Corsica: The Other Mediterranean Jewel
Seven days discovering France's island paradise
By day I wrangle data and write SQL queries. By night I'm lost in a book, a habit that's been with me since I was a kid. If you can't find me, I'm probably on the floor with my laptop. Yes, actually on the floor. Something about it helps me think. My friends call it weird. I call it productive eccentricity.
When I get deep into a problem, I tend to pace around and talk to myself like a human fidget spinner. That same energy comes out when I'm discussing books or tossing around ideas with open-minded people who don't mind the occasional philosophical tangent.
I'm a little shy at first, but once that melts away I'm the friend who checks in regularly and genuinely wants to know how you're doing. I'll even watch TV series with you, though I secretly believe books are better, after all, you can control the pace.
Lately I've been on a bit of a self-discovery journey. Like most people, I sometimes find myself wondering where I fit in and what unique perspective I can bring to the table. I don't have it all figured out (who does?), but I'm starting to see that understanding yourself is a lot like reading a great mystery: you're both the detective and the main character.
Real-world solutions in data engineering, machine learning, automation, and enterprise systems built during my professional experience.
Comprehensive ETL ecosystem integrating multiple ERP systems including banking platforms, insurance policy systems, and external vendor feeds. Achieved 99.5% pipeline success rate, 80% reduction in manual processing, and 70% improvement in processing efficiency through intelligent scheduling and automated optimization.
End-to-end ML system for predicting loan defaults using ensemble methods (XGBoost, Random Forest) with time-based cross-validation. Achieved 85%+ precision, 78%+ recall, and 0.89 ROC-AUC through advanced feature engineering and hyperparameter optimization with Optuna.
High-performance XML processing system with custom streaming algorithms for multi-gigabyte financial documents. Achieved 75% faster processing and 60% memory reduction through constant memory usage patterns while maintaining 99.9% data accuracy with comprehensive validation.
Autonomous rescue robot for hazardous maze navigation using advanced pathfinding algorithms, computer vision, and multi-sensor fusion. Winner of Best Software Award at RoboCup Junior 2017 Nagoya, Japan with 95% victim detection rate and 8-minute maze completion time.
Technologies and capabilities I've developed through professional experience and continuous learning.
Thoughts, reflections, book reviews, and insights about life, technology, and everything in between.
Seven days discovering France's island paradise
A delightful read about extraordinary luck
Falling down the Cracking The Cryptic rabbit hole
This site went live in mid-August, and the blog is just getting started. More posts will be coming soon, including reflections on books, personal experiences, insights from data and technology, and little curiosities I discover along the way. If there's a topic you'd like me to cover, I'd love to hear from you!