Engineering & Automation · Résumé

Neal Vazquez

Portland, Oregon

Python and SQL automation. Customer problems translated into technical evidence.

Data science and customer-experience specialist with eight years across Nuance, Microsoft, and HCLTech. I connect customer problems to technical evidence through Python automation, SQL analysis, production interaction analysis, and clear communication with engineering and business teams. Berkeley MIDS graduate with an AI-assisted web development portfolio.

Selected technical work

Form-validation troubleshooting

2026

With Codex, identified an empty required County field concealed by a same-address option. Verified a normal-UI workaround and documented the observed state, expected behavior, and regression checks for the provider’s development team.

neal-vazquez.com

2026

Designed and developed this independent website with AI assistance using TypeScript, React, and Next.js. Integrated responsive navigation, contact flows, contextual chat, analytics dashboards, and interactive player tools.

Experience

HCLTech

2025–2026

  • Senior Data Scientist2025–2026

Analyzed conversational AI, dialog, and intent performance to diagnose customer-experience failure modes and inform optimization priorities.

Developed topic-modeling analyses and KPI frameworks; communicated findings to enterprise stakeholders and mentored analysts in data quality and AI-assisted workflows.

Microsoft

2023–2025

  • Senior Data Scientist2023–2025

Built Power BI reporting and Python analytics workflows; deployed a Python/Streamlit XML parser on Azure App Service and partnered with engineering on data pipelines.

Translated production performance findings into recommendations for customers, product, and engineering; mentored analysts in Python automation and data modeling.

Nuance Communications

2018–2023

  • Senior Consultant2022–2023
  • Digital Optimization Strategist2018–2022

Analyzed and optimized virtual assistants, live chat, IVR, routing, voice biometrics, and speech recognition. Used SQL/Python workflows and measurement strategy to connect production interactions with business decisions.

The MLS

2017–2018

  • Marketing Designer2017–2018

Collaborated with marketing, product, R&D, and systems teams on marketing assets, social content, and real-estate insights and reports.

Technical skills

  • Python
  • SQL
  • Streamlit
  • Power BI
  • Data workflows
  • Conversational AI & NLU evaluation
  • Root-cause analysis
  • Technical documentation
  • Stakeholder communication

Project tools

TypeScript, React, Next.js, and GitHub, used in web development in collaboration with AI.

Education

University of California, Berkeley

Master of Information and Data Science

2024

University of California, Los Angeles

Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy

2014

Certifications

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.