Our Story

We Didn't Guess What
Mid-Market Distributors Need.
We Lived It.

Our founder spent three decades running distribution businesses before starting Intuilize. Everything here came from that experience — not a lab, not a guess.

Why we exist

The Mid-Market Dilemma

At Intuilize, we deeply understand the needs of mid-size distributors. Our founder, Nelson Valderrama, spent three decades in distribution and wholesaling and saw a persistent gap: industrial distributors that had outgrown basic spreadsheets but were underserved by enterprise systems.

We know you’re trying to make the most of limited resources, limited time, and a small group of key employees. The answer isn’t to hire more people or work harder. It’s to work smarter by unlocking your two biggest assets: patterns and people.

Most distributors are sitting on goldmines of data with no way to use that data efficiently in the decision-making process. Even the smartest analyst can’t see patterns in the same way that AI can, which is why we founded Intuilize to effectively analyze data and guide smarter decisions about pricing and inventory.

Intuilize preserves your team’s knowledge so you never lose it, then puts it to work making better decisions every day.

We see so many businesses where a few key people hold the repository of pricing and inventory knowledge about “how things are done” in the company, and frankly, it’s a liability if those people retire or leave.

That knowledge is also a major asset when you can preserve it, combine it with unmined data, and make it available to anyone responsible for faster, more confident decisions.

Our Team

Intuilize Team

Meet our experts on distribution optimization.

Nelson Valderrama

Nelson Valderrama

Founder & CEO

Built Intuilize after nearly 30 years inside distribution. Knows where margin gets lost, why it happens, and how teams recover it.

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Gabriela Peña

Gabriela Peña

Co-Founder & VP Operations

Runs Intuilize’s financial and operational backbone. Brings the same discipline we help distributors apply to their numbers.

Phil Samuels

Phil Samuels

Advisor

40+ years in industrial distribution, from counter sales to VP. Knows what moves distributors to change.

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Daniel Dinh

Daniel Dinh

Growth | Product Manager

Translates distributor pain into product decisions and growth. The bridge between data science and the market.

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Mahesh Iyer

Mahesh Iyer

Lead Data Scientist

Leads data science and works closely with customers to turn models into measurable margin.

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Sylvia Tattersfield

Sylvia Tattersfield

Data Scientist

Works directly with distributors to translate their data into decisions that stick.

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Helio Forero

Helio Forero

DevOps Engineer

Keeps the platform stable, scalable, and ready for whatever a distributor’s ERP throws at it.

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Javier Gomez

Javier Gomez

Full Stack Developer

Builds the interfaces distributors actually use. Where the data science meets the screen.

Carlos Martinez

Carlos Martinez

Data Engineer / Scientist

Structures the data foundation that makes every model and every insight possible.

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Pablo Valderrama

Pablo Valderrama

Business Development Representative

Helps distributors make better pricing, inventory, and margin decisions.

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Jorge Ibañez

Jorge Ibañez

Data Engineer / Scientist

Keeps every data pipeline clean, reliable, and ready for production decisions.

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Partners

Intuilize Partners

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