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Perspective from building and leading

Executive writing on operating models, enterprise AI in production, and governance that supports delivery rather than slowing it.

Articles

Articles

  1. 6 min read

    People × Processes × Data × AI: An Operating Model for Measurable Transformation

    Transformation results come from designing four factors as one system. When any factor is near zero, the outcome collapses no matter how good the technology is.

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  2. 6 min read

    Why Enterprise AI Pilots Fail Before Production

    Most AI pilots do not fail because the model is wrong. They fail because they were never designed to reach production in the first place.

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  3. 5 min read

    How to Govern Agentic AI Without Slowing Delivery

    Agentic systems act, not just answer. Governance has to move to where the action happens, or it becomes a brake instead of a control.

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  4. 5 min read

    Cost per Completed Task: The Metric That Changes AI Economics

    Measuring AI by tokens or seats hides whether it is actually cheaper. Cost per completed task tells you the truth and changes which use cases are worth funding.

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  5. 6 min read

    Scaling Engineering Organizations Across the US and Latin America

    Distributed US and LATAM teams do not succeed because of cost arbitrage. They succeed when hiring, operating cadence, and vendor governance are designed on purpose.

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  6. 5 min read

    Responsible AI Is an Engineering Discipline, Not a Policy Deck

    Principles on a slide do not change what an AI system does in production. Controls in the system do.

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  7. 5 min read

    From AI Use Case to Measurable Business Value

    A practical path from picking an AI use case to proving it moved a number leadership cares about.

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  8. 5 min read

    Vendor Governance for Enterprise Technology Delivery

    MSA, SOW, and T&M are not paperwork. Used well, they are how external delivery stays accountable to outcomes instead of hours.

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  • Learning Facilitator for Applied Generative AI and Agentic AI at MIT Professional Education, in collaboration with Global Alumni
  • Ad honorem professor at Universidad Nacional
  • Technology Team Lead and Mentor with Desafío Latam
  • Community leadership and speaking across Docker Costa Rica and WordCamp San José
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