Engineering, Business, Perseverance

Industrial Engineer and Columbia University MSc Business Analytics. With experience across multiple industries creating value across the globe.

Nicolas Alvarez
Nicolas Alvarez New York

Industrial Engineer with a MSc in Business Analytics, with experience in consulting, the aviation industry, and Marketing in the US.

Work Experience

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New Business Development JetFuel Studio
Jun 2026 to Sep 2026 New York, NY

Business Development Intern

JetFuel Studio

Working with the New Business Development team to build AI tools that assess case studies and accelerate research, saving hours of manual work, while contributing to crafting pitches for new clients.

Graduate Teaching Assistant Columbia University
Jan 2026 to Present New York, NY

Course Assistant, Simulation Modeling & Analysis

Columbia University

Support graduate students through weekly office hours and exam proctoring, leveraging AI-assisted tools for consistent grading and timely feedback on simulation modeling problems.

Aviation Avianca Airlines
Jan 2025 to Mar 2025 Bogota, CO

Operations & Commercial Strategy Intern

Avianca Airlines

Developed an automated VBA solution generating PDF account statements for airline agency partners, saving roughly 5 hours of manual work per month. Designed a Power BI dashboard for incentive payment monitoring and partner performance insights.

Private Equity Alejandria Corp.
Aug 2024 to Dec 2024 Bogota, CO

Intern Analyst, Venture & Impact Investment

Alejandria Corp.

Analyzed financial information for a venture capital ecosystem builder focused on impact investment in Latin America. Built automated VBA methods that reduced manual reporting work by approximately 4 hours per month.

Consulting Realtix S.A.S
Jan 2020 to Mar 2020 Bogota, CO

Accounting Assistant

Realtix S.A.S

Supported classification of tasks for annual review preparation and contributed to drafting project proposals during an early professional role.

Education

Columbia University
Aug 2025 to Dec 2026
Master of Science, Business Analytics
Columbia University
New York, NY · United States

Product Management · Business Analytics · Marketing Analytics · Data Analytics · Sports Analytics · Optimization Models

Universidad de Los Andes
Aug 2020 to Dec 2024
Bachelor of Industrial Engineering
Universidad de Los Andes
Bogota · Colombia

Computational Analytics · Finance · Logistics · Optimization

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Hochschule München
Jan 2023 to Jun 2023
Study Abroad, Engineering & Energy
Hochschule München
Munich · Germany

Marketing · Aerodynamics · Renewable Energies

Grades Certificate

Capabilities

01 / Stack

Technical Languages

  • 01Python
  • 02SQL (Postgres)
  • 03R
  • 04VBA / Visual Basic
  • 05HTML & CSS
02 / Platforms

Tools & Software

  • 01Excel
  • 02Power BI
  • 03Microsoft Access
  • 04AWS
  • 05PowerPoint
03 / Spoken

Languages

  • 01Spanish
  • 02English
  • 03German

Research

Designed a Monte Carlo–based methodology that combined irradiance and temperature time series with household energy demand and regulatory incentives, simulating cash flows, NPV, and IRR under uncertainty across roof sizes and tariff paths.

Bachelor Thesis · Universidad de Los Andes · 2024
Field
Renewable Energy & Finance
Method
Monte Carlo Simulation
Tools
Python & Time-Series Modeling
Outputs
NPV · IRR · Payback Period
Year
2024