{"benchmarks":{"business":["Fintech Scale — Led **$100M+** B2B credit card sourcing platform at Mastercard; supported neobank launch reaching 1M+ users in Colombia within 18 months.","Innovation Growth — Drove 10x growth in innovation consulting sales across Latin America via three newly established hubs.","Turnaround — **$20M** financial swing (from –$10M to +$10M annual earnings in 6 months) at a Latin American mine through process redesign and union negotiation.","Strategic Growth — Facilitated strategy for a Chilean food leader projecting **$200M** in incremental sales and 10%+ margin improvement.","Community at Scale — Founded and scaled Top Level Executives to 60,000 members (VPs, CEOs, Directors) over 19 years. Zero institutional funding."],"engineering":["Deployed 13 Local AI Agents via Memento/Hera over 9 months.","Engineered sub-millisecond IPC communication layers in Loco.rs handling 1M+ reqs.","Built an autonomous multi-node AI cluster within mobile hardware constraints."]},"certifications":[{"institution":"Stanford University","issued":"","name":"Stanford Machine Learning"},{"institution":"The Wharton School","issued":"","name":"Entrepreneurship"},{"institution":"DeepLearning.AI","issued":"","name":"Introduction to TensorFlow for AI, ML, and Deep Learning"},{"institution":"New York Institute of Finance","issued":"","name":"Introduction to Trading, Machine Learning & GCP"}],"closing":"This CV footprint was dynamically rendered from the Sovereign Memento Database using Loco.rs.","design_principles":["Local-First: Prioritize local C++ / Rust engines over REST.","Dual-Resolution: DB storage scaled to compressed interfaces.","Deterministic UI: Tera + HTMX