Guest lecture by alumnus Mario Corchero

Roberto Rodríguez Echeverría and José María Conejero Manzano have organized a guest lecture by UEx alumnus Mario Corchero for current students. Mario currently works at Bloomberg and in his talk he wants to show our students how the courses he took in the degree program have been useful for solving real-world problems and challenges he has encountered in his work at Bloomberg. He will be joined by Javier Zugasti to tell you about the job opportunities Bloomberg offers.

The talk will take place on Tuesday, November 29, at 5:30 PM in the Auditorium of the Polytechnic School.

Although initially aimed at 3rd and 4th year students, it can be beneficial for any student, regardless of their year.

Mario Corchero is a Senior Software Developer at Bloomberg. He leads the Python infrastructure team, enabling the company to work effectively in Python, building company-wide libraries and tools. His professional experience resides mainly in Python and C++, and he has contributed some patches to multiple Python open source projects.

Javier Zugasti holds a degree in Senior Telecommunications Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid. After two years working in Germany in the automotive sector, Javier has spent 12 years working at Bloomberg Engineering as a software developer and managing engineering teams producing financial applications for the Bloomberg Terminal. The last 3 of those years managing the News Production Engineering department that supports the nearly 4000 journalists around the world responsible for creating Bloomberg News content.

Update: the event was a resounding success!

If you are interested in their internships or job positions, you can find more information here:

• all the information.
• the poster QR code link.