Quimey Vivas - Chief Technology Officer and Software Engineer

Quimey Vivas

Chief Technology Officer | Software Engineer | Ph.D. Mathematics

Professional Summary

Accomplished Software Engineer with a strong mathematical foundation and proven track record across organizations of all sizes. Passionate about architecting innovative solutions and tackling complex algorithmic challenges. Combines deep theoretical knowledge with practical engineering expertise to deliver impactful results.

Current Positions

CTO

Open Mind AS

Oslo, Norway

Co-founding and leading technical strategy for a startup bringing AI and large language models to the journalism industry. Building the company's technology foundation from the ground up.

2024 - Present

Operations Research Consultant

Medtrics Lab LLC

Philadelphia, USA (Remote)

Architecting and maintaining sophisticated student scheduling optimization systems for American educational institutions.

2023 - Present

Technical Lead

Avature

Madrid, Spain

2022 - Present

Skills & Stack

Python Algorithms & Data Structures AWS/EC2 Redis C++ PHP JavaScript MySQL/Hive Linux/Bash

Work Experience

2019 - 2022

Senior Software Engineer

Avature, Madrid, Spain

2018 - 2019

Freelance Developer

Upwork.com

Delivered specialized solutions across diverse projects, focusing on mathematical optimization techniques including dynamic programming, integer linear programming (ILP), and advanced heuristics.

2017 - 2018

Senior Software Engineer

Avature, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Architected and maintained a distributed continuous testing system leveraging Python, RabbitMQ, and AWS. Achieved a 70% reduction in AWS infrastructure costs through strategic optimizations of EC2 management services. Led development of multiple critical tools including a code coverage analyzer and code snapshot system.

2014 - 2016

Research Scientist

Facebook Inc., California, USA

Designed and implemented a machine learning framework to enhance Facebook's knowledge graph quality, specifically improving location and place attribute accuracy. Managed critical data pipelines for fraud detection, quality assurance, and ML feature extraction. Mentored an intern through a successful internship resulting in a full-time offer.

2007 - 2014

Teaching Assistant

Mathematics Department, FCEN-UBA

Instructed undergraduate and graduate courses across multiple mathematical disciplines: Numerical Calculus, Linear Algebra, Operations Research, Introduction to Differential Geometry, and Introduction to Groups, Rings and Modules.

Education

Ph.D. in Mathematics

Universidad de Buenos Aires

2009 - 2012

Generalized Weyl algebras in the Quantum case: isomorphisms and cohomology

Advisor: Mariano Suárez-Álvarez

Supported by CONICET Ph.D. grant

Licenciado en Ciencias Matemáticas

Universidad de Buenos Aires

2005 - 2009

Computation of Hochschild cohomology for a family of algebras

Advisor: Andrea Solotar

Grade Point Average: 9.90

Supported by Estimulo scholarship from UBA

Research & Publications

Peer Reviewed Publications

Mariano Suárez-Álvarez and Quimey Vivas

Automorphisms and isomorphisms of quantum generalized Weyl algebras

J. Algebra 424 (2015), 540–552. arXiv:1206.4417

Andrea Solotar, Mariano Suárez-Álvarez and Quimey Vivas

Hochschild homology and cohomology of Generalized Weyl algebras: the quantum case

Ann. Inst. Fourier (Grenoble) 63 (2013), no. 3, 923–956. arXiv:1106.5289

Research Visits

  • 2013: Four-month research fellowship at Université Blaise Pascal (Clermont-Ferrand, France) collaborating with Professor Thierry Lambre under the prestigious "Bernardo Houssay" program
  • 2012: Research visit to Universidade de São Paulo (São Paulo, Brazil) collaborating with Professor Vyacheslav Futorny on the Mathamsud-NOCOSETA project

Notable Achievements

ACM-ICPC World Finals Coach

Coached Universidad de Buenos Aires team to the ACM-ICPC World Finals 2011 in Warsaw, Poland

ACM-ICPC World Finals Competitor

Competed at the ACM-ICPC World Finals 2009 in Harbin, China, representing Universidad de Buenos Aires

Infrastructure Cost Optimization

Delivered 70% AWS infrastructure cost reduction through strategic EC2 service optimizations

Languages

Spanish (Native) English French

Get In Touch

I'm always interested in hearing about new opportunities, collaborations, or just connecting with fellow technologists.

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Timezone

Central European Time (CET / UTC+1)

Availability

Open to consulting opportunities and interesting projects