Art · Résumé

Neal Vazquez: Art résumé

Also known as Mio · Portland, Oregon

Original art. A point of view of my own.

I am Mio, a visual artist with a foundation in marketing and graphic design and a career that also spans technology. The Mio Collection brings together my original, human-created digital artwork.

Employment history

HCLTech

2025–2026

  • Senior Data Scientist2025–2026

Enterprise conversational AI and customer-experience analytics. Dialog, intent, and NLU evaluation, topic modeling, KPI frameworks, and executive communication.

Microsoft

2023–2025

  • Senior Data Scientist2023–2025

Customer-experience analytics and Power Platform adoption. Power BI reporting, Python automation, data workflows, and adoption and engagement measurement.

Nuance Communications

2018–2023

  • Senior Consultant2022–2023
  • Digital Optimization Strategist2018–2022

Analytics and optimization across virtual assistants, live chat, voice biometrics, and speech recognition. Measurement strategy, SQL and Python workflows, and decision-ready reporting.

The MLS

2017–2018

Combined LA / Westside MLS · Beverly Hills, California

  • Marketing Designer2017–2018

Collaborated with marketing, product, R&D, and systems teams to deliver marketing assets, social media content, and high-visibility real-estate insights & reports for real estate professionals in the Combined LA / Westside MLS region.

Education

University of California, Berkeley

Master of Information and Data Science

2024

University of California, Los Angeles

Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy

2014

Focus & skills

  • Digital illustration
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Graphic design
  • Visual communication
  • Marketing design
  • Creative direction for my own work

Selected work & practice

The Mio Collection

Original work including The Tao Is Real, Don’t Put Kids In Cages, Gedo Mazo, and Care.

Explore the collection

Human-made work

Original, human-created digital artwork with its own visual language, themes, and stories.

Meet the artist

A design foundation

Marketing assets, social content, and real-estate reports at The MLS connect my visual practice to professional communication.

Discuss a creative collaboration

Employer and university names and marks identify my professional and academic history. They do not imply endorsement, sponsorship, or a current employment relationship. Dates are shown by year.