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About

Nathan Luis Alvares - RPA & AI Practitioner

I build intelligent automation that removes repetitive work and unlocks time for people to do higher-value tasks. I specialise in Power Automate (Cloud & Desktop), Automation Anywhere and UiPath, and I combine document processing, integrations and AI to craft reliable end-to-end solutions.

Rookie of the Year 2024MSc Artificial Intelligence (ongoing)Available Sept 2025 - Ireland
92%
Power Automate
86%
Automation Anywhere
82%
UiPath
I enjoy combining OCR, AI Builder and workflow orchestration to create resilient automations. Outside work I train in Taekwondo and Archery ~ discipline that keeps my code sharp.

Education

M.Sc. in Artificial Intelligence
National College of Ireland
Modules:
Data Analytics for AIData Governance & EthicsProgramming for AIFoundations of AIEngineering & Evaluating AIAI-Driven Decision MakingEmerging AI Technologies & SustainabilityIntelligent Agents & Process Automation

Bootcamps:
PythonStatisticsTechnical Writing

Expected involvement: EpochDev (AI + ML Club), hackathons, collaborative research activities.
B.E. in Computer ScienceFirst Class Honours (1.1)
Padre Conceição College of Engineering
Final Year Project: Facial Recognition for Student Attendance (Jul 2022 - Jul 2023): Designed a facial recognition system using MTCNN + FaceNet + SVM; achieved 98% recognition accuracy on a custom dataset of 500+ student images.

Experience

Professional Experience

Tangentia
Canadian based global IT consulting and technology services firmGoa, IndiaOn-site
Junior

Junior Software Developer

April 2025 - Aug 2025
  • Promoted to the AI Practice Team after 12+ months; contributed to Automation Anywhere APA client use cases (self-learning), enhancing process efficiency by up to 40%.
  • Acted as Level 3 (L3) support for client projects, delivering 20+ change requests across 3 enterprise clients with high on-time completion and minimal post-release defects.
  • Delivered 20+ change requests across 3 enterprise clients, securing 100% on-time deployment with zero post-release defects.
  • Authored 10+ Technical Specification Documents (TSDs) and piloted 4 new tools (Bizagi, UiPath, Copilot Studio, Power Apps) to expand automation capabilities.
Junior

Junior Robotic Process Automation (RPA) / Artificial Intelligence (AI) Developer

Jan 2024 - Mar 2025
  • Awarded Rookie of the Year 2024 for impactful client solutions.
  • Led requirements-gathering sessions with clients, translating business needs into clear technical specifications and automation workflows.
  • Implemented data extraction and reporting workflows, minimising manual email handling by 80% (~15 hours saved per week).
  • Produced 1+ Solution Design Documents (SDDs) guiding projects worth €100k+ in client value.
  • Partnered with business analysts, testers, and developers to deliver 6+ automation use cases across SharePoint, OneDrive, Planner, and Outlook, cutting repetitive admin tasks by 30%.
  • Presented automation solutions to non-technical stakeholders, ensuring adoption and smooth handover.
Intern

Trainee RPA Developer

Sep 2023 - Jan 2024
  • Automated Attendance System: Built with Power Automate Desktop; maintained 100% on-time logging, reduced manual effort by 98%, and achieved 99.5% accuracy (maintained through Aug 2025).
  • Created 6 automation use-cases across SharePoint, OneDrive, Planner, and Outlook, cutting repetitive admin tasks by 30%.
  • Built 10+ bots in Power Automate Cloud & Desktop during training, achieving 95%+ accuracy in test scenarios.

Internship & Other Experience

MyCaptain
E-Learning ProvidersRemote (Goa, India)Remote
Intern

Java Programming Intern

Jul 2020 - Jul 2020
July 2020 - July 2020
  • Learned the basics of Java programming (constants, variables, operators) theoretically.
  • Downloaded and installed the IDE/JDK to run programs and prepare for guided mentoring.
  • Attended mentor meetings where doubts were resolved and topics beyond the book were explained.
  • Worked on projects:
    1. Running your first program
    2. Challenge: Methods and Packages
    3. Loops and arrays
    4. Class and objects
    5. Prime number challenge
    6. What is Fibonacci?
Verzeo
Indian EdTech startupRemote (Goa, India)Remote
Intern

Web Development Intern - Verzeo

Feb 2021 - Apr 2021
  • Applied HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Bootstrap to deliver two functional web projects during an 8-week internship.
Freethink LLP
IT services and IT ConsultingHybrid (Goa, India)Hybrid
Intern

