Newsletter
    • VESTNEXT
    Andrés Yañez in his work studio, sitting at his computer

If you made it this far

Thank you for reading calmly. I don't have all the answers or a closed plan: I have discipline, a drive to build and a clear goal, and this page will keep changing with me.

Andrés