Juan Verschueren

Industrial Civil Engineer majoring in Computer Science, specialized in Data Science and Pricing Strategy. Proven experience structuring analysis on large databases with a commercial focus. Accustomed to developing and leading projects with multidisciplinary technology, commercial, and product teams to drive data-driven decision-making. Ability to translate complex analytical models into actionable business strategies for stakeholders across multiple areas (Commercial, Operations, and Finance).

Data Scientist at SQM (2024-10 – Present)

• Work with a cross-functional team of data engineers, analysts, and product managers to optimize pricing and forecast the supply and demand of Iodine.
• Developed and implemented the company's main pricing model (XGBoost Classifier), aimed at modeling customer demand elasticity; it processes $600M USD annually in quotes and has generated an estimated revenue increase of $12M USD.
• Developed Forecasting models (Prophet) and Monte Carlo Simulations to predict supply and demand, improving the accuracy of strategic projections for the company's industrial plan and pricing.
• Architected and built a REST API to integrate the pricing model with Salesforce, standardizing the quoting process and improving the sales team's efficiency.
• Developed an AI-agent-driven pipeline (Python, Claude Code, MCP) that automates the search, extraction, quality validation, and assembly of economic indicators from multiple global sources based on natural language requests.

Project Engineer at SQM (2023-10 – 2024-09)

• Managed a data portfolio focused on profitability and optimization for the Commercial, Procurement, and Planning areas.
• Designed Business Intelligence solutions and structured analyses that led to actionable business insights.
• Extracted and structured large volumes of complex data from SAP using advanced SQL.

Capstone Project and Professional Internship at SQM (2023-01 – 2023-09)

• Fully led and supervised the automation project for the company's fuel closing process, from the bidding and selection of 5 IT consulting firms to its final implementation
• Designed the database architecture and a centralized dashboard for presenting results, coordinating data integration with key suppliers like Copec.

B.S. in Industrial Civil Engineering, Major in Computer Science – Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2017 – 2022)