Mark Neil Pascual

Senior Data & AI Engineer · Philippines

Mark Neil Pascual

Data & AI Engineering · Applied Research

Building RAG systems, agentic workflows, and cloud-native data platforms across gaming, bioinformatics, and geospatial intelligence.

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NASA Global Winner — EO HackathonPeer-reviewed (DOI)ORCID verifiedM.IT · B.S. Cum Laude

Selected publication

Software, Data & Machine Learning Engineering
Journal of Engineering, Computing & Technology (JECT)

DOI: 10.65141/ject.v2i1.n1 · ORCID: 0009-0001-9232-6299

About

Cross-industry data & AI, built to ship

Senior Data & AI Engineer with cross-industry experience across bioinformatics, geospatial intelligence, gaming platforms, and enterprise systems. I build RAG systems, agentic workflows, and cloud-native data platforms that turn messy data into reliable, production-grade AI.

Core competencies

What I work with

AI & ML Engineering
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), multi-agent workflows, LLM integration, vector databases (FAISS, Pinecone, Weaviate)
Programming
Python (pandas, numpy, scikit-learn, statsmodels, FastAPI, Pydantic), SQL (Databricks, Delta Lake), CI/CD, Git workflow
Cloud Platforms
AWS, GCP (Vertex AI, BigQuery), Azure ML
Data Engineering
APIs, modern pipelines, observability, monitoring frameworks, real-time streaming (Kafka, Spark, Airflow)
Architecture
ML/DL system design, enterprise asset management systems, multi-tenant system design
Visualization & BI
Tableau, Power BI, Looker, Matplotlib, Plotly
Governance & Compliance
Data quality frameworks, regulatory compliance (HIPAA, PCI DSS, GDPR, ISO 27001, SOC 2)
Collaboration
Agile pods, cross-functional teams, stakeholder management, team leadership

Experience

Professional journey

2022 – 2025

Chief Data & Technology Officer · AI & Data Engineer

Jade Entertainment and Gaming Technologies, Inc.
  • Built data infrastructure and retrieval pipelines for a compliant, multi-country gaming platform, enabling real-time analytics and AI-powered features.
  • Architected multi-tenant data systems with secure isolation, scalable analytics, and faster onboarding.
  • Established data governance, monitoring, and observability frameworks ensuring compliance (PCI DSS, gaming regulations) and high-quality reporting.
  • Designed evaluation dashboards and monitoring pipelines using cloud-native technologies.
  • Led integration of global partners and game studios, improving telemetry instrumentation and data flow for faster feature delivery.
  • Developed cloud-based RAG pipelines supporting real-time analytics and LLM-driven player segmentation and predictive modeling.
2020 – 2022

Application Engineering Lead · AI & Data Engineer · Full Stack Engineer

Cirrolytix, Inc. (Research and Development)
Award-winning earth-observation and public-health data projects.
  • Project AEDES — Advanced Early Dengue Prediction and Exploration Service: predicted dengue cases from climate and digital data and pinpointed hotspots from satellite data to improve public-health response in the Philippines.
  • Global Winner — Mobility over Air Quality Index (MAQI), EO Dashboard Hackathon by NASA, ESA and JAXA (2021).
  • Global Nominee — Global HEARTBeat: Hazard Exposure and Resiliency Trends by Earth Observation, NASA Space Apps Challenge (2020).
2023

Bioinformatics · AI & Data Engineer

MaxGenLabs, Inc. (Nutrigenomics Lab)
Freelance / independent.
  • Designed AI algorithms and RAG pipelines for large-scale genomic data processing.
  • Integrated multi-source genomic datasets into cloud-native platforms (AWS/GCP), improving speed and reliability.
  • Applied DevOps and CI/CD best practices for continuous deployment across Kubernetes infrastructures.
2022

Web Scraping Engineer · AI & Data Engineer

Upwork — Job Listing Project
Freelance / independent.
  • Scraped and processed job listings with Python (Requests, BeautifulSoup, Selenium, Playwright).
  • Built FastAPI services with Pydantic models, delivering structured job data via APIs.
  • Designed ETL pipelines and retrieval systems integrating scraped data into cloud databases (PostgreSQL, AWS RDS).
2012 – 2018

IT Officer · Data Engineer

Meycauayan Water District (Government-owned utility, under LWUA)
  • Built data pipelines and geospatial dashboards that improved operational monitoring.
  • Implemented secure data storage aligned with government standards.
  • Improved reporting and analytics using SQL, Python, and data modelling.
  • Developed forecasting datasets and pipelines that supported planning and resource allocation.
2007 – 2011

IT Support Specialist

Freelance Consultants
  • IT service management, Autodesk & Adobe software, graphic design, technical support, home networking.
  • Supported data-driven workflows across Autodesk, Adobe, and networking environments.

Recognition

Honors & education

Education

Master of Information Technology
AMA University · Philippines
B.S. in Information Technology (Cum Laude)
ACLC College of Meycauayan · Philippines

Certifications

MAQI Hackathon — Winner Certificate
NASA · ESA · JAXA
LangGraph
LangChain
LangSmith
LangChain
Python (Core)
SoloLearn
Data Science
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SQL
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JavaScript
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HTML
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CSS
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PHP
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C++
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Projects

Selected work

Project AEDES
Advanced Early Dengue Prediction and Exploration Service — predicts dengue cases from climate and digital data and pinpoints hotspots from satellite imagery.
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World MAQI
Mobility over Air Quality Index — multi-mission earth-observation data visualization. Global Winner, NASA/ESA/JAXA EO Dashboard Hackathon 2021.
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Global HEARTBeat
Global Hazard Exposure and Resiliency Trends by Earth Observation and Analysis Tools. Global Nominee, NASA Space Apps Challenge 2020.
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Contact

Let's work together

Open to senior data & AI engineering roles and consulting. Reach me by email or connect on LinkedIn.

markneilpascual@gmail.com LinkedIn ORCID