Applied AI & business analytics

Felipe Suárez

I take AI and analytics to the operating floor of real businesses.

Industrial engineer, master's in digital transformation and business analytics. I identify the opportunity, quantify the return, deliver the MVP and drive the solution to real adoption — no hype.

About me

An engineer who designs strategy and applies it on the ground

8+ years in regulated, data-intensive industries (pharma, FMCG, industrial services). Today I combine an executive role — where I autonomously deliver AI and automation initiatives — with an independent consulting practice, including the design of a corporate AI course for a multinational pharmaceutical company.

LLMs · Claude, GPTRAG & agentsAutomation without ITFull-stack when needed
Cases

Decisions with measurable results

FleetApp

AI & product+
Own product · AI in the dev workflow
Problem

No in-house fleet management system; manual processes with no traceability.

Decision

Product Owner and developer: SRS, backlog, an 18-entity schema and API contracts, with Claude Code as copilot at every step.

Result

A working application built from scratch — Phase 1 architecture delivered and evolving.

Corporate AI program — multinational pharma

AI & product+
Regulated sector · ~1,200 people
Problem

~1,200 pharmacy and administrative staff needed to adopt AI in a regulated sector, with no guide on where to use it — and where not.

Decision

I designed the program and content architecture for administrative and operational use cases only, explicitly mapping where AI must not be used: clinical judgement stays with people.

Result

An applied training program for ~1,200 people, with the regulatory boundary defined as part of the deliverable.

Mass migration to the new ERP

Automation & data+
Accounting · World Office Cloud
Problem

~12,036 invoices to migrate manually, with supporting documents scattered across Gmail and no priority logic.

Decision

A NestJS + BullMQ architecture integrated via API, plus automated bulk download from Gmail with state-based resumption and hash validation.

Result

Mass migration executed with priority logic, no manual data entry and no dependency on IT.

Automated reconciliation of transport waybills

Automation & data+
Fuel logistics · Python + Zoho API
Problem

Manual reconciliation against the carrier's statement: duplicates, seals already invoiced, waybills crossing month-end — a real risk of double billing.

Decision

I functionally led an application that downloads waybills via API, cross-checks every seal against the statement and history, classifies each one and generates a consolidated PDF plus the exceptions report.

Result

A faster, traceable month-end close with no double billing and no unsupported charges.

Fuel quality-control automation

Automation & data+
Terpel operation · Python
Problem

Daily quality-control forms (tanker, tanks and dispensers) were filled in by hand: ~20 minutes a day and transcription errors.

Decision

I designed and built end to end a system that generates and files the forms; the signature is only inserted when the form is compliant — judging the fuel stays human.

Result

From ~20 minutes a day to under 5, with no errors recorded since go-live.

Contract and certificate generator

Automation & data+
HR & legal · deterministic merge
Problem

Non-standardized contracts and certificates, errors from reusing templates, and a slow process that was hard to audit.

Decision

I led a generator built on deterministic merge: it never rewrites clauses, only substitutes fields — every document is reproducible and auditable. Validated with legal counsel.

Result

From hours to minutes per document, zero transcription errors, a complete catalogue ready for signature.

Financial model & commercial strategy — Univetcity

Strategy & finance+
Consulting · multi-line veterinary business
Problem

A newly opened business with three lines and no quantitative answers: is it viable? Where is break-even? How long to recover the investment?

Decision

As lead consultant I built a 24-month financial model with parameterized scenarios, and a commercial strategy with KPIs tied to the model.

Result

Break-even and verifiable targets from day one — and the methodology became a replicable playbook.

Reversing a delisting with category analysis

Strategy & finance+
Quala · national retail chains
Problem

A brand at risk of being dropped by a key client due to falling sales.

Decision

Category analysis: I showed the buyer with data that the decline was segment-wide and that my product was cushioning the fall.

Result

Distribution recovered at 100% of points of sale and the portfolio expanded from 1 to 4 SKUs.

Predictive model for promotional investment in retail

Strategy & finance+
Master's thesis · U. Externado
Problem

Trade marketing teams decide when to activate discounts with no predictive support by category and chain type.

Decision

Design, training and validation of an ML model on historical sales and category patterns, after a systematic review of predictive models applied to retail.

Result

Actionable recommendations on the optimal timing of promotional activation to maximize return on investment.

Other projects
  • Colubservice digital transformationcorporate website, SEO/SEM positioning and operational AI implementation (project leadership with a vendor; in progress).
  • Management system for an automotive service centerrequirements gathering, vendor coordination and go-live under SCRUM.
  • Document management systemcloud repository with per-area permissions; standardization and traceability.
  • Competitor price & promotion monitoringcapture and early-alert architecture, presented to senior management.
How I work

One method, four stages

01

I identify the opportunity

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I map the process on the ground and find where AI or analytics changes the outcome — not where it sounds good.

Output · prioritized opportunity
02

I quantify the return

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A business case with estimated ROI before writing a single line of code. If the numbers don't work, it doesn't happen.

Output · business case
03

I deliver the MVP

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A working solution in weeks: an automated flow, a tool or a product. No decks in between.

Output · solution in production
04

I drive real adoption

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I train, measure actual usage and adjust until the team uses it without me.

Output · measured adoption
Contact

Let's talk about your operation

Location
Colombia · Remote