Software Developer Intern - Freethink LLP

Aug 2022 - Oct 2022
  • Collaborated with a team of four to learn and implement Vue.js and its framework, Quasar, demonstrating the ability to work effectively in a team environment and quickly learn new technologies.
  • Successfully completed three projects, including a login page, table dashboard with filtering and sorting, and analytics charts using Google Charts.
  • Developed proficiency in project management and time management skills, delivering all projects on time and ensuring high-quality work.
  • Effectively documented work in a detailed report, showcasing strong communication skills and the ability to clearly articulate technical concepts and project details.
MyCaptain
E-Learning ProvidersRemote (Goa, India)Remote
Apprentice

Community Leader

Nov 2020 - Jan 2021
  • Promoted to the role of Community Leader, demonstrating strong leadership skills and a track record of success.
  • Managed a team to achieve sales goals, showcasing management and communication skills.
Apprentice

Campus Ambassador

Oct 2020 - Nov 2020
  • Completed marketing projects; sold over 10 individual courses and 5 course packs.

Skills

Automation & RPA

Power Automate (Cloud and Desktop)
Automation Anywhere
UiPath
PixieBrix
BotCity

Programming & ML

Python
JavaScript
Scikit-learn / TensorFlow
PyTorch
C / C++

Cloud & Data

SharePoint / OneDrive
AWS S3
Process Mining (PoC)
Big Data (intro)

Document Automation

Microsoft AI Builder
OCR / ICR / IDP
Document Processing Workflows

Databases

SQL Server
MySQL
PostgreSQL

Integration & Dev Tools

JSON / XML
Microsoft 365 (Outlook, Teams, Planner)
Git / GitHub
AI Agents (Copilot Studio)
Agile / Scrum & Technical Docs (SDD/TSD)

Currently learning

Power AppsBlue PrismMicrosoft Copilot StudioPower BI

Certifications

Agentic Process Automation Developer Masterclass
Automation Anywhere
May 2025
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Agentic Process Automation Leader Masterclass
Automation Anywhere
May 2025
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Bot Games Challenges
Automation Anywhere
Nov 2024 - Present
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Document Automation Masterclass
Automation Anywhere
Nov 2024
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PixieBrix Professional Certification
PixieBrix
Sept 2024
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PixieBrix + AI Certification
PixieBrix
Sept 2024
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UiPath RPA Course Certificates
Coursera
July 2024 - Present
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Microsoft Applied Skills: Create and manage automated processes by using Power Automate
Microsoft
Jan 2024
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Badges

Awards, Community & Activities

Sept 2025 - Present
Activities & Interests
National College of Ireland
Pursuing Taekwondo, Archery and Basketball to develop discipline, focus and teamwork.Ongoing
Oct 2023 - Present
Power Automate Super User (3x)
Microsoft
Recognised by Microsoft for expertise & community contributions across multiple seasons.Ongoing
Feb 2025
RPA Workshop Presenter
Tangentia & AITD
Subject Matter Expert presenter at Agnel Institute of Technology & Design.
Jan 2025
Rookie of the Year 2024
Tangentia
Awarded by CEO Vijay Thomas for delivering high-impact automation solutions.

Projects

Client projects

Porter Airlines

Nov 2024 - Aug 2025

Streamlined vendor invoice handling using Automation Anywhere and Document Automation, achieving 95-98% accuracy while processing 1,000+ invoices per month. Integrated AWS S3 for secure storage and scalability.

Sahu Global

Oct 2024 - Feb 2025

Designed invoice automation with Power Automate Desktop and AI Builder, improving accuracy to 95-98% and reducing manual effort. Contributed as Solution Architect.

Bank Automation Migration (Bhandari Automobiles)

Jan 2024 - Jan 2025

Migrated workflows from Automation Anywhere to Power Automate Desktop, improving scalability and enabling cloud integration.

Invoice Processing PoC (WIKA India)

Oct 2024 - Nov 2024

Implemented an invoice automation PoC using Power Automate and AI Builder; reduced processing time from 1 hour to under 5 minutes with OCR and ICR at roughly 95-98% accuracy.

Invoice Download & Data Entry Migration

Apr 2024 - May 2024

Rebuilt invoice workflows in Power Automate Desktop to streamline extraction and Excel entry, improving reliability and throughput.

Academic projects

EEAI: Multi-Label Email Classification System

Mar 2026

A multi-label email classification system with chained and hierarchical modelling paths, reusable TF-IDF dataset building, and exportable evaluation metrics.

Surge Pricing Optimization Using Reinforcement Learning & Markov Decision Processes

Mar 2026 - Apr 2026

Designed a surge pricing optimisation model for rideshare demand using a 36-state MDP over 693,000+ Uber and Lyft trips from Boston. Compared Policy Iteration and Value Iteration, built an empirical state transition matrix, and achieved about 20% revenue improvement over baseline pricing while maintaining market stability.

Airline Disruption Optimization using Mixed Integer Programming

Feb 2026 - Mar 2026

Built a mixed-integer optimisation model for airline schedule recovery across 608 flights and 35 airports. The model handled cancellation decisions, flow balance, aircraft connections, and airport capacity constraints, with sensitivity analysis across 21 disruption levels and AMPL plus HiGHS as the solver stack.

Investigating AI-Based Recommendation Systems: Challenges, Approaches, and Future Directions

Jan 2026

A review project on recommendation systems covering matrix factorisation, item-based collaborative filtering, Neural Collaborative Filtering, Wide & Deep models, and YouTube-style two-stage architectures. It also analysed cold start, sparsity, fairness, bias, filter bubbles, scalability, and the gap between offline metrics and real business outcomes.

Chicago Weather, Crime, and Crash Analytics

Nov 2025 - Dec 2025

Built an end-to-end data engineering pipeline to study weather and urban safety in Chicago from 2001 to 2025. Integrated 8.5M crime records, 700K crashes, and 24 years of hourly weather data with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Dagster, Plotly, and Streamlit.

Predictive Modelling and Forecasting of PM2.5 Air Quality in Dublin City

Nov 2025 - Dec 2025

Analysed and predicted PM2.5 air quality in Dublin using more than five million raw measurements. Compared nine ML models and several forecasting approaches, with Gradient Boosting and an ensemble forecast performing best for accurate short-term prediction.

Open Finance under FiDA: Governance, Ethics & Sustainable Development

Oct 2025 - Nov 2025

Peer-reviewed research on the EU's proposed FiDA regulation and its impact on governance, data protection, ethics, and sustainable development. The work examined global open finance models and data lifecycle security, while also evaluating fairness, accountability, consumer trust, and Big Tech power.

Towards Real-Time Cardiac Digital Twins: Aligning AI Models with Clinical Requirements

Oct 2025 - Nov 2025

Reviewed AI approaches for real-time cardiac digital twins that could support clinicians without slow or invasive simulations. Compared nine methods across accuracy, speed, interpretability, and workflow fit, with HeartSimSage emerging as the strongest option for near real-time cardiac mechanics prediction.

Final Year Project - Facial Recognition for Attendance

Jul 2022 - Jul 2023

Designed a facial recognition system using MTCNN + FaceNet + SVM, achieving 98% recognition accuracy on a custom dataset of 500+ student images.

Clothing Management System

Sep 2021 - Oct 2021

C# Windows Forms app with login, billing, and customer management.

Bookshop Management System

Sep 2020 - Oct 2020

C++ project for book inventory and sales management.

Personal projects

Portfolio website

Oct 2025

A modern portfolio site showcasing projects, interactive J.A.R.V.I.S-themed UI, and a serverless contact form (Vercel) with Node/Nodemailer backend. Built with vanilla HTML/CSS/JS and Three.js for lightweight 3D visuals.

Labhair (Built at Craicathon)

Mar 2026

Built in 5-6 hours at my first hackathon with Frank O'Kelly and Joseph McSweeney, guided by Patrick Curran. Labhair is a voice-first Irish learning app with AI conversation, speech input, voice playback, Culture Cards, and a Pint Dash mini game.

Agent League 2026 - Chaos Kitchen - Interactive Cooking Game (React + TypeScript)

Feb 2026

An interactive cooking game built with React, TypeScript, and Vite for the GitHub Copilot Creative Apps Challenge. It uses Ollama and Mistral to generate recipes dynamically, combines agent-style prompt flows with modular mini-games, and was designed for offline, low-latency AI generation.

Cú Chain

Mar 2026

A governance and treasury tool for GAA clubs on Solana, built for the Colosseum Solana Hackathon 2026. It includes multi-sig treasury approvals, on-chain AGM voting, automated grant reporting, inter-club payment rails, and NFT membership credentials.

QSTP 2023 Calculator

Aug 2023

Calculator built with HTML, CSS and JavaScript - supports basic arithmetic, keyboard input and a clean responsive UI for mobile and desktop.

ChatGPT SEO Article Generator

Mar 2023

A Streamlit + Python app that uses ChatGPT to generate SEO-optimised articles. Includes prompts, templates and simple UI to set tone, keywords and length.

Internship-nucleus-project

Jan 2023

Internship project focused on automating core processes and building proof-of-concept tools to streamline team workflows, including data ingestion and processing pipelines.

Internship-demo-project

Jan 2023

A compact demo repository from internship work demonstrating integration with internal APIs and a lightweight dashboard for visualising results.

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