Martin Silva-Diaz
Engineering Undergraduate at the University of Waterloo
About
I'm Martin, a management engineering student at the University of Waterloo 
specializing in artificial intelligence 🤖, originally from Peru 
, with interests in data science 📊, software development 💻, and finance 📈.
Projects
Stock Portfolio Analysis Tool
Developed a full-stack portfolio analysis platform that tracks customized portfolios, visualizes performance, computes the efficient frontier and recommends allocations based on risk preferences.
Loan Risk Machine Learning Model
Created a loan default prediction workflow using LendingClub data, including exploratory analysis, feature engineering, class imbalance handling, and model comparison across Logistic Regression, XGBoost, and Random Forest.
Financial Budgeting & Planning Tool
Developed an Excel VBA budgeting tool that automates expense tracking and visualization, incorporates real-time data validation for reliable calculations.
Experience
Data Science Intern • Scotiabank
Incoming Fall 2026, CI&DA - International Banking
Business Administrator Intern • Scotia Wealth Management
Automated documentation workflows & monitored trade activity.
Autonomy Software Developer • Waterloo Aerial Robotics Group
Designed parameter verification & data processing system for reliability testing.
Product Compliance Intern • IPEX by Aliaxis
Developed product quality documentation to support manufacturing opeartions across North America.