About
I’m an Applied AI & Full-Stack Engineer focused on LLMs, RAG, agents, and voice systems wired into real operations. Below is a concise overview of my education and selected trainings, organized from latest to oldest.
Education
Ph.D. in Software Engineering (in progress)
· Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá2025 - 2027 (expected) · Panamá, Panama- Research focus: AI-assisted software engineering (code intelligence, RAG over eng docs, test generation).
- Methods: empirical SE + A/B evals on developer workflows (latency, accuracy, task success).
- Early milestone: prototype policy-aware RAG patterns for regulated domains (health, finance).
M.Sc. in Applied AI Engineering (in progress)
· Tecnológico de Monterrey2025 - 2027 (expected) · Mexico (remote)- Coursework (planned/current): LLMs, MLOps, model serving, prompt/eval design.
- Built/deployed RAG + tool-calling service with observability (traces, p95, error budgets).
- Cloud stack: GCP/AWS, containerized inference, vector DB benchmarking.
M.Sc. in Software Engineering
· Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá2023 - 2025 · Chiriqui, Panama- Focus: requirements, architecture, test automation, DevOps for AI-enabled systems.
- Capstone: RAG evaluation harness (retrieval@k, factuality checks, regression suite).
M.Sc. in Computer Science
· University of The People2018 - 2022 · Pasadena, USA (remote)- Advanced topics: algorithms, distributed systems, IR/NLP (LLMs & evaluation).
- Team project: fault-tolerant event-driven app with CI/CD and integration tests.
M.A. in Higher Education
· Universidad Latina de Panamá2020 - 2022 · Panamá, Panama- Instructional design for technical topics; AI literacy workshops for engineers.
- Built assessments emphasizing practical projects and measurable outcomes.
- Built study plans from scratch for non-disclosed universities in Panama
Associate’s in Technology Research
· IDESCA Panamá2020 - 2021 · Panamá, Panama- Methods: experimental design, statistics, literature review; research ethics.
- Wrote research briefs and replicable protocols for small-n studies.
Associate’s in Pedagogy
· IDESCA Panamá2020 - 2021 · Panamá, Panama- Adult learning principles, feedback loops, and practical assessment design.
- Built short curricula with clear rubrics and skill-based grading.
B.Sc. in Computer Science
· Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá2015 - 2020 · Chiriqui, Panama- Core CS: data structures, OS, networks, DBs; senior project with real users.
- Full-stack app (React/Node/Postgres) with auth and automated tests.
B.Sc. in Computer Science
· Universidad Latina de Panamá2015 - 2020 · Chiriqui, Panama- Emphasis on software design patterns and web engineering.
- Final project: REST API + dashboard with role-based access control.
Certifications & Training
- Certification nameIssuer · 2024
Tip: list only items relevant to AI/engineering or that signal rigor (cloud, data, security).
Testimonials
“Waldo translates vague business needs into shippable AI systems. Latency, cost, and safety are always under control.”
Chief Executive Officer, Shining Image
“Our team adopted his voice agent with minimal friction—clean handoffs and clear observability from day one.”
Sales Manager, Shining Image
“The MILA RAG assistant shipped with proper evals and citations. Clinicians trusted it because the UX was measured.”
Chief Medical Officer, Hospital Materno Infantil José Domingo de Obaldía