Juan Ignacio Fulponi
Senior Data Scientist | Spatial Analytics & Transport Economics
đź“Ť Prato, Tuscany, Italy
📧 jfulponi@economicas.uba.ar | 📞 +39 320 2959111
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About Me
Senior Data Scientist and Economist specializing in spatial analytics, geospatial AI, and transport economics. With 7+ years of international experience (World Bank, IDB, private consulting), I build scalable cloud-native pipelines, predictive models, and spatial econometrics frameworks to transform location data into actionable insights.
Proficient in Python, R, SQL, Spark, Sedona, and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP), with a strong background in machine learning, spatial econometrics, and mobility data science. Passionate about bridging advanced data science with real-world geospatial problems, from urban mobility and logistics to infrastructure impact evaluation.
Work Experience
REDAS Engineering — Transportation Economist & Data Scientist
Milan, Italy | Dec 2024 – Apr 2025
- Designed feasibility and impact evaluations for major transport infrastructure projects.
- Integrated data science and geospatial econometrics into transport economics workflows.
- Supported strategic project development and client engagement.
ALEPH SRL — Transportation Consultant
Florence, Italy | Mar 2024 – Dec 2024
- Evaluated macro and micro impacts of road and HSR projects.
- Applied data-driven models in transportation planning and engineering.
- Delivered evidence-based insights for feasibility and infrastructure policy.
World Bank Group — Transportation Planning Consultant
Remote | Nov 2022 – Present
- Built OD matrices from mobile data (Buenos Aires, Bogotá) and assessed congestion costs (Lima).
- Delivered geospatial data products integrating Waze, GTFS, and GPS.
- Coordinated with governments in Latin America and Africa, ensuring real-world policy impact.
World Bank Group — Development Data Partnership
Remote | Mar 2022 – Jun 2023
- Developed spatial data pipelines in Spark + Sedona for global development use cases.
- Built production-ready analytical workflows in R/Python deployed on AWS & GCP.
- Provided scalable geospatial solutions for partner organizations.
Inter-American Development Bank — External Consultant
Remote | Apr 2022 – Jun 2023
- Processed GPS + mobile data (Veraset, Facebook) to generate OD matrices and modal splits.
- Applied spatial econometrics and ML models across 17 Latin American cities.
- Created reproducible R/Python pipelines for visualization and reporting.
Uber — External Consultant
Buenos Aires, Argentina | 2021 – 2022
- Evaluated Uber’s impact on congestion using econometric ML models in R.
INDEC (Statistics Institute) — Product Owner
Argentina | 2021 – 2022
- Modernized national statistics workflows using SQL, R, and C#.
City of Buenos Aires — Transportation Economist
Argentina | 2017 – 2019
- Led feasibility studies and urban transport policy analysis.
Education
MSc in Transport Economics, Planning & Operations University of Pablo de Olavide – Seville, Spain | 2023
BA in Economics (Honors) University of Buenos Aires
- GPA: 8/10 | Thesis on congestion economics (10/10)
Skills
Spatial & Cloud Data Science
Python (GeoPandas, PyTorch, Scikit-learn), R (Tidymodels, INLA, sf), SQL (PostGIS, BigQuery), Spark, Apache Sedona, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Google Cloud, Databricks.
Spatial Analysis & Visualization
Spatial Econometrics, Machine Learning, GeoAI, OD Matrix Estimation, Shiny, Power BI, QGIS, Leaflet, CARTO, Blender.
Languages
- English: C2 (Proficient)
- Spanish: Native
- Italian: Intermediate
Selected Publications
- Stokenberga, A., Ivarsson Molina,L. & Fulponi, J. I. (2025). A Net Cure or Curse ? Tracking the Impact of E-Commerce on Urban Freight Transport Intensity in Bogotá and Buenos Aires (English) . Policy Research working paper no. WPS 10485; COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Washington, D.C. :World Bank Group.
- Fulponi, J.I., Ivarsson, E., & Stokenberga, A. (2023). The COVID-19 Mark on Urban Mobility: A Tale of Two Cities’ Journey to Recovery. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 10484.
- Fulponi, J.I., Ivarsson, E., González, K., & Stokenberga, A. (2024). Leveraging Big Data to Understand Women’s Mobility in Buenos Aires. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 10662.
- Abad, J., Moleres, C., Fulponi, J. I., Dobrusky, F., PĂ©rez MartĂn, J., Sánchez, J., Fiadone, R., Suyai Mendiberri, L., Parisi, M., Spadaro, P., & Pipicello, T. (2022). DistribuciĂłn urbana de mercancĂas en la Ciudad AutĂłnoma de Buenos Aires: propuestas para la innovaciĂłn en polĂticas pĂşblicas en infraestructura, marco regulatorio y procesos logĂsticos. https://doi.org/10.18235/0004466.
- Fulponi, J.I. & Moleres, C.J. (2022). Facebook data for OD matrix estimation in Latin America. IADB & CAF.
- Fulponi, J.I. (2022). Traffic congestion in Buenos Aires: diagnosis and public policy recommendations. AIIT Conference, Rome.
- Fulponi, J.I. (2021). Socioeconomic costs of road accidents in Buenos Aires. XVIII Argentine Roads Congress, Mendoza.
- Fulponi, J.I. (2016). The Creation of the BCRA in Context. FACES Journal, ISSN 0328-4050. Link.
- Fulponi, J.I. (2016). Impact of PRO.CRE.AR on Construction and Employment. Jornadas de EconomĂa CrĂtica, CĂłrdoba. Link.
- Fulponi, J.I. & LupĂn, B. (2015). Differential equations in the Samuelson-Solow model. XV IADCOM Conference, Buenos Aires.
Interests
- Spatial Data Science & GeoAI
- Transport Infrastructure & Urban Mobility
- Open-Source Development
- Academic Research & Teaching