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Name Lucho Escobedo
Email contact@luchoescobedo.com
Url https://luchoescobedo.com
Summary Entrepreneur, technologist, and investor, partnering with businesses to drive purposeful and sustainable growth.

Work

  • 2025.01 - Today

    Lima, PE

    Co-Founder
    Kipu
    We help organizations make data, technology, and AI meaningful by anchoring them in how they operate, decide, and grow.
    • Data, Technology & AI Strategy, Capability Building, Advisory Work
  • 2024.01 - Today

    Lima, PE

    Co-Founder
    Green Street Holdings
    We invest in businesses to strengthen their foundations, modernize with purpose, and build long-term resilience.
    • Small Businesses, Strategic Investment, Business Modernization
  • 2023.06 - Today

    Miami, US

    Head of Data & Analytics Engineering, HRO
    Automatic Data Processing, ADP
    Drive a focused data strategy that strengthens foundations, scales platform capabilities, and prioritizes high-impact use cases.
    • Data Strategy, Platform Operations, Business Impact
  • 2023.01 - 2023.06

    Miami, US

    VP of Data & Analytics
    REEF Technology
    Integrated data, analytics, and AI functions to improve platforms and support decision-making at global scale.
    • Global Strategy, Platform Efficiency, Executive Enablement
  • 2021.11 - 2023.01

    Miami, US

    Senior Director of Data Science & Analytics
    REEF Technology
    Directed and streamlined data science work to enable product-focused outcomes, operational gains, and scalable experimentation.
    • Product Data Science, Experimentation Frameworks
  • 2020.05 - 2021.11

    Miami, US

    Director of Data Science
    REEF Technology
    Built and scaled the data science function to deliver revenue growth and operational improvements through applied machine learning.
    • Built DS Team, Applied ML, Revenue Growth
  • 2017.08 - 2019.09

    Sao Paulo, BR

    Senior Data Scientist
    Quantumblack, AI by McKinsey
    Led technical delivery and strategic advisory, helping clients across the Americas solve business challenges with high-impact solutions.
    • Multi-Industry, Client Delivery, Applied ML
  • 2013.08 - 2017.07

    Champaign, US

    Analytics Consultant
    Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning (CITL)
    Advised faculty and researchers on study design, methods, and analysis to support rigorous, outcome-driven academic work.
    • Academic Advisory, Study Design, Analytics Support
  • 2006.06 - 2010.06

    Lima, PE

    Researcher
    Group for the Analysis of Development, GRADE
    Produced applied research to inform policy in economics, education, and the environment, with emphasis on measurable impact.
    • Policy Research, Impact Evaluation, Development Econmics

Education

  • 2012.01 - 2017.01

    Champaign, US

    PhD
    University of Illinois
    Geospatial Economics
    • Spatio-Temporal Econometrics
  • 2010.01 - 2012.01

    Champaign, US

    MSc
    University of Illinois
    Geospatial Economics
    • Spatial Econometrics
  • 2001.01 - 2006.01

    Lima, Peru

    BA
    Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru
    Geography
    • Geographic Accessibility of Education in Peru

Awards

  • 2013.08.01
    Tinker Fellowship
    Tinker Foundation
    Awarded for the development of my doctorate dissertation proposal.
  • 2010.10.01
    CLACSO Fellowship
    Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales, CLACSO
    Awarded for the study of the impact of natural disasters on poverty in Peru's Andean region, identifying latent vulnerability patterns and poverty concentrations.
  • 2010.04.01
    Fulbright Scholarship
    Fulbright Program
    Granted to pursue graduate education in the United States.

Languages

Spanish
Native speaker
English
Fluent
Portuguese
Fluent

Interests

Data
Data Strategy
Data Products
Data Engineering
Data Science
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Products
Product Strategy
Product Lifecycle
Product Marketing
Design Thinking
Customer Success
Digital Transformation
Investments
Investment Strategy
Go-to-Market
Operational Efficiency
Valuation
Small Businesses
Competitive Analysis
Sports
Brazillian Jiu Jitsu
Stregth Training
Hypertrophy
Power Training
Soccer
Nutrition