César Zarini
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RésuméData analysis · Business administration · Innovation

César Alberto Zarini

BI Consultant, Data Analyst & Applied AI

Since 2019 I have led the data analytics area of the Municipality of Vicente López (over 270,000 residents), where I built the management indicator system from scratch: data modeling, ETL, Power BI dashboards and per-visual interpretation guides. I don't just deliver the dashboard: I deliver the narrative analysis and the reading guide for whoever makes the decision. Thirty years of business administration in Argentina and the United States —human resources, commercial real estate, management systems and public finance— let me understand the business before modeling its data. Since 2024 artificial intelligence has been part of my daily work: AI-assisted software development, agents and process automation.

Location
Buenos Aires, Argentina · Remote or hybrid
Languages
  • Spanish · native
  • English · fluent (4 years working in the U.S.)
Phone
+54 11 5956-0178
Portrait of César Zarini

Most dashboards don't fail because of the data. They fail because nobody knows what to do with them on Monday morning.

  • 270,000+residents covered by the management indicator system I built from scratch
  • +69%commercial debt recovery vs. the previous year (2014)
  • −40%petty-cash spending after a new control (2016–2019)
  • 30years of business administration in Argentina and the U.S.

How I work

  • Closing the gap between data and decision

    I don't hand over a dashboard: I hand over how to read it, with narrative analysis and an interpretation guide for each visual.

  • The business before the data

    Thirty years running businesses across several sectors: before modeling data, I understand the business behind it.

  • Technical autonomy

    I design and build the complete solution when the analysis calls for it —data model, ETL, backend and application. I don't depend on a third party to reach the data.

  • AI with judgment

    Since 2024 I have worked daily with artificial intelligence —Claude, Claude Code, Gemini— to build software, run agents and automate processes: to amplify professional judgment, not to replace it.

Focus

BI analyst and consultant: from raw data to the dashboard people actually use to decide.

Pick the focus closest to your search: the order of the areas —and the PDF— adapts.

Data & Business Intelligence

The full data cycle with Power BI: from source to model, from model to dashboard, from dashboard to decision.

  • Head of the data analytics area of the Municipality of Vicente López: management indicator system built from scratch, with data modeling, ETL, dashboards and per-visual interpretation guides.

    Municipalidad de Vicente López · 2019–present
  • Full Power BI cycle: modeling, entity-relationship diagrams, visuals, reports and insight analysis.

    Municipalidad de Vicente López · 2019–present
  • Separate dashboards for operational and executive audiences; KPIs and OKRs applied to public management; cross-analysis of operational and hierarchical performance.

    Municipalidad de Vicente López · 2019–present
  • Analytics experience in health (pandemic), sales (revenue, stock, expenses), finance (account statements, banking) and CRM (events, geolocation).

  • At ZARIS Consultora: data model diagnosis (what is measured, what should be, and what is measured wrong), dashboards with dimensional modeling and ETL from the source, and guides so the dashboard survives staff turnover.

    ZARIS Consultora · 2026–present

Projects

Data analysis

Case Processing & Document Management

Dashboard that monitors all case processing and document management across the municipality, covering every procedure: open cases and their age by location, inflows vs. outflows and accumulated backlog, case flow between departments, and resolution times for closed cases.

Data visualization

COVID-19

Power BI dashboards to track the pandemic from multiple sources: cases in Vicente López, confirmed-case detail, ICU occupancy, community events, Health Region V, Greater Buenos Aires, national cases and vaccination.

Performance measurement

Management Monitor

Analysis of citizen demand and of the municipality's response in Vicente López. The dashboards are the data source for a detailed analysis of every indicator —incidents by area, locality and channel, resolution times, closure and service levels— and of closing-survey results, which validate the measured performance. It is a report for the Chief of Staff's Office, under the Mayor's review. It rests on a four-part standard of my own: digital interaction, contact matched against the Single Resident Database, registered request and closing survey.

AI & Automation

Since 2024, AI as an everyday working tool: software development, agents and process automation.

  • AI-assisted software development (vibe coding) with Claude Code: design, build and production deployment of complete applications —front end, back end, database and deployment— starting from the functional specification.

  • Platforms built this way: ZARIS Gestión Estado for municipalities, ZARIS ERP, and progressive web apps for residents and for municipal staff.

  • AI agents that operate real tools through MCP (Model Context Protocol): Power BI semantic models, databases and the browser, with verification rules so the agent never asserts without checking.

  • Report automation: the monthly Management Monitor is generated automatically, from the data extracted from Power BI to the final presentation.

    Municipalidad de Vicente López · 2019–present
  • Processes built on large language models (LLMs): automatic reading, classification and scoring of information against rules, and generation of tailored documents.

