My Journey

Dec 2021 - Today
San Jose, CA, USA

Senior Applied Researcher

As a Senior Applied Researcher at eBay, I spearhead the creation of innovative solutions that leverage machine learning and massive listings data to uncover the query intent behind user searches, significantly improving the recall and relevance of our search results.

I am currently working on projects to improve related searches, recall of listings for queries with low recall & building tools to scale and accelerate experimentation.

Jan 2020 - Dec 2021
Sunnyvale, CA, USA

Software Engineering Manager

I managed and mentored a team of 13 engineers responsible for the development and maintenance of the LinkedIn Clients (EG Corpus) and Core Database tracks for LIquid, the in-memory distributed Graph database powering LinkedIn’s Economic Graph.

I orchestrated a comprehensive client acquisition strategy that achieved an increase in our client base, encompassing the seamless migration of legacy clients and the integration of new clients.

As a passionate advocate for inclusion and diversity, I also worked as an Office co-lead for Women@LinkedIn and promoted collaboration with Universities to promote Women in STEM.

Jan 2020 - Dec 2021
Sunnyvale, CA, USA

Sunnyvale/Mountain View Office Co-Lead

Along with 3 other marvelous women, I was the co-lead of Women@LinkedIn for the Mountain View and Sunnyvale offices. Women@ is an Employee Resource Group (ERG) that creates a community for women and allies at LinkedIn to empower women and help them grow in their careers.

Women@ helped me feel onboarded and welcomed on LinkedIn and became my first community after moving to the US. Along with these amazing women, we grew our community from ~50 to 275+ members and organized multiple events including the #IAmRemarkable workshop (40+ attendees), an Impostor Syndrome fireside chat (200+ attendees), and a wellness event (100+ attendees).

I also worked on re-shaping our communication channels by designing and creating monthly newsletters, and a LinkedIn Group, and promoting forums and discussions around the challenges in the workplace.

Mar 2018 - Dec 2019
Zapopan, Jal, MEXICO

Software Development Manager

I managed and mentored a team of 8 engineers in Mexico responsible for the development of new features for the Oracle Spatial and Graph component.

I was the Tech Lead for the development of new features for the Oracle Spatial and Graph component including the Support for Property Graphs in Oracle Database, Property Graphs in Oracle Big Data, among others.

Performed business analysis with potential corporate clients for software enhancements resulting in building proof of concepts for a US bank, NASA, and two South American Banks. The last two resulted in closed deals.

Jun 2015 - Mar 2018
Zapopan, Jal, MEXICO

Principal Member of Technical Staff

I led and mentored a team of 3 engineers responsible for the development of new features for the Oracle Spatial and Graph component. I also grew the team in Mexico from 3 to 8 engineers.

I was the Tech Lead for the development of new features for the Oracle Spatial and Graph component including the Support for Property Graphs in Oracle Database, Property Graphs in Oracle Big Data, and RDF Knowledge Graphs in Oracle Database.

Our innovations in the Graph storage and query domain resulted in 3 filed US patents (2 granted) and showcasing our work in a diversity of international conferences in the US and Europe.

Jan 2012 - Jun 2015
Zapopan, Jal, MEXICO

Senior Member of Technical Staff

I managed and mentored a team of 8 engineers responsible for the development of new features for the Oracle Spatial and Graph component.

I was a main contributor to the development of new features for Property Graphs in Oracle Big Data, and RDF Knowledge Graphs in Oracle Database and the sole lead developer for the RDF Knowledge Graphs in Oracle NoSQL Database and the Fast in-memory reasoner for Oracle NoSQL Database.

During my time as a Senior Software Engineer, I also enjoyed participating in Knowledge Sharing sessions, volunteering events, and mentoring new hires.

Jun 2011 - Dec 2011
Puebla, PUE, MEXICO

UX Consultant/Interface & Interaction Designer

I worked as a UX Consultant at Usaria MX, a UX Consulting firm that focuses on transforming the way businesses interact with their customers by applying user-centered methodologies and techniques.

During my time in Usaria, I worked closely with clients in design workshops to establish specifications and technical requirements for Web applications and websites. This way, I contributed to designing Web applications, writing interface and interaction specifications, and implementing Web applications and websites using CMS, Javascript, and PHP. 

Aug 2011 - Dec 2011

Aug 2010 - Dec 2010
Puebla, PUE, MEXICO

Adjunct Professor

I worked as an adjunct professor for the Information Technology Department focusing on Knowledge Management and Business Intelligence.

During my tenure, I was responsible for three classes for the Bachelor's program in Information Technology: Knowledge Management (TI3010), Business Intelligence (TI3022), and Enterprise Information Systems (TI3023).

Jan 2010 - Jun 2011
Puebla, PUE, MEXICO

Chief of Information Technology

I led a group of 15 engineers in the design, and development of a School management standalone and Web-based application. This application handled the grade and financial records of more than 10 schools in Puebla and Veracruz, Mexico.

I worked closely with clients to establish problem specifications and system designs to improve customer satisfaction and increase our customer base by 50% due to the improvements I achieved in our Q&A process, technical support, and post-sale services. 

Aug 2006 - Dec 2009
Puebla, PUE, MEXICO

Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, FRANCE

Research Assistant/Junior Researcher

I worked as a research assistant researching novel approaches to integrate heterogeneous data based on their semantics. The goal of my research was to create solutions to help computers understand the semantics hidden within documents and resources and materialize the implicit knowledge that scientists have acquired from their experience in order to help them run experiments and automatically identify sources that can help them address a problem.

As part of my research, I built a solution based on Answer Sets and Logic programming (DLV^K) to create virtual spaces of resources (images, documents, databases) that automatically evolved with respect to changes to the dataspace (creation, deletion, or update of resources) and the scientists challenges.

I also designed a system infrastructure to create a Virtual Laboratory of Biomedicine (BioVLab). This solution built a Knowledge Graph from a set of public OWL ontologies in bio-informatics and uses an Inference Engine to answer biologists’ questions based on the semantics of their queries instead of only keywords.