CTO & Technical Founder | AI-First Architect | Cloud & Fintech Specialist
I’m a hands-on technology leader with 25+ years of experience designing, building, and scaling software platforms in highly regulated environments.
My background includes over 10 years in leading banks, combining corporate discipline with a startup execution mindset.
I specialize in building AI-native, cloud-based systems that operate at scale while meeting strict regulatory and cybersecurity requirements.
As CTO of a U.S.-regulated fintech, I architected and led the development of a SEC-compliant robo-advisor platform from scratch, deployed across AWS and GCP, integrating with custodians such as Apex Clearing and Interactive Brokers.
Today, I operate under an AI-first engineering paradigm, where AI is embedded across the entire software lifecycle. I actively use Claude Code as a core development layer to accelerate delivery, improve code quality, and increase engineering leverage.
My focus is shifting teams from traditional development models to AI-augmented execution systems, where engineers prioritize architecture, decision-making, and problem-solving, while AI enhances speed, consistency, and output.
I leverage Claude Code as a central interface for engineering workflows:
- Accelerating development cycles and reducing time-to-production
- Improving code quality through AI-assisted generation and review
- Rapid prototyping and validation of technical solutions
- Automating repetitive and low-leverage engineering tasks
- Increasing team autonomy and output without linear scaling
This approach transforms engineering organizations into AI-augmented systems, optimizing for speed, leverage, and architectural clarity.
- AWS: EC2 · S3 · Lambda · API Gateway · App Runner · ECS · EKS · EventBridge · CloudFront · Cognito · IAM · Glue · Athena · DynamoDB · Aurora RDS · QuickSight
- GCP: App Engine · BigQuery · Pub/Sub
- IBM Cloud (Watson Assistant, Cloudant, Functions)
- Containerization & Orchestration: Docker · Kubernetes
- IaC & Automation: Terraform · AWS CloudFormation · Serverless Framework
- CI/CD & Code Repositories: GitHub Actions · GitLab · Bitbucket
- Collaboration & Project Management: Jira · Confluence · Scrum
- Languages: Java · Node.js · JavaScript (ES6+) · TypeScript · SQL · Bash/Shell
- Frameworks & Libraries: Spring Boot · Express.js · React.js · Next.js · Redux · Material UI · TailwindCSS
- API Design: REST APIs · API-First Design · Event-Driven Architecture
- IBM Operational Decision Manager (ODM) · BRMS
- Decision Services · Rule Authoring · Testing & Validation
- BPM Integration
- AI-First Development: Claude Code (AI-augmented engineering workflows)
- AI Architecture: MCP (Model Context Protocol), AI Agents, LLM integration
- IBM Watson Assistant · Google Dialogflow · Amazon Lex · Microsoft QnA Maker
- Sentiment Analysis · Intent Classification · Chatbot Orchestration
- Automation: Make.com · n8n · Retool
- Relational: PostgreSQL · MySQL · Oracle
- NoSQL: MongoDB · Redis · Cloudant
- Analytics & BI: AWS QuickSight · Athena · BigQuery
- Architected a SEC-regulated robo-advisor platform from scratch (AWS/GCP)
- Led AI-driven engineering transformation adopting Claude Code across workflows
- Designed & deployed a multi-tenant AI SaaS platform (IBM Cloud → AWS migration)
- Built high-performance distributed systems with event-driven architectures
- Delivered enterprise-scale IBM ODM solutions for leading banks in LatAm
- Integrated cloud, AI, automation, and decisioning systems into unified platforms
- AI-first software engineering
- AI-augmented development teams
- Cloud-native fintech architectures
- Regulatory-compliant systems (SEC, financial services)
- Scalable, high-leverage engineering organizations
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