Alexandre Yukio Yamashita

Alexandre Yukio Yamashita is an accomplished Lead Data Scientist and Machine Learning Engineer specializing in Cyber Security at Nubank since June 2022, where responsibilities include designing and developing machine learning models for cyberattack prevention. Previously, Alexandre held the position of Machine Learning Specialist at Via, focusing on MLOps frameworks, and at Fast Shop S/A, where significant achievements included a 90% reduction in fraud analysis time and enhanced advertisement click rates. With experience as a Senior Machine Learning and Big Data Engineer at Rede Globo, Alexandre contributed to projects that generated over R$100M in revenue, optimizing digital ad delivery and developing deployment tools. Early career experience includes research in machine vision and contributions to open-source projects at Instituto de Pesquisas Eldorado. Alexandre holds an M.B.A. in Project Management from USP, an M.Sc. in Computer Science from Universidade Estadual de Campinas, and a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho.