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William Sanchez

William Sanchez

AI R&D Engineer | Tech Entrepreneur

10 Avenue Jean Jaures, Paris, Île-de-France, FR, 75019
(+33) 7 79 94 71 57
Spanish, French, English

Background


About

About

AI R&D Engineer with a passion for applying AI to creative fields, especially dance. Hands-on experience in multimodal systems, generative AI, and ML workflows through personal projects and collaboration with Guidance on product/technical exploration. Eager to contribute developing AI and video analysis skills as a Junior AI R&D Engineer to build innovative solutions for dancers.

Work Experience

Work Experience

  • AI & Product Strategy Advisor, Independent Consultancy / Guidance & Others

    Feb, 2023 - Present

    Advised startups and entrepreneurs (including ongoing work with Guidance) on use case definition, product strategy, and AI application.

    • Guidance (Ongoing): Contributed to ideation, use case analysis (media asset management, dance video analysis), and technical consultancy (video production, lighting, color grading, initial pose estimation explorations).

    • Advised creative sector entrepreneurs on AI integration for personalized experiences.

    • Defined product strategies leveraging emerging AI capabilities.

  • Tech Entrepreneur / Full-Stack AI Developer, Own Initiatives / Self-Employed

    Jan, 2023 - Present

    Led end-to-end development of personal AI/ML projects and prototypes, demonstrating initiative, self-learning, and skill in transforming concepts into functional web applications.

    • Full lifecycle management of AI project development.

    • Autonomous research and application of new technologies and algorithms.

    • Developed solutions for practical problems (see 'Projects' section).

  • Advertising & Commercial Photographer, William Sanchez Photography (Freelance)

    Jan, 2010 - Present

    15+ years delivering compelling visual content for advertising, brands, and commercial clients. Managed full project lifecycle: creative direction, client relations, shoots (location/studio), post-production, and asset delivery. Known for distinct style, reliability, and technical excellence.

    • Led hundreds of advertising campaigns, product shoots, and lifestyle imagery projects for major brands, creative agencies, and SME clients across Europe and Latin America.

    • Collaborated with art directors, marketing managers, and designers to interpret briefs and craft visuals aligned with brand identity and campaign goals.

    • Skilled in diverse photography environments: managed lighting, styling, set design, and large equipment setups.

    • Received client testimonials attesting to quality, professionalism, and exceeding expectations.

Projects Experience

Projects Experience

  • ArtNexus: Interactive AI Art Installation, Own Initiative

    Sep, 2024 - Oct, 20241 month

    Developed an interactive web app for an art installation where visitors could generate and acquire unique, ephemeral AI-generated artworks via a token system.

    • Developed skills in interactive web applications, UI design for creative exploration, and deploying user-facing applications in event settings.

  • Instagram Audit & Strategy Report for Restaurants, Own Initiative

    Mar, 2025 - Apr, 20251 month

    Created a Python script to scrape restaurant Instagram profiles, using an LLM to analyze photo quality, engagement, and posting frequency, then generating an automated PDF strategy report as a lead magnet.

    • Applied web scraping, LLMs for qualitative/quantitative social media data analysis, automated report generation, and prompt engineering for LLM data extraction.

  • Video Shot Structure Analyzer, Own Initiative

    Jan, 2025 - Jan, 202511 days

    Developed a Python script using OpenCV to automate video analysis by detecting scene changes, extracting keyframes, and generating a visual storyboard for quick review of narrative structure and cinematography.

    • Applied computer vision (OpenCV) for scene detection/keyframe extraction, automating video analysis and gaining insights into visual storytelling.

  • PDF-to-Structured-Markdown Converter for LLM Ingestion, Own Initiative

    Jun, 2024 - Jun, 202415 days

    Authored a Python script to parse complex PDFs (text, images, tables) and convert them into structured Markdown, optimizing content for LLM ingestion by preserving structure and handling diverse elements.

    • Enhanced PDF parsing (PyMuPDF/pdfminer.six), text processing with regex for data structuring, and preparing diverse data for LLM ingestion.

  • Anthropic Claude to AWS Bedrock API Proxy, Own Initiative

    Feb, 2024 - Mar, 20241 month

    Developed a Python-based reverse proxy (FastAPI/Flask) to bridge applications using Anthropic's direct Claude API with AWS Bedrock, handling request/response translation for seamless integration.

    • Gained experience in API design, request/response transformation, and building middleware for cloud AI service interoperability (Anthropic API, AWS Bedrock).

Skills

Skills

  • AI & Machine Learning

    Scikit-learn, Pandas, NumPy

    Supervised & Unsupervised Learning

    Multimodal Models

    Generative AI

    Computer Vision

    NLP

    Pose Estimation Applications

    Data Augmentation

    Data Preprocessing & Cleaning

  • Software Development & Programming

    Python

    AI-Assisted Coding: GitHub Copilot, RooCode, Claude Code

    Git & Version Control

    API Dev & Integration: FastAPI/Flask basics, REST APIs

    Web Scraping: Selenium, BeautifulSoup

    Cloud Platforms: AWS basics, Azure

    Docker Basics

    Dataiku Familiarity

  • Design, UX & Visual Arts

    UI/UX Principles

    Typography Principles

    User-Centered Design Thinking

    Photography & Image Capture

    Color Grading: Conceptual & Applied

  • Research & Development (R&D) Focus

    POC Development & Prototyping

    Experimental Design

    Literature Review & Technology Scouting

    Problem Solving & Analytical Thinking

Education

Education

  • High School Diploma, Bachillerato, Escuela Preparatoria #2 - Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan

    Aug, 2007 - Jun, 2009

  • Marketing & UI, Online Courses, CopySchool

    Jun, 2020 - Aug, 2020

    Master Gorgeous UI Design

    10x Funnels

    Smartphone Camera Technology

  • Software Development, Online Courses, Frontend Masters

    Jun, 2024 - Oct, 2024

    Complete Intro to Databases

    CSS Foundations

    Everything You'll Need to Know About Git

    DNS Course for Developers

Certificates

Certificates

Interests

Interests

  • Dance & Movement

    Contemporary DanceBachataChoreographyMovement AnalysisAI applications in dance
  • Artificial Intelligence & Technology

    Creative AIMultimodal AI SystemsHuman-Computer InteractionEthical AIGenerative Models