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.
Gaming · Résumé
Neal Vazquez: Gaming résumé
Also known as mio · Portland, Oregon
A lifelong player. A technical and creative mind.
Third Strike is my favorite video game of all time. DDR is the game I am best at. I bring that player’s perspective together with my technical and design background to interactive experiences and tools for gamers.
Employment history
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
- Player-focused design
- Interactive tools
- Data visualization
- Python & SQL
- Customer-experience analysis
- Visual communication
Selected work & practice
Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
My #1 favorite video game of all time. One of the two games at the center of my gaming work as mio / @XOmio96.
Explore Third StrikeDance Dance Revolution
The game I am best at. My DDR progress tool explores Skill Attack points from a saved archive.
Explore the DDR toolGame development & player tools
An offering for independent creators and small teams: turning game ideas into working experiences, improving player-facing design, and building useful gaming tools.
Explore the gaming offeringEmployer 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.