Bernardo Caldas
Director Of Data
Lisbon, Portugal
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Top SchoolBernardo Caldas is a Director of Data with 14 years of experience building and scaling data and AI capabilities across finance, telecoms and fintech. At Mollie he reports to the CEO and leads a 30-person data organisation spanning engineering, analytics, ML and governance, translating executive strategy into production ML products that create revenue and operational savings. He has a track record of running cross-border transformations (leading Data & AI across multiple European Vodafone markets) and founding businesses, including a fintech startup monetising banking data. A winner of two industry awards, Bernardo combines a strong technical foundation in ML and data engineering (Imperial College Advanced Computing) with hands-on program delivery from IBM to NOVO BANCO. He co-founded Data Science for Social Good Portugal and frequently keynotes on ethical, societally beneficial AI, reflecting a long-standing commitment to positive impact. Based in Lisbon, he pairs C-suite influence with day-to-day delivery and an uncommon blend of academic rigor and entrepreneurial grit.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree Advanced Computing - Machine Learning, Master’s Degree Advanced Computing - Machine Learning at Imperial College LondonColégio de S. João de BritoBachelor’s Degree Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree Electrical and Computer Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico
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Github Skills (88)
whatsapp10
browser-app9
api9
optuna9
hyperparameters9
sequential9
hyperparameter-tuning8
r8
optimization8
meta-learning8
intellisense8
visualization8
visual-studio-code8
scientific-visualization8
pylint8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
estimadorpt/models
Sep 2024 - Feb 2026
Contributions:26 PRs, 78 pushes, 23 branches in 1 year 4 months
estimadorpt/estimador-web
Aug 2025 - Jun 2026
Portuguese Election Forecasting Dashboard - estimador.pt
Contributions:6 PRs, 69 pushes, 5 branches in 9 months
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