Juan Ignacio Fulponi

Transportation Economist & Data Scientist
đź“Ť Prato, Tuscany, Italy
📧 jfulponi@economicas.uba.ar | 📞 +39 320 2959111
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🧭 About Me

Economist and Data Scientist with a strong background in transportation planning, public policy analysis, and geospatial data science. Proficient in R, Python, and SQL, with experience in cloud computing, mobility analytics, and infrastructure evaluation. Passionate about leveraging data to solve real-world urban mobility challenges and support evidence-based decision-making.

đź’Ľ Work Experience

REDAS Engineering — Transportation Economist & Data Scientist

Milan, Italy | Dec 2024 – Apr 2025
- Conducted impact evaluations and economic feasibility assessments for large-scale infrastructure and transport projects.
- Integrated data science tools into transport economics workflows.
- Supported daily operations and strategic project development.

ALEPH SRL — Transportation Consultant

Florence, Italy | Mar 2024 – Dec 2024
- Evaluated wide-ranging effects of major transport infrastructure.
- Performed macro/micro analysis for roads, HSR, and feasibility assessments.
- Applied data science in transportation planning and engineering.

World Bank Group — Transportation Planning Consultant

Remote (USA) | Nov 2022 – Present
- Assessed the socioeconomic cost of traffic congestion using Waze and GTFS data (Lima, PerĂş).
- Generated OD matrices from mobile data (Buenos Aires, Bogotá).
- Led project execution and liaised with government stakeholders in Latin America and Africa.

World Bank Group — Development Data Partnership

Remote (USA) | Mar 2022 – Jun 2023
- Led data science initiatives using R, Python, Spark, and Sedona.
- Built scalable workflows and documentation.
- Delivered analytical tools for development partners worldwide.

Inter-American Development Bank — External Consultant

Apr 2022 – Jun 2023
- Processed mobile and GPS data from Veraset to generate OD matrices and modal inferences.
- Analyzed Facebook mobility data across 17 Latin American cities.
- Developed R/Python pipelines and visualizations for partner reports.

INDEC (National Institute of Statistics and Censuses) — Product Owner

Buenos Aires, Argentina | Nov 2021 – Mar 2022
- Modernized data processing systems for construction costs using C#, R, and SQL.

GCBA + IDB + UNSAM — GIS & Database Analyst

Buenos Aires, Argentina | Nov – Dec 2021
- Developed the Logistics Intensity Indicator for Buenos Aires integrating Waze, TomTom, OSM, and GCBA data.

Uber — External Consultant

Buenos Aires, Argentina | Nov 2021 – Mar 2022
- Evaluated the impact of Uber trips on congestion using econometric ML tools in R.

Alphacast — Data Scientist

Remote | Jun – Oct 2021
- Automated public/private data collection pipelines using Python.

City of Buenos Aires — Transportation Economist

Buenos Aires, Argentina | Feb 2017 – Dec 2019
- Conducted feasibility studies and built indicators for urban mobility projects.

🎓 Education

MSc in Transport Economics, Planning & Operations
University of Pablo de Olavide – Seville, Spain | 2023

Bachelor’s in Economics
University of Buenos Aires
- Graduated with honors (GPA: 8/10)
- Thesis: Traffic congestion in Buenos Aires: an economic analysis (Grade: 10/10)

🛠️ Skills

Programming & Data Science

Advanced: R, Python, SQL (PostgreSQL, SQLite, Spatialite, PostGIS), Spark (PySpark, Sparklyr), Apache Sedona, Docker, Kubernetes, Linux, AWS, Google Cloud

Visualization & GIS

Shiny, Power BI, QGIS, Leaflet, Blender

Software & Tools

Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Photoshop

Languages

  • 🇬🇧 English: C2 Proficient
  • 🇮🇹 Italian: Intermediate
  • 🇪🇸 Spanish: Native

đź“š Scientific Publications

🌱 Interests

  • Urban Mobility & Public Transport
  • Railway Infrastructure
  • Open-Source Development
  • Academic Research
  • Drawing, 2D/3D Animation
  • Basketball