AI & Data Leadership
Head of AI · AI Strategy · Data & Analytics Lead
Executive AI & Data Profile
AI & Data Strategy Leader · GenAI Adoption · Analytics Transformation
Senior data scientist and AI strategy leader with 25+ years connecting data, artificial intelligence and business decisions. I design strategies, analytical products, intelligent automation and adoption programs that turn technical complexity into real transformation capabilities.
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Experience at leading organizations
I turn complex problems into solutions that executive and technical stakeholders can understand.
I design roadmaps, MVPs, success criteria, governance and organizational adoption.
I bring methodological, analytical and measurement rigor to every initiative.
I design solutions connected to real processes, not just conceptualizations.
I train technical and non-technical audiences in AI, analytics and productivity.
I communicate insights with clarity, structure and executive impact.
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Head of AI · AI Strategy · Data & Analytics Lead
GenAI Lead · AI Adoption · Automation
Analytics Product · BI Lead · Decision Intelligence
AI & Data Advisor · Transformation Consultant
AI Educator · Corporate Trainer · AI Literacy
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I lead strategic advanced analytics, machine learning and applied AI projects for organizations across industries, acting as a strategic partner to executive areas. I design and implement end-to-end solutions —from problem definition to production deployment—, orchestrate data- and AI-driven automation, and advise on data strategy, AI governance and organizational adoption.
Applied AI training for LATAM audiences and academic programs: diplomas in productivity, marketing, operations, sales and business; generative AI, Legal Tech, ethics and research. Public institutional NPS >85 (Asuntos Digitales); NPS 70/60 and 40/50 documented at Collective Academy.
Co-led the design and implementation of AI, GenAI and advanced analytics solutions for global corporate functions (HR, Finance, Procurement and Legal), focused on automation, insight generation, data governance and responsible adoption. Led and coordinated analytics and consulting teams (5–6 analysts and 3–4 consultants), bridging business, technology, data and adoption across global corporate functions and LATAM markets. 14 Inspire Awards and 1 Encore Award.
Led Business Intelligence, predictive and prescriptive analytics capabilities for Procurement Americas, automating analysis, integrating data flows and enabling decisions with real-time signals. Built regional analytics capabilities from the ground up and managed stakeholders across LATAM markets. Contributed to a center of excellence in user experience and NLP.
Led a team of 10–15+ collaborators within the WPP communications group (GroupM), building regional analytics capability and delivering intelligent business-analysis outputs for clients through the latest data-visualization tools and sophisticated BI platforms. Special emphasis on digital analytics for performance clients, defining trafficking guidelines and delivering analytics for campaign and content optimization.
Led the Analytics & Insight division of this global communications agency for Latin America from the LatAm HUB in Miami, serving global and regional accounts across sectors such as consumer electronics, luxury and beauty, telecommunications, leisure and tourism, entertainment and FMCG. Partnered with regional A&I heads to deliver the global product offer adapted to local client needs. Member of the Global Analytics & Insight Board, representing LATAM's interests.
Led projects with international clients from the London global hub, consolidating consultancy and data-management expertise. Created innovative reporting tools for clients and global R&D, earning special recognition from clients and partner companies. Active participation in the digital immersion program and support for new-business pitches globally, across FMCG, telecommunications, pharmaceutical, finance, digital, luxury and entertainment clients.
Delivered analytics and insight as part of clients' communication platforms across banking, technology, pharmaceutical, FMCG, B2B, B2C, entertainment, retail, education, health, automotive, government and tourism. Advised on research solutions and ad-hoc propositions, with command of methodologies such as brand equity, media audiences, consumer segmentation and pre/post testing. Led process efficiencies and internal media training, and participated in new-business pitches. Active in industry committees (IBOPE, EGM, TGI, CICMA) and auditing of syndicated studies.
Within the media department: cost and TV-audience analysis, monitoring negotiations and cost-value efficiency; development of automation processes for negotiation analysis. Member of the technical forum and committee for the EGM media-consumption study in Colombia, supporting credentials decks and consumer/audience analysis for new-business pitches.
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I design AI capabilities connected to the business: governance, roadmaps, use-case prioritization, success criteria, operating models and adoption.
Evidence: Johnson & Johnson CBT · Connect Bogotá / Impulso IA 360 · Asuntos Digitales · Corporate AI policy (Preflex).
Generative AI applied to real processes: RAG, agents, multimodal document reading, automated narratives and prompt engineering.
Evidence: Preflex (invoices with Gemini) · RAC Evolution (AI narratives) · GenAI for Entrepreneurs · Prompt Advisor.
Applied statistics, machine learning, predictive models, time series, NLP and text analytics with methodological rigor.
Evidence: J&J Procurement (predictive/prescriptive) · Databricks BNA (PySpark, Pareto, deseasonalization) · RAC (purchase prediction model).
Analytical products, executive dashboards, semantic models, KPIs and decision-oriented visualization.
Evidence: RAC Evolution (12 analytical modules) · SEC / Asoanei (Power BI) · J&J BI.
