Problem Solver

John Paul Curada

Curious. Driven. Competent.

I build practical systems at the intersection of data, agents, and the Filipino tech community — a published researcher and competition-winning AI/ML developer.

John Paul Curada
Previous Organizations
FTAPDataCamp DonatesAWS Cloud Club PUPGDG On Campus PUP

Highlights

What I'm known for
Professional

Where I've Worked

From industry internships to international ML teams — the full professional track.

Work & education

IT - Data and Artificial Intelligence Intern

September 2025 — March 2026
  • Built a geospatial data mining pipeline using Computer Vision and Google Earth Engine to extract infrastructure data from satellite maps; utilized Levenshtein distance to ensure high-accuracy data loading into BigQuery.
  • Developed a high-precision OCR platform powered by Tesseract.js and Docling to automate and validate data extraction from power billing statements. Implemented a bounding box annotation system to target specific document regions, integrating PyMuPDF for seamless document processing and LLM-ready data preparation.
  • Conducted R&D on multi-agent workflows using LangGraph, Flowise, and Pydantic AI to develop an in-house Agentic Data Analyst platform. This tool automates data extraction from Excel, CSV, and BigQuery to generate visualizations and key insights. Successfully deployed the system on GCP using Docker and Google Artifact Registry, integrating Okta authentication to ensure secure, employee-only access.
Beyond the technical tools, this experience taught me the true value of soft skills. I learned the importance of proper communication with the team and with the stakeholders and how to approach complex problems.

Freelance AI/ML Python Developer

October 2024 — August 2025
  • Developed YOLOv8 real-time fabric defect detection system achieving 94% accuracy with 45ms inference time using Ultralytics and ONNX optimization, deployed via Streamlit admin interface with Roboflow integration, reducing manual inspection time by 60%
  • Evaluated and implemented transfer learning on TensorFlow Model Garden CNNs for custom fabric dataset using TensorFlow/Keras, improving classification performance by 23% over baseline models
  • Built end-to-end IoT fire detection system with Supabase backend, Streamlit interface, and scikit-learn Random Forest classifier achieving 89% detection accuracy for real-time emergency response

Junior Machine Learning Engineer (Project Based)

August 2023 — November 2024
  • Personal Injury Claims Valuation (US): Conducted comprehensive EDA with boxplot/whisker visualizations for outlier detection and statistical analysis, contributing to ensemble ML-based legal compensation prediction model (Random Forest, XGBoost, Linear Regression) achieving 82% accuracy with RMSE optimization
  • Tuberculosis Analysis Platform (Nigeria): Led data preparation team, automated Excel-to-unified format processing using Pandas reducing data cleaning time by 80%, developed interactive PyGWalker/Plotly dashboard with time-series analysis deployed via Streamlit Cloud
  • Mango Leaf Disease Detection (Bangladesh): Spearheaded EDA and built custom CNN dataset loading pipeline using TensorFlow/Keras ImageDataGenerator for agricultural computer vision model, implementing data augmentation (rotation, flip, zoom) and transfer learning (ResNet50, MobileNetV2) enabling real-time disease classification with 91% accuracy
  • Climate Data Analytics (São Paulo, Brazil): Engineered weather data retrieval system for 645 regions spanning 23 years (2000-2023) using OpenStreet/Weather APIs with custom data manipulation functions (Pandas, NumPy), implementing time-series forecasting (ARIMA, Prophet) processing 15,000+ data points daily
Curation

Works

AI/ML systems, research, and tools — built to actually be used.

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Excellence

Competitions & Awards

A track record across national and international hackathons and datathons.

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Credentials

Certifications

Verified credentials in cloud, data, and machine learning.

Advocacy

Recent Talks

Sharing what I know — Python, ML, and cloud — with the community.

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TALK
March 28, 2026, 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
PUP Statistics Students' Clique

Statistical Practice in an AI-Powered Future

StatFlux: The Future of Data Practice

A guest talk on where statistical practice is headed as AI tools become part of everyday analysis — what stays essential, what changes, and how practitioners should adapt.

Online
guest-speakerstatisticsai
AWS Essentials: Your Gateway to the Cloud
August 29, 2025, 8:00 PM
AWS Learning Club — USLT Chapter

AWS Essentials: Your Gateway to the Cloud

AWS Essentials: Your Gateway to the Cloud

A guest talk introducing core AWS concepts — what the cloud is, how AWS is structured, and how students can start building on it — delivered to the USLT Chapter of the AWS Learning Club.

Google Meet
guest-speakerawscloud
Git Going With GitHub
August 27, 2025
AWS Learning Club — Legarda

Git Going With GitHub

Git Going With GitHub

A guest talk on Git and GitHub fundamentals — version control basics, branching, collaboration workflows, and getting comfortable with GitHub as a daily tool.

Online
guest-speakergitgithub
Purpose

Community Impact

Leadership and advocacy across the Filipino tech community.

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Education Summit Facilitator

2026 — 2026
  • Facilitated sessions at the Education Summit track, keeping discussions on track and making sure speakers and participants could engage meaningfully.
  • Helped coordinate the flow of the summit — from session transitions to Q&A management.
Got to be part of a regional conversation on Python education — connecting with educators and practitioners from across Asia who are working on the same problems.
Event Gallery
PythonAsia 2026 event 1
PythonAsia 2026 event 2

Event Facilitator

2025 — 2025
  • Facilitated event sessions and kept the program running smoothly across different activity tracks.
  • Supported participants during the Huddle and Build phases — making sure teams had what they needed to work and present their outputs.
Helped run an event that got Filipino students to sit down, think, and actually build something — not just attend a talk.
Event Gallery
Filipinovation HABI 2025 event 1
Filipinovation HABI 2025 event 2

DataCamp Donates Student Ambassador

2024 — 2025
  • Distributed DataCamp Donates scholarships to 500 students from PUP and 500 students from outside in underserved communities who otherwise wouldn't have access to data education.
  • Used datathon winnings and ambassador network to reach learners in areas with limited tech education resources.
  • Promoted data literacy and encouraged scholarship recipients to complete learning tracks on the platform.
Got free data education into the hands of people who actually needed it — not just students who already had access to resources.

What People Say

Mentors · Teammates · Clients

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Alfie Econg
AVP Data Analytics - FTAP

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Rex Gregor Laylo
Data Scientist - FTAP

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GA
Giorgio Armani
Senior Data Scientist EY-GDS, Founder @JuanderGo

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MA
Mark Achilles Flores
Cloud Engineer

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Louie Miguel
Fullstack Engineer

Working with JP has been a great experience. He is highly skilled in building systems, creating models, and applying AI effectively. As a teammate, I saw how he refines ideas, plans the flow carefully, considers different possibilities, and prepares the team well for questions from the judges. JP is a reliable and talented person who truly helps make projects successful.

KL
Kyne Laggui
Fullstack Developer

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Adrian San Juan
Electrical Engineer - SeekLiyab Project

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MC
Marie Criz Zaragoza
AWSCCPUP Captain 2026
Open to Collaborate

Let's build something that actually ships.

Whether it's an ML system, a data pipeline, or a research collaboration — I'm always up for practical work with real impact. Let's talk.

Contact

Open to collaborations on AI/ML, full-stack work, and student community projects. Pick the inquiry type and I'll route accordingly.