  • Generative AI applied to analysis: technical writing, narrative indicator analysis, infographics and visual content.

Public Finance & Oversight

At the Municipality of Vicente López since 2013: revenue, collections, accountability and performance measurement.

  • Director of Account Settlements, leading a team of 10: compliance with the accounting regulations of the Province of Buenos Aires.

    Municipalidad de Vicente López · 2016–2019
  • New petty-cash control that cut spending by 40%; the Directorate's 2018 audit by the Court of Accounts of the Province of Buenos Aires was passed with no observations.

    Municipalidad de Vicente López · 2016–2019
  • CONRENDI digital payment verification system, replacing the paper archive.

    Municipalidad de Vicente López · 2016–2019
  • Director of Debt Collection Management, leading a team of 8: bank-style collections management; commercial debt recovery +69% and on-time payments +65% vs. the previous year (2014).

    Municipalidad de Vicente López · 2014–2015
  • Project lead for the complaints management dashboard, together with CECOM.

    Municipalidad de Vicente López · 2014–2015
  • Data consultant to the Treasury Department: tax analysis, revenue and debt recovery; tax conflict management system (FIS2) and top-debtor reports.

    Municipalidad de Vicente López · 2013

Projects

Management

Overhaul of the Account Settlements Directorate

As Director of Account Settlements (2016–2019) I led a full reorganization of the department's archive, pending for 20 years and done at no cost to the municipality: removal of abandoned installations, disposal of 30 tonnes of records in four trucks, purge of 3,600 case files and recovery of 400 m² of archive space. Complete office renovation: climate control, lighting, flooring, furniture, computers, a 24-workstation network and security cameras.

Technology, Systems & Processes

Implementing management systems, databases and processes, designed from the analysis up.

  • Commercial management ERP implementations in restaurants, supermarkets, retail, distributors, manufacturers, food wholesalers and auto parts sales, among other industries.

    Revosolution · 2005–2017
  • Custom point-of-sale systems: barcode scanning, fiscal invoicing, networked scales and wireless price checkers.

    Revosolution · 2005–2017
  • Implementation of a property management system for the shopping centers in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

    ARGENTEX Inc. · 62nd Street Plaza · 2001–2005
  • Functional analyst for commercial management systems in supermarkets, cold storage and meat and cold-cut sales.

    Revosolution · 2005–2017
  • Implementation of the Stradivarius business management system and of tax and social security calculation workbooks.

    Editores Cuatro S.A. (Kairos) · 1996–2000
  • Design of federated people databases: a single base shared by many organizational units, accessed through APIs.

  • Through ZARIS Consultora, our own management platforms: ZARIS Gestión Estado for municipalities, and ZARIS ERP and ZARIS de Venta for businesses. zaris.com.ar/#soluciones

    ZARIS Consultora · 2026–present

Projects

API & data design

Single Resident Database

Data federation across the organization: a transactional database that brings together the records of everyone who interacts with the municipality, coming from many systems and units. Access, creation and updates go through APIs connected to forms, with business rules to query, validate and register.

Leadership & People Management

Leading teams and organizations in Argentina, Latin America and the United States.

  • Head of Personnel for Latin America at a multinational publishing group: 800 employees across the region and the merger of two companies of 400 employees each.

    Editores Cuatro S.A. (Kairos) · 1996–2000
  • Payroll and social security contributions, recruitment, and a time-and-attendance system.

    Editores Cuatro S.A. (Kairos) · 1996–2000
  • General Manager in Fort Lauderdale, Florida: full administration of two shopping centers.

    ARGENTEX Inc. · 62nd Street Plaza · 2001–2005
  • Head of Commercial Operations at Revosolution, a management systems consultancy for small and mid-sized businesses.

    Revosolution · 2005–2017
  • Municipal directorates with teams of 8 and 10 people.

    Municipalidad de Vicente López · 2016–2019
  • Vehicle fleet administration and marina complex management.

Finance & Real Estate

Accounting, rental income and real estate, with licenses obtained in Florida.

  • Operations and rent management for two shopping centers in Fort Lauderdale: collections, operating expenses and occupancy statistics.

    ARGENTEX Inc. · 62nd Street Plaza · 2001–2005
  • Financial analysis and collections management: USD 400,000 recovered.

    ARGENTEX Inc. · 62nd Street Plaza · 2001–2005
  • Four years as a Real Estate Broker and Mortgage Broker in the state of Florida: property sales, market analysis and mortgage loan advisory.

  • Accounting: balance sheets, bank reconciliations, financial projections, tax and social security filings.

  • Bank-style collections and debt recovery in the public sector.

    Municipalidad de Vicente López · 2014–2015
  • Financial data analysis: account statements and banking; rental income, occupancy rates and rent collection optimization.