Modern data architectures and AI deployment to production across the three main cloud ecosystems.
Evidence: NEICON (data architecture) · Preflex (SAP B1, SIADOC, GCP) · Yubarta REP · Databricks.
Consultative diagnosis, proposal design, phased roadmaps, stakeholder management and value creation.
Evidence: Impulso IA 360 · Preflex (production roadmap) · Yubarta (12 weeks) · RAC Evolution.
Executive and corporate training, data literacy, AI adoption and instructional design for diverse audiences.
Evidence: Asuntos Digitales (5 programs, NPS >85) · UMNG (2 diplomas) · Collective Academy (NPS 70/60) · Crehana.
I demonstrate my visualization and UX approach with real, open pieces you can open and explore — clarity and usability first.
An expanded benchmark comparing side by side what two AIs deliver under the same analytical direction: one portfolio built with Claude, another with ChatGPT — conversational AI, decision governance, forecasting with backtests and a bring-your-own-data layer (CSV/XLSX recalculated in the browser).
What it proves: the value lives in the analytical criterion — business question, trustworthy evidence, enabled decision — and different AIs can materialize it into working analytics products.
One topic, the entire data pipeline: open dataset on Kaggle → analysis notebook → Tableau dashboard (my most-viewed) → a custom JS dashboard inside the full narrative on my blog → a findings carousel on LinkedIn.
What it proves: the complete loop — sourcing open data, analyzing it, visualizing it and telling the story across channels.
Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini forecast the 2026 World Cup and a consensus combines them — an interactive, bilingual, dark-mode experience designed for clarity.
What it proves: turning complex data into a clear, interactive, user-first story.
A technical handbook on IBNR and reserving in health insurance: 40 chapters, 7 parts and 5 reproducible Python demos — from Chain Ladder to machine learning, with applications to the Colombian health system. Demo 5 turns your own data into validated actuarial triangles.
What it proves: statistical and actuarial depth turned into an open, governed, reproducible knowledge asset — theory and practice in one place.
Public repositories and data-science notebooks — open source as evidence of how I build, collaborate and share knowledge.
What it proves: real, reviewable code and an open way of collaborating and teaching.
An interactive compendium of AI tools and platforms classified by purpose, continuously updated.
Open compendium →Johnson & Johnson — global functions, procurement, precision and data · open health-insurance reserving handbook (IBNR).
Preflex — Procure-to-Pay, demand and production planning.
GroupM / Wavemaker / MEC · RAC Study · creative agencies.
CivisAI (Bogotá Planning) · Top 5 Route Cundinamarca (IDC).
Yubarta / SEC — REP platform, environmental traceability.
Asuntos Digitales · UMNG · Collective Academy · Crehana.
Databricks BNA — analysis by industry, Pareto, time series.
UMNG — generative-AI diplomas applied to Law: document analysis, legal research, ethics and professional automation.
Degree thesis: Construction of the Colombian Stock Exchange price index using cointegration methods. Recurring participation in the International Statistics Symposium of Universidad Nacional (Non-Parametric Statistics, Quality Control, Social Research, Data Science), 1997–2024.
Data types and computational methods in stratified healthcare and precision medicine: sequence processing, image analysis, network and probabilistic modelling, machine learning, NLP, process modelling and graph data.
First generation of Data Scientists sponsored with support from Colombia's Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications. Intensive training in applied data science, analytics, Python and data-driven business problem solving.
University of Michigan — Programming for Everybody & Python Data Structures. Johns Hopkins University — Crash Course in Data Science, The Data Scientist's Toolbox, Getting and Cleaning Data, Building a Data Science Team, Managing Data Analysis.
Advanced business English (Saint George International; EF International Language Center). Digital Leadership Program — INALDE Business School / Google. Executive Leadership Flight Path — Twitter. Languages: Spanish native · English professional / advanced.
Filterable explorer · 71 credentials classified by domain (LinkedIn, Google/Kaggle).
Repository of solutions, prototypes and real examples of AI applied to productivity, creativity, automation and analysis.
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@JavierForeroRuiz →Playlist of public talks and sessions on AI, analytics, digital transformation, data and tech adoption.
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bit.ly/m/jforero →"An impeccable, enriching session of the highest professional value. Javier Forero's academic proposal far exceeded the students' expectations; they highlighted his mastery and the robustness of his content."
"We needed precision, not just automation. Javier's integration translated the technical complexity of our data into clear commercial insights. We gained agility and depth in delivering value to clients."
"He understands exactly what is required, analyzes problems deeply and proposes innovative solutions that he executes quickly. A research & insight partner I recommend without reservation."
"Organized, proactive, transparent and client-focused. Open to suggestions, very responsive and committed — a valuable asset for any company."
"Smart, hard-working, passionate and fun. The kind of person you would always want on your team. He stood out in the training programs within GroupM."
Analytics, Artificial Intelligence and Digital Transformation Consultant. Available for consulting, leadership of AI/data initiatives, executive teaching and talks.
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