DATA SCIENCE · AI · OPERATIONS

I’m Albert Ponferrada Sicart.

A UC Berkeley Data Science graduate, technical builder, and Division I athlete. I use data, automation, and AI to make systems clearer, faster, and more reliable.

San Francisco Bay Area Open to data, AI, operations, fraud, and technical analyst roles

ABOUT

Built for work that rewards patience, ownership, and curiosity.

My background sits across data science, process improvement, AI, and high-performance sport. I enjoy understanding how a process works today, where it slows down, and what can be redesigned or automated.

Years of competing at the highest level in water polo taught me to stay disciplined without needing immediate rewards. I bring that same mindset to technical work: keep showing up, test assumptions, and stay with the problem until the path is clear.

EXPERIENCE

Turning analysis into measurable operational improvements.

BlueChipNIL Berkeley, CA 2026–Present

Co-Founder · AI Marketplace & Deal Automation

Building an AI-powered NIL marketplace that connects overlooked college athletes with small businesses.

  • Automates athlete discovery, creative generation, and legal contracting.
  • Designed for the 98% of athletes underserved by existing platforms.
  • Winner of a Berkeley SportsTech entrepreneurship award in 2026.
DMK Mining LLC Istanbul, Türkiye 2024

Geological Image Processing Intern

Built and deployed a Python-based image-processing pipeline for geological PNG files used in iron and chrome exploration.

  • Increased processing throughput by 40% and reduced manual intervention by 30%.
  • Automated RGB-channel extraction and added multi-format compatibility.
  • Worked with geologists to integrate the pipeline into existing mapping workflows.
PFotoalbums Barcelona, Spain 2022–2023

Business Analytics Intern

Improved sales-data workflows and used segmentation and product analysis to support inventory decisions.

  • Reduced processing time by 25% while improving data integrity.
  • Applied clustering and segmentation to identify customer patterns.
  • Helped reduce overstock by 20% through product and inventory analysis.

PROJECTS

Work at the intersection of AI, automation, and practical problem-solving.

DMK geological image-processing project

PYTHON · COMPUTER VISION · OPERATIONS

Geological Image Pipeline

A modular processing system that connected raw geological imagery to the workflows used by exploration teams.

DATA PIPELINES · SEGMENTATION · INVENTORY

Sales & Inventory Analytics

A structured analytics workflow used to improve data quality, surface customer patterns, and support inventory decisions.

BAYESIAN MODELING · CAUSAL INFERENCE · PUBLIC HEALTH

Breathing the Divide: COPD Prevalence & Air Pollution

A study of how chronic obstructive pulmonary disease varies across U.S. states, and whether elevated PM2.5 exposure causes it. Built a Bayesian hierarchical model with partial pooling across regions, then tested causality with an adjusted outcome regression.

6.05%Modeled national prevalence
48States, 2020 cross-section
p = 0.127Causal effect — not significant
Read the report, figures and full PDF →

REACT · NODE / EXPRESS · LOCAL-FIRST

Job Tracker (local)

A private job-application tracker that runs entirely on your own machine — no account, no subscription, no data leaving your computer. Paste a job link and it fills in the company, role, location and salary by reading each job board's own public data, so the common case needs no API key and no AI at all.

6ATS platforms parsed directly, no AI
3Optional LLM backends, your own key
0Accounts or cloud services required
View on GitHub →

LEADERSHIP

Athlete Experience.

California Men’s Water Polo

Team Captain · NCAA Division I

  • NCAA Champion in 2022 and 2023
  • All-American selection in 2023, 2024, and 2025
  • Team captain in 2024 and 2025

Spanish National Team

International Athlete

  • U17 European Championship silver medal
  • Senior World Cup bronze medal
  • Years of training toward the highest level of the sport

SKILLS

Tools I use to understand, build, and improve systems.

PythonPandasScikit-LearnSQL PostgreSQLRJavaJavaScript HTML/CSSC++JupyterAI tools Process improvementData analysisAutomation

FUN FACTS

A little more about me.

Cooking

I love cooking. My signature dishes are Loco Moco and San Sebastian cheesecake.

Learning

I’m a complete beginner in bouldering and piano, which is exactly why I enjoy them.

Languages

Catalan, Spanish, and English, plus A2-level Turkish.

CONTACT

Let’s build something useful.

I’m interested in roles across data, AI, operations, fraud, analytics, and technical product work.