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The technology behind it
has a name.

SMCS is not an agency. It's a senior Data Scientist delivering personally — with the depth of someone who led projects at EY, Dell EMC, and major Latin American enterprises.

Marcelo Sá Monte, founder of SMCS

Why SMCS exists

If you made it here, you have probably felt it: AI has never been this accessible — and turning it into results has never been this hard. A new tool ships every month, every vendor promises a revolution, and most projects die between the pilot and production. Not for lack of technology — for lack of someone who knows how to cross that gap.

I have spent about 30 years crossing gaps like that: IT, Data Science and AI programs at companies where mistakes are expensive — EY, Vale, Dell, iBest, UOL. I learned that what separates a pretty pilot from a system that runs every day is not the model; it is engineering discipline: reliable data, tests, deployment, monitoring — and someone senior answering for the result.

I created SMCS to combine that experience with what is newest: intensive use of AI agents and frontier models inside the delivery process itself. The factory I offer clients is the same one I run inside — agents build, test and review under my direction. That is why I deliver in days what used to take months, with more quality, not less.

The invitation is simple: bring the problem. In a 30-minute conversation I will tell you what AI can do about it — and what it cannot.

Marcelo Sá Monte
Founder & Senior Data Scientist
UNICAMP MSc Dell EMC Certified DS ≈30 yrs · IT, Data & AI LATAM

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Areas of Expertise

Models & Algorithms
Machine Learning & AI
NLP & LLM
Forecasting & Optimization
Mathematical Optimization
Engineering & Platform
Data Engineering
MLOps & Deploy
Cloud & Infrastructure
Analytics & Power BI
Application & People
Agents & Automation
Corporate Training
Pricing & Revenue

Track Record

2023 — present
SMCS · AI Factory Founder & Senior Data Scientist

Founded the SMCS AI Factory: product build and hands-on delivery capability — Sofia (SaaS), agents, document intelligence and LLM automation. From problem to prototype in days, without big-team overhead.

AI Agents FastAPI LLM Python
2021 — 2022
EY Data Science Manager

In the EY context: managed 4 simultaneous projects — global iron ore forecasting, D2C price optimization, labor/tax analytics and model migration to Azure. Projects led as a Data Science Manager at EY, for clients such as Vale and Ultragaz.

Azure Forecasting MLOps Scrum
2010 — 2021
Dell EMC Data Scientist & Instructor

Certified Data Scientist and senior instructor for 11 years. Delivered 250+ courses across the Americas, certifying 500+ professionals in Data Science, Big Data and Analytics.

Data Science Big Data Databricks Training

Academic Background

UNICAMP
Master's — Operations Research, Applied Mathematics
1992 — 1995
UNICAMP
Bachelor's — Applied Mathematics
1989 — 1992

Let's build something together?

You have the problem. I deliver the solution — running in days.

Talk to Marcelo