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Jethro
Velasco

IT Programmer & Data Analyst

Results-driven professional with experience in FinTech and Banking — turning data into decisions and risk into resilience.

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8+ Years Experience
3 Companies
2× Hackathon Placer
Career

Work Experience

Jan 2023 — Oct 2025 GCash

Lead, Site Reliability Engineer Fund Risk

  • Led creation of analysis & evaluation documents across Online Payment, Offline Payment, Cards, Buy Load, Bills Payment, Merchant Innovations, and B2B services.
  • Developed internal alerts for potential Fund Loss use cases.
  • Monitored, mitigated, prevented, and recovered Fund Losses.
  • Collaborated cross-functionally to assess risks in system design and manual processes.
  • Automated internal manual processes using Google Apps Script.
🏆 1st Runner Up — Gen AI Hackathon 2024
🥉 3rd Runner Up — AI/ML Hackathon 2023
Jul 2021 — Sep 2022 Robinsons Bank

Programmer / Analyst

  • Created and maintained biller validations and related documentation.
  • Fixed a critical report generator used in operations (Java, MSSQL, Oracle Toad).
  • Developed additional features for monitoring tools to support operations.
Aug 2017 — Jun 2021 UnionBank PH

Associate Capability Developer

  • Enhanced B2B and EIPP corporate websites (VB.Net, MSSQL).
  • Developed solutions for online tax payments and payment channel integrations.
  • Created services for data migration and client notification using AWS.
🏅 Bank Heroes 2021 Awardee
Languages
PythonSQLJavaC#VB.NetMSSQL
Expertise
Risk AssessmentData AnalyticsML / Predictive ModelingTeam LeadershipSystem Design
Work

Portfolio

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Kaggle Projects

Data science notebooks covering predictive modeling, EDA, and machine learning challenges.

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Fund Loss Alert System

Built internal alerting infrastructure at GCash to detect, flag, and recover potential fund loss events across multiple payment channels.

GCash · Internal
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Gen AI Hackathon Project

1st Runner Up solution at GCash iGnite Innovation Summit 2024 leveraging generative AI for operational improvements.

GCash · 2024
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AI/ML Hackathon Project

3rd Runner Up solution at GCash iGnite Innovation Summit 2023 applying machine learning to FinTech risk scenarios.

GCash · 2023
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Process Automation Suite

Automated manual internal workflows at GCash using Google Apps Script, reducing operational overhead significantly.

GCash · Internal
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Tax Payment Integration

Developed end-to-end solutions for online tax payments and payment channel integrations at UnionBank Philippines.

UnionBank · 2019
Hobby

Photography

Moments captured through a hobbyist's lens.

Great Blue Heron hunting for its prey
Great Blue Heron
Meerkat
Meerkat
Arowana
Arowana
Ferret
Ferret
Shoebill
Shoebill
Ring-Tailed Lemur
Ring-Tailed Lemur
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Get in Touch

Open to new opportunities, collaborations, or just a conversation about technology and business.

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