About

Hi, I'm Gilberto.

I'm a native Puerto Rican, a Christian, a U.S. military veteran, a husband, and a father based in the Nashville area. I'm also a software engineer and data scientist who has spent his career turning ideas into products that serve people.

I fell in love with computers in high school, but it wasn't until after my military service that I pursued it fully — earning a B.S. in Web Engineering, an M.S. in Data Science, and an M.S. in Software Engineering, all from Lipscomb University.

For nearly a decade I built machine-learning models and backend systems for major financial, healthcare, and manufacturing organizations — including UBS, Banco Santander, Wells Fargo, HCA, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona, and Toyota. Along the way I worked across healthcare integration, marketing-scale SaaS platforms, and data engineering, shipping reliable systems under real-world constraints.

Today I serve as Director of the M.S. in Applied Artificial Intelligence at Lipscomb University, where my goal is to prepare students as servant leaders who apply AI to real problems in the marketplace — ethically and responsibly. I also run Asyncrono LLC, building SaaS applications meant to serve a meaningful purpose.

My work is guided by a simple conviction:

Leveraging technology to transform ideas into products and services that better serve people in ethical and responsible ways — with applied artificial intelligence as the current lens.

When I'm not building or teaching, you'll find me spending time with my wife and daughter, and serving at my local church.

Education

Outstanding Senior of the Year (2015–16) · Upsilon Pi Epsilon · W.E.B. Du Bois Honor Society

Publications

Translating Data into Discovery: Level of Educational Attainment as a Suicide Risk Factor in the USA

Social Behavior Research and Practice · 2017

A Data Science Approach to Identify Previously Unknown Indicators for Suicide Prevention in the USA

International Clinical Pathology Journal · 2016