CV
Curriculum vitae
Four years building AI at Shakers, after a PhD in psychometrics. The PhD taught me to measure what actually matters. Shakers taught me how to keep non-deterministic systems defensible at scale.
Shakers
Jan 2026 to present
Head of AI
Shakers, Madrid
I own ShakersAI (the platform), Alma / Talent Insight (the AI interview system) and Matchmaking (the LLM ranker), and set AI strategy and roadmap with the CEO.
May 2022 to Jan 2026
Product AI Lead
Shakers, Madrid
I built ShakersAI from zero, shipped Alma and Matchmaking, and wrote the offline and online evaluation framework behind them. Matchmaking is listed in the OECD.AI Observatory catalogue. I was product manager of the 8-month programme in Sandbox IA España, one of 12 companies selected, working with BBVA and the AI supervision agency (AESIA). I led the Adigital Algorithmic Transparency Certificate in 2023 and secured more than €2M in public funding for Shakers’ AI work.
Before that
Jan 2020 to May 2022
Associate Professor (Profesor Contratado Doctor)
Universidad Camilo José Cela, Madrid
Research methodology, statistics and psychometrics.
Feb 2016 to Sep 2020
Statistical Analyst, Policy Research Group
University of Cambridge
Statistical consultant on well-being trends in longitudinal studies, cross-cultural and cross-time. Before that, Erasmus+ visiting researcher (2015 to 2016) building a Flourishing scale for the European Social Survey, and visiting student in 2014.
Sep 2016 to Jun 2020
PhD student, FPU fellowship
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Thesis on exploratory bi-factor analysis. I developed the Empirical Iterative Partial Target Rotation (SLiD) algorithm, based on a Schmid-Leiman solution, to estimate bi-factor models more accurately.
2013 to 2020
Earlier posts
Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, EFPSA Junior Researcher Programme, AMIP
Lecturer in research designs, statistical consultant, research training coordinator and policy analyst. Coordinator of the Asociación Multidisciplinar de Investigadores en Psicología from 2014 to 2020.
Education
- PhD, Psychology (Quantitative Methodology). Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2016 to 2020.
- Master’s, Methodology for Behavioural and Health Science. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2014 to 2015.
- Licentiate, Psychology. Universidad de Salamanca, 2009 to 2014.
Honours
- One of 12 Spanish companies in the AI Act regulatory sandbox (2025)
- Travel Award, Journal of Intelligence
- Julio Olea Prize for Young Researchers in Methodology
- Best Junior Researcher Presentation, XV Congreso de la Asociación Española de Metodología en Ciencias del Comportamiento y la Salud
- Best Presentation, Annual Doctorate Seminar
In print
HR Review. Interview on where AI should help a hiring process and where it should not decide.
Selected publications
- Examining Well-Being in School Context: Weekly Experiences of Pupils and Teachers
- An evidence-based policy for improving choice in global health access through medical travel
- Estudios de Replicación, Pre-registros y Ciencia Abierta en Psicología
- Differences in basic digital competences between male and female university students of Social Sciences in Spain
- Global Health Policy and Access to Care: Investigating Patient Choice on an International Level Using Social Media
The full list, with citation counts, is on Google Scholar.
Tools
- Models
- OpenAI, Gemini, Anthropic, Qwen self-hosted on AWS via vLLM
- Agents
- LangGraph, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, Anthropic SDK, MCP, RAG on pgvector
- Observability and evals
- Langfuse, LangSmith, Datadog, Promptfoo
- Governance
- EU AI Act, AESIA sandbox, Adigital certificate
- Languages
- Spanish (native), English (fluent)
What I do now is on the work page and the research page.