Additional Skills

What I bring beyond the office.

  • Professional drone (UAV) pilot certified by Argentina's civil aviation authority (ANAC), categories A, B and C (up to 25 kg), since 2021: aerial imaging and video post-production.

Career

Retail, publishing, commercial real estate, technology and government: everywhere I left solutions that kept working afterwards.

  1. 2026–present

    Founder · BI & Data Analytics Consultant

    ZARIS Consultora · Buenos Aires

    Business Intelligence and data analytics consulting for companies and organizations that have data but no answers.

    • Data & Business Intelligence
    • AI & Automation
    • Technology, Systems & Processes
  2. 2019–present

    Director of Data Analytics

    Municipalidad de Vicente López · Vicente López, Buenos Aires

    Head of data analytics for a municipality of over 270,000 residents.

    • Data & Business Intelligence
    • Public Finance & Oversight
    • AI & Automation
  3. 2016–2019

    Director of Account Settlements

    Municipalidad de Vicente López · Vicente López, Buenos Aires

    Accounting control of municipal spending, leading a team of 10.

    • Public Finance & Oversight
    • Finance & Real Estate
    • Leadership & People Management
  4. 2014–2015

    Director of Debt Collection Management

    Municipalidad de Vicente López · Vicente López, Buenos Aires

    Bank-style collections management, leading a team of 8.

    • Public Finance & Oversight
    • Finance & Real Estate
    • Data & Business Intelligence
  5. 2013

    Lead Data Analyst · Treasury Department

    Municipalidad de Vicente López · Vicente López, Buenos Aires

    Data consultant to the Treasury Department.

    • Public Finance & Oversight
    • Data & Business Intelligence
  6. 2005–2017

    Head of Commercial Operations

    Revosolution · Buenos Aires

    Consulting firm for management systems and IT solutions for small and mid-sized businesses.

    • Technology, Systems & Processes
    • Leadership & People Management
  7. 2001–2005

    General Manager

    ARGENTEX Inc. · 62nd Street Plaza · Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

    Administration of two shopping centers: rents, collections, expenses and occupancy.

    • Finance & Real Estate
    • Leadership & People Management
  8. 1996–2000

    Head of Personnel

    Editores Cuatro S.A. (Kairos) · Buenos Aires

    Human resources for a publishing group operating across Latin America.

    • Leadership & People Management
    • Technology, Systems & Processes

Professional strengths

Taking on very hard challenges has been a constant in my career. I approached them with inventiveness, practicality and knowledge, to overcome each one and leave behind independent, lasting solutions.

  • Integrated, strategic view

    Understanding and improving organizations from several angles —financial, operational, human and technological— a capability built in senior management and consulting roles across industries.

  • Decisive leadership

    Managing large, multicultural teams and directing complex projects, seeing demanding initiatives through with consistency and perseverance.

  • Practical innovation

    Solving problems through the smart use of technology, process redesign and new methods.

  • Analytical rigor

    Interpreting complex data ecosystems and identifying the key indicators that define an organization's success, grounded in a graduate degree in Tax Administration.

Skills

  • Microsoft Power BI
  • Business Intelligence
  • Data Modeling
  • Artificial Intelligence

Tools

  • Power BI (Desktop, Service, Gateways)
  • DAX
  • Power Query (M)
  • SQL
  • Python
  • R
  • Advanced Excel
  • Tableau
  • QGIS
  • SAP Tools

Artificial Intelligence

  • Claude
  • Claude Code
  • Gemini
  • Vibe coding
  • AI Agents
  • MCP (Model Context Protocol)
  • LLM Automation
  • Prompt Engineering

Methods

  • Star Schema
  • ETL
  • Data Cleansing
  • Data Warehousing
  • Data Quality
  • Data Governance
  • KPI Definition
  • Dashboard Design
  • Automated Reporting
  • Trend Analysis

Business

  • Data Storytelling
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Requirements Gathering
  • Insight Generation

Education

  1. 2020

    Data Analytics & Business Intelligence

    Digital House Coding School

    Certificate in data analytics, data science and visualization: Power BI, Tableau and MySQL.

  2. 2014

    Graduate Program in Subnational Tax Administration

    UNTREF · CeATS

    National University of Tres de Febrero and the Center for Subnational Tax Administrations.

  3. 2003

    Real Estate & Mortgage Broker Licenses

    Gold Coast Schools · Florida, USA

    Property management and sales, and mortgage lending.

  4. 1989

    Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration

    University of Buenos Aires

Languages

  • Spanish · native
  • English · fluent (4 years working in the U.S.)

Let's talk

I'll get back to you shortly.

zarinicesar@gmail.com +54 11 5956-0178
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