Sergio Ortiz
ES

Experience · Leadership · Innovation

Building technology also means bringing people together.

My path combines freelance data and AI work, automation, university leadership, social impact and innovation programmes. Every entry links to a verifiable public source.

01 · Current education

BSc in Data Science

Universitat Politècnica de València

Four-year, 240-ECTS degree at ETSINF combining statistics, machine learning, data engineering, software and applied decision-making projects, alongside class representation, peer tutoring and university podcasts.

PeriodSep 2022 — Present · Expected 2027
Programme240 ECTS · 4-year programme
SchoolETSINF · UPV

Grades · Distinctions · Percentiles

Academic results

10/10Digital Economics
95th percentileFoundations of Business Organisation
9.9/10Project III · UPV-EARTHOpen the portfolio case study
9.9/10Project IIHighest grade in the class
With DistinctionEconomic and Social Behaviour
With DistinctionData Processing Infrastructure
With DistinctionModel Evaluation and Deployment
95th percentileNatural Language and Information Retrieval
93rd percentileData Security
98th percentileExploratory Data Analysis

Leadership · Communication

Beyond the classroom

Beyond the syllabus, I have served as a class delegate, supported new students as an ETSINF peer tutor and taken part in UPV podcasts that connect business organisation with everyday decisions.

Class delegateETSINF peer tutor · PIAE+
Listen on SpotifyMarketing in companies: Apple and the four variables of the marketing mixListen on SpotifyPlanning and control: measuring the intangible like Netflix

Programme details: official UPV degree page. Grades, distinctions, percentiles and dates: academic record supplied by Sergio.

View the official UPV degree
100+active students coordinated
467happlied AI programme
4leadership, mentoring and ambassador roles
Participants and organisers at Sigma Data Club's GenAI HackathonLeading by buildingGenAI Hackathon · 60+ participants
Team mentoring and coordination during Sigma's GenAI HackathonTeam coordination and mentoring
Sergio with R2-KT and students during Up! Steam 7Ambassador · The Pink Force

02 · Experience & leadership

Data, AI and real responsibility.

Real projects during my degree to turn data and manual processes into useful solutions while learning to work with clients and manage delivery.

ExperienceOct 2025 — Present

Freelance / Independent

Freelance Data & AI projects alongside my degree

Valencia, Spain · Hybrid

During my degree, I chose to take on real freelance projects to learn beyond the classroom while helping organisations become more data-driven. I worked directly with clients to understand their needs and build practical solutions with data science, AI and process automation.

Data ScienceApplied AI & AutomationClient Communication
Responsibilities and outcomes
  • Turned fragmented data and manual workflows into measurable pipelines, internal tools, automated document processes and decision-support systems.
  • Worked across data foundations, analytics, machine learning, generative AI and maintainable automation, choosing the approach around each real operational need.
  • Managed the client relationship from discovery to delivery: requirements, scope, expectations, priorities and feedback, explaining technical decisions in plain language.
  • Also took part in GovTech and innovation challenges focused on cities, public services and real operational needs.
LeadershipSep 2025 — Present

Sigma Data Club UPV

Coordinator & Vice President

Valencia, Spain

Strategic and operational leadership of a university data and AI community with more than 100 active students.

LeadershipTeam CoordinationProgramme Management
Responsibilities and outcomes
  • Coordinates departments and the board, aligning initiatives and responsibilities.
  • Plans workshops, applied projects and training activities in Data Science and AI.
  • Manages administration and budget, represents the club at the university and develops company collaborations.
ExperienceJul 2025 — Sep 2025

ARTECOIN

Process Automation Engineer

Albacete, Spain

Identified and automated internal processes with Python to reduce manual work and improve operational reliability.

PythonAutomationData Engineering
Responsibilities and outcomes
  • Built reusable modules and data-transformation flows for reporting and operational tasks.
  • Applied version control, technical documentation and maintainable development practices.
ExperienceJun 2022 — Sep 2023

AG INGENIEROS

Early Industrial Engineering Experience

Albacete, Spain

A personal challenge I took on from the fourth year of secondary school: learning independently, adapting to a professional industrial-engineering environment and becoming useful in real projects.

Self-directed LearningAdaptabilityTechnical Documentation
Responsibilities and outcomes
  • Learned AutoCAD, CYPE tools and technical documentation independently to contribute during the summers of 2022 and 2023.
  • Developed professional autonomy, attention to detail and the confidence to learn unfamiliar technical work quickly.

03 · Community, clubs & mentoring

Learning while helping others grow.

Investment and software, university mentoring, technology with purpose and community building.

CommunityMay 2026 — Present

The Pink Force Foundation

Ambassador

Spain

Ambassador for a nonprofit that brings joy, hope and emotional support to hospitalised children—especially those facing childhood cancer—through R2-KT, education and technology with purpose.

Social ImpactSTEM OutreachCommunication
Responsibilities and outcomes
  • Helps introduce the foundation and its mission at events, universities and institutions, connecting technology with social impact.
  • Collaborates when possible in outreach activities such as Up! Steam 7 at UPV and supports the visibility of its initiatives.
CommunityJan 2025 — Present

UPV Investment Club

Investment Analyst · Investments & Software Departments

Analyses listed companies and develops investment theses, combining business and financial analysis, valuation and internal software initiatives for the club.

Equity ResearchInvestment AnalysisValuation
Responsibilities and outcomes
  • Developed investment theses on DIA, OHLA, Indra and Progyny, covering their business models, sectors, financial statements, risks and catalysts.
  • Applied DCF and multiples-based relative valuation, and presented the resulting investment cases to other club members.
  • Contributed to internal tools while taking part in training, talks and investment-focused networking.
CommunityJul 2024 — Present

ETSINF UPV

Peer Tutor · PIAE+

Supports first-year students through their academic, personal and social transition into university.

MentoringCommunicationEducation
Responsibilities and outcomes
  • Provides guidance on study strategies, organisation and effective use of UPV resources.

04 · Applied innovation

Programmes that end in products.

Intensive training, multidisciplinary challenges and prototypes built for a concrete purpose.

Issued Nov 2025Innovation

Samsung Innovation Campus

Artificial Intelligence Extension Programme · 467 hours

Applied AI specialisation covering machine learning, deep learning, data engineering and real-world solution development, including AION.

Artificial IntelligenceDeep LearningData EngineeringInnovation
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Issued Feb 2025Innovation

Fundación Innovación Bankinter

Akademia Future Builders 2024–25

Innovation, emerging trends and multidisciplinary problem-solving programme, completed with the GENAQ market-selection challenge.

InnovationEntrepreneurshipMarket IntelligenceTeamwork
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2025Innovation

Accenture Spain

GenAI Maverick · Retail & Fashion Challenge Winner

Built a multimodal outfit-recommendation prototype combining text and image retrieval for a product challenge.

Generative AIMultimodal AIProduct InnovationRapid Prototyping
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