Hi, I'm Rodrigo Norabuena
Economist transforming data into decisions, processes, and impactful solutions
About Me
Economist oriented towards data science and engineering, with experience in applied research, quantitative analysis, and information systems development. I have designed ETL pipelines, database models, and institutional indicators to strengthen knowledge management and academic productivity.
I am passionate about learning new technologies, building reproducible solutions, and connecting analytics, automation, and economics to generate useful knowledge and drive innovation. I believe in the value of well-structured data, transparent documentation, and creativity applied to solving real problems.
Experience
Professional Research Intern
CENTRUM PUCP | 2025 - PresentDesigned and implemented relational database models to centralize and analyze academic production, integrating data from Scopus and Web of Science. Developed ETL pipelines in Python for cleaning, standardization, and automated loading into SQL Server, ensuring reliable flows for institutional dashboards in Power BI. Built research productivity indicators aligned with international standards (AACSB, EQUIS, BGA, AMBA) to monitor academic performance. Designed and implemented voice assistants with generative AI and language models (LLMs) to automate evaluation processes in postgraduate programs. Created reproducible technical documentation with Markdown and Quarto, strengthening traceability, standardization, and knowledge transfer within the team.
Education
Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Bachelor in Economics
Specialization in quantitative methods and applied economics.
Technical Skills
Programming Languages
Data & Analysis
AI Engineering
Data Engineering
Infrastructure & Cloud
Additional Tools
Projects
Full Stack Code Agent
Asynchronous AI agent in Python that interacts via chat (Gradio) and programs web applications autonomously. It uses foundation models (Gemini 2.5 Flash) and implements runtime context compression.
OpenAlex Research Dashboard
A modular ETL pipeline and interactive dashboard for analyzing bibliometric data from OpenAlex. This project tracks research trends, top authors, institutions, and influential works across multiple fields of study (e.g., Artificial Intelligence, Economics, Physics).
Crypto Monitor
This project is a real-time cryptocurrency monitor that fetches data from the CoinGecko API, processes it, and visualizes it in an interactive Streamlit dashboard.
Global Rare Earth Trade Analysis
Dashboard presenting an analysis of global rare earth trade for the period 1995-2022. The source used is data from the Observatory of Economic Complexity (OEC).
BCRP: Exchange Rate
Web scraping of data found in the BCRP Statistical Series repository. These data are the Dollar Exchange Rate - Sale series for any year.
Rseries
This package contains beauty palettes to personalize plots with the style of series from platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime, or local TV from Latin American Countries.
Portfolio V1
First version of my personal portfolio using Astro.