Nicolas Correa
Verified Expert in Project Management
Project Manager
Kraków, Poland
Toptal member since March 15, 2022
Nicolas is an analytical and performance-driven professional with experience leading Agile IT projects, software development functions, cross-functional teams, and strategic initiatives—all with a strong focus on value. He has been a solution manager, data science lead, and AI manager at Phillip Morris International. Nicolas is a certified scrum master and scrum product owner with a bachelor's degree in computer science. He thrives on continuous learning and leading-edge technologies.
Project Highlights
Expertise
- Agile Program Management
- Negotiation
- PMO
- Product Owner
- Software Implementation
- Stakeholder Management
- Team Leadership
- Technical Project Management
Work Experience
Solution Manager
Philip Morris International
- Set up a multivendor structure to support different B2B/C business segments.
- Improved the security practices to comply with the company's framework for GDPR and data privacy standards.
- Supported the roadmap for the solution within the company's mid- and long-term vision.
Data Science Lead, Operations
Philip Morris International
- Delivered the product performance predictability industrialization project with AWS, Snowflake, and Microsoft Power BI. The solution helps operators predict deviation on six chemicals in RRP products and take the right actions to address issues.
- Drove the agronomy experimentation project to identify focus areas within the Africa region by correlating weather data, satellite, and ISRIC (soil and terrain). This is expected to increase tobacco yield for the upcoming crops.
- Led the supply chain experimentation project for predicting the demand for spare parts and cluster those in different groups: fast movers, normal, and slow movers. This is expected to decrease inventory and the associated costs.
Manager, Artificial Intelligence
Philip Morris International
- Recruited and built the AI team with in-house capabilities to deliver from experimentation to industrialization.
- Delivered an image recognition solution for the retail domain through all phases of the software development lifecycle. The field force uses the solution to capture inventory at points of sale.
- Delivered an image recognition solution that scaled to around 15 markets in less than a year, bringing efficiencies to the manual back-office operations by automating processes related to loyalty programs with retail stores.
Project Manager
Philip Morris International
- Delivered a solution for the agronomy department within the LA&C region to enhance the ability to select farmers with whom to establish further engagements and provide credits.
- Delivered a mobile application used in the field by Agronomy Field Technicians while liaising with farmers, placing contracts, and performing crop monitoring up to the point of tobacco bales delivery.
- Enhanced an application used by the Illicit Trade department for supporting the evolution of regulations on other tobacco products (OTP), non-tobacco materials (NTM), and next-generation products (NGP).
Project History
Image Recognition Solution for Retail
Led the project, from experimentation (including research) to industrialization, for an image recognition solution used by a field force when visiting points of sale in Turkey, aiding the process of recognizing brands on the shelves.
Leaf 2 Go
Delivered a mobile-friendly application used by field technicians in Argentina and Brazil during the crop year to maintain contract information with farmers, monitor crop inputs, and manage credit limits.
Intelligent Document Processing
Delivered an MVP for a new invoice processing solution based on deep neural networks and an enhanced vanilla transformer.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
Argentine University of Enterprise - Buenos Aires, Argentina
High School Diploma in Economics
La Salle Florida Institute - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Certifications
Certified Associate in Python Programming
Python Institute
AWS Cloud Practitioner
AWS
Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I)
Scrum.org
Professional Scrum Master Level I (PSM I)
Scrum.org
Skills
Tools
Microsoft PowerPoint, Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Excel, Slack, Salesforce, Bitbucket
Paradigms
Servant Leadership, Agile Project Management, Management, Implementation Project Management, DevOps
Platforms
Twilio, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Other
Stakeholder Management, Negotiation, Presentations, Team Leadership, Planning, Project Management, PMO, Reporting, Client Delivery Management, IT Project Management, Agile Data Science, Risk Management, Scrum Master, Product Owner, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Quality Assurance (QA), Procurement, Agile Program Management, Conflict Resolution, Software Implementation, Technical Project Management, Vendor Management, Programming, Python, JavaScript, Software Engineering, Discord
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