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Zach Alabastro

Bridging software engineering and data science with AI-powered solutions that drive smarter business decisions.

Python developer · Data analyst · AI researcher · Co-founder of KLARO, based in the Philippines. 10 peer-reviewed publications indexed in SCOPUS. I build data pipelines, LLM integrations, and research tooling for teams that care about reproducibility.

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Featured Projects

KLARO — AI-powered Data Intelligence

Co-founder · KLARO High

A startup platform that eliminates the gap between raw business data and actionable insight. KLARO applies OCR and AI to extract structured information from documents, spreadsheets, and scanned reports — then surfaces it through clean, interactive dashboards that help operations teams make faster, evidence-backed resource decisions.

Python HTML CSS JavaScript AWS Infrastructure LLMs OCR Cloudflare Telegram Bot
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structura.ai — AI-powered Synthetic Market Research

High

A research-to-product initiative grounded in a published academic framework on AI-driven customer discovery. structura.ai deploys agentic systems to simulate synthetic market personas, run hypothesis testing, and surface validated insights — cutting early-stage market research from weeks to hours without a single survey.

Python HTML CSS JavaScript LLMs Cloudflare Redis Celery
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GUIA — AI-powered CET Guide

High

A consultancy-grade web platform built to transform how students prepare for the College Entrance Test. GUIA analyzes mock exam performance, identifies subject-level weak points, and generates personalized study plans — giving each student a targeted, data-driven path to their target university instead of a one-size-fits-all review.

Python HTML CSS JavaScript Apache Superset AWS Infrastructure LLMs Cloudflare Redis Celery
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Other Projects

CareBnB Elderly Care

MVP

A two-sided marketplace that matches seniors and families with vetted freelance caregivers for immediate, on-demand care. Handles caregiver profiles, availability scheduling, and booking flow end-to-end.

Python HTML CSS

Matteo Up Reservation

Build

A table booking system built for Ateneo's Matteo Up café that lets students reserve specific time slots in advance — eliminating queues and giving the venue real-time capacity visibility.

Python HTML CSS JavaScript

Password Library

Build

A locally-hosted credential manager that stores and retrieves passwords from a private encrypted database — built as a lightweight alternative to commercial password managers with zero cloud dependency.

Python HTML CSS

Research Library

Build

A shared web app for research teams to submit, tag, and browse curated research links by topic — replacing scattered bookmark folders with a searchable, collaborative knowledge base.

Python HTML CSS

Universal Translator

Prototype

A proof-of-concept that hooks LLM APIs directly into a Flask translation interface — built to validate how well large language models handle multilingual output compared to dedicated translation services.

Python HTML CSS

PDF Summarizer

Build

Uploads a PDF, extracts its full text, and routes it through an LLM API to return a structured summary — cutting document review time for analysts who process high volumes of reports.

Python

ReAds Report Summarizer

Client

Built for Kythe — classifies incoming reports by topic using LLM APIs and converts raw dataset rows into coherent qualitative narratives, reducing manual write-up time for their analyst team.

Python
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Technical Stack

Core Development

Python 3.12+ Django Flask Django Channels DRF / Ninja PostgreSQL Redis HTML5 CSS3 JavaScript ES6+ HTMX

AI & LLM

Claude 4.5 Sonnet OpenAI GPT Gemini Pro RAG HuggingFace LangChain

Data Science

Pandas NumPy ydata-profiling Plotly Apache Superset Streamlit SCOPUS (10 pubs)

Cloud & DevOps

AWS EC2 / VPC AWS S3 AWS RDS GitHub Actions
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Publications

10 × SCOPUS
1

Exploratory customer discovery through simulation using ChatGPT and prompt engineering

International Congress on Information and Communication Technology · Springer LNNS
2

Exploratory prompting of large language models to act as co-pilots for augmenting business process work in document classification

International Conference on Industry Sciences and Computer Science Innovation · Springer
3

Exploratory customer discovery on Veblen goods using ChatGPT and agent-based modeling system for business simulation

International Conference on ENTERprise Information Systems · Elsevier
4

Evaluation of a customer development simulator using large language model-based multi-agent system and synthetic respondents

International Conference on ENTERprise Information Systems · Elsevier
5

Collaborative product innovation model with large language models and agentic systems

International Conference on ENTERprise Information Systems · Elsevier
6

Applied optical character recognition and large language models in augmenting manual business processes for data analytics in traditional small businesses with minimal digital adoption

International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction · Springer Nature
7

Augmenting student startups' customer validation efforts through adaptive coaching using large language models

International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction · Springer Nature
8

An adaptive simulated startup financial modeling mentor using a large language model to address shortages in skilled advisors: Architecture and design considerations

International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction · Springer Nature
9

Large language models and jobs-to-be-done framework in customer validation for product managers

International Congress on Information and Communication Technology · Springer LNNS
10

AI-powered Enterprise System for CRM and Inventory Management in Low-Digital MSMEs

International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction · Springer Nature
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Writings

The Human-AI Partnership: Why the Architect Still Matters

AI doesn't replace engineering judgment — it executes it. Here's why human architectural literacy is the foundation of every good AI-assisted product.

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