Matías joined my team as a Senior Machine Learning Engineer in a contract position. His impact was immediate and Matías brought great value to our team, both from a technical standpoint with his expert knowledge in computer vision and deep convolutional neural networks, but also from a leadership and managerial standpoint. Similarly impressive was Matías' ability to adapt and learn new technologies with ease, quickly becoming an SME on our team in areas he'd recently picked up. Lastly, Matías' emotional intelligence and soft skills are exemplary and brought real benefits to our team. He makes those around him more productive, and for this reason alone I wouldn't hesitate to hire him again. Very best of luck going forwards Matías.

Matias has worked with us on a particularly challenging machine learning project that required multiple simultaneous skills, both technical and soft. He quickly implemented a 3D CNN that reached state of the art performance, following best practices for validation, implementing different data augmentation techniques, etc. But before that he designed a flexible database to accommodate data from disparate sources into a homogeneous structure for training/testing, he designed code flexible enough to move training from different clusters and HCP systems, and enabled non-standard applications of the resulting models. He accomplished all of this in mere 6 months, following quite ill-posed specifications on our part, which speaks to his adaptability. He is a great communicator and our daily interactions were always fluid and smooth. We already miss him in our team. I can't recommend him enough!

I worked with Matias on quite a few CV/ML research projects while I was a research staff member in IBM Research. I am confident to say that Matias is the best person that I had been working with in IBM. He is very proactive in making progress on the projects and humble to learn new things. He is independent and always able to get things done beyond expectations. Matias also has a solid background in machine learning such that he can come up with deep learning models for different tasks. He is also strong in engineering with rich experience in implementing and evaluating deep learning models. I would recommend him to any company. If you are a hiring manager, be prepared to be "pushed" by him. He will be finishing tasks fast and always asking for more :-)

Matías is one of the most hardworking and talented engineers I've ever worked with. He's able to apply not just his technical prowess in machine learning, but also a refreshing amount of creativity to solve complex challenges. I've particularly enjoyed his insatiable level of curiosity, and his responsiveness – he will always rise up to a challenge at lightning speed. Throughout his time at Wevat, we've had many positive, meaningful interactions.

I hired Matias for the Machine Learning position at Wevat and worked alongside him during his time at Wevat. Although my knowledge in this area is limited, Matias was always very humble and explained things in a way for the team to understand. I found that he is an extremely passionate person regarding his work in Data Science and Machine Learning, and also very talented. He also has a great "learn it all" attitude which I find really impressive. His thirst for learning new things is admirable, I have definitely taken some inspiration from him in this regard! Matias also worked well in regards to remote working and timezone issues. He has no trouble with being vocal about any issues and blockers, and always gave good visibility of his work. I would recommend for future companies for sure!

I had the pleasure of working with Matias on some machine learning projects at Wevat and found him to be an exceptionally dedicated and talented individual. We were based in different time zones yet his great communication and reliability made it feel like we were working side-by-side. Matias was able to deliver effective data solutions in very tight timeframes, often suggesting clever workarounds to maximise impact whilst minimising cost. I was particularly impressed by his curiosity and empathy – he went out of his way to understand the broader commercial context of the projects and to work with non-technical team members, making him a real asset to our cross-functional team.

Matias was the first machine learning engineer to join our product team of 8 people (distributed across multiple countries). After joining, he quickly figured out how each part of the company works and suggested areas he could work on that would bring the most value. As most of the team was not very familiar with machine learning, Matias organised a lunch and learn in which he explained what kind of problems it can be used solve. He then helped to set the direction of his work, proposing several projects which we then prioritised. Whenever Matias worked on a project, he would provide clear and regular progress updates, clarifying any questions and ambiguity. This made it really easy to work with Matias as he proved to be a manager of one. Matias was accommodating to the time difference with others in the team and easy to communicate with, both in real time and async. While working with him, I also noticed that he’s great at taking on feedback and trying out new ideas. I really enjoyed working with Matias and was impressed by his attitude to work, communication and ability to get things done.

Dmitry Ivanov

Co-Founder at WeVat

I worked with Matias in a project building sensors that could give early alerts in case of floodings. His ingenuity and willingness to learn by himself everything that was needed for the project was only matched by his dedication to work. I highly recommend Matias to to any future employer.

Matias is one the most dedicated professionals I know. I had the pleasure of working with him for 2 years at Morsum, collaborating on several projects. He is not only a brilliant and independent machine learning engineer but also an inspiring person. He is an energetic perfectionist, his knowledge is vast and thorough. He is an excellent team player with amazing leading abilities. Matias would be an asset to any company.