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Professional Summary

Computer Scientist with a PhD specializing in complex systems analysis and data-driven policy implementation. Proven track record bridging academic research with high-impact government advisory roles, leading critical national initiatives in telecommunications, healthcare, and public policy. Expert in systems modeling, network analysis, and translating computational insights into actionable strategies for complex organizational challenges. Currently serving as Senior Adviser to Paraguay’s Minister of Information Technology and Communications, with previous experience in health policy.

Education

Ph.D. Computer Science Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom

B.Sc., M.Sc. Computer Science Catholic University of Asunción, Paraguay

Professional Experience

Current Positions

Senior Adviser to the Minister Ministry for Information Technology and Communications, Paraguay

Address MITIC’s top strategic challenges through systems analysis and computational expertise. Key achievements include:

  • Led team designing Paraguay’s 5G tender and innovative costing structure, conducting sensitive MNO negotiations
  • Provided core analysis for Paraguay’s air defense radar procurement; recommendation accepted and under implementation
  • Designed dynamic, systemic tariff system for ANDE at Minister’s request, coordinating across Finance and Industry Ministries
  • Instrumental in launching presidential ‘Equipo Nacional de Salud’ integrative healthcare initiative

Council Member National Council for Science and Technology, Paraguay

Independent Consultant

Advisory and Board Roles

Member of the Board of Advisers Fundación de La Sobera

Faculty Representative in the Academic Senate Universidad Paraguayo Alemana

Former Positions

Professor für Datenwissenschaft und Statistik Engineering Science School, Universidad Paraguayo Alemana, Asunción, Paraguay

Taught Statistics, Differential Equations, Operations Research, and Introduction to Computing using innovative teaching techniques. Conducted research in complex systems and network analysis.

Adviser to the President Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL)

Developed long-term strategy for COVID-19 impact on football development. Created comprehensive computational model to estimate infection rates and predict tournament impacts, resulting in two academic publications.

Senior Technical Adviser to the Minister of Health Ministry of Health and Public Welfare, Asunción, Paraguay

Led data-driven policy implementation for primary healthcare universalization program. Member of COVID-19 strategy advisory team; designed indicator-based “Intelligent Quarantine” framework coordinating across government agencies.

Consultant Fondo Financiero para el Desarrollo de la Cuenca del Plata (FONPLATA)

Analyzed drug logistics system for Ministry of Health, providing roadmap with improvements and implementation guidelines.

Postdoctoral Laboratory Associate Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University

Developed analytical methods for biological networks and network-based models for temporal analysis of human interactome and brain interactome analysis for neurodegenerative condition identification.

Research Scientist PaccanaroLab, Centre for Systems and Synthetic Biology, Royal Holloway, University of London

Developed novel computational methods for biologically motivated questions through collaborative translational research with experimental biologists and clinical scientists.

Visiting Fellow Department of Biological Statistics and Computational Biology, Cornell University

Developed predictive models for complex diseases and methods to establish similarity relationships between heritable diseases. These methods became an important part of my dissertation.

Products and Patents

Abstract Map of Public Transport System (Under Development) Novel approach to optimize public transit through systemically calculated influx scores and abstract network construction for Asunción’s bus system.

Data-Driven Medical Support System for Differential Diagnosis (Under Development) Network medicine approach exploring disease similarity landscapes to enhance medical diagnosis through interactome analysis.

Cost-Effective Geo-fence for Electronic Monitoring (Co-inventor, Under Development) Commercial solution for electronic tagging of low-risk offenders. Developed with Tesacom S.A.

System for Automated Biomedical Reasoning (Co-inventor, Patent Pending) Agent-based system for automatic, cross-database exploration in biomedical research.

Research Focus

Current research centers on governing dynamics of complex systems and systemic evaluation of public policy, particularly determining evaluation metrics for relationships between system inputs and outcomes. Previous work focused on systems and computational biology, quantifying genotype-phenotype relationships of complex phenotypes.

Selected Publications

Complete publication list on Google Scholar

Invited Presentations

  • Epidemiological and Test Challenges Paraguay - Avances y Desafíos en la investigación y atención de pacientes con COVID-19, Vienna, Austria (2021)
  • Systems Medicine Approaches to Cancer - 1er Simposio Internacional de Medicina de Precisión en el Paciente Oncológico, Asunción, Paraguay (2018)
  • Mining Biomedical Literature to Predict Shared Drug Targets - Conferencia Latinoamericana de Informática, Córdoba, Argentina (2017)
  • Network Medicine Approaches for Heritable Diseases - Simposio Internacional sobre Interacción Huésped-Patógeno, Asunción, Paraguay (2016)

Grants and Awards

  • Taiwan International Cooperation and Development Fund - Travel Grant, $15,000 USD (2023)
  • CONACYT Prociencia Research Grant - $200,000 USD with Prof. Alberto Paccanaro (2019)
  • CONACYT PRONII Grant - $12,000 USD (2018)
  • Interamerican Development Bank - Rodando Ideas Grant, $10,000 USD (2017)

Editorial Services

Peer reviewer for Nature Scientific Reports, Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, CLEI, CLEI Electronic Journal

Selected Research Projects

Evaluating Public Spending Impact on COVID-19 Comparative analysis of pandemic response policies across countries, examining relationships between healthcare expenditure and outcomes.

Disease Modules of Orphan Diseases Network medicine approach to provide putative disease genes for over 2,000 hereditary diseases with no known molecular basis. Collaboration with Prof. Alberto Paccanaro.

Drug Mechanism of Action Identification Text mining approach to build comprehensive database (BioMeR) characterizing phenotypes of FDA-approved drugs.

Chagas Disease Drug Development Comparative genomics to assemble interactome networks of disease vectors for identifying therapeutic targets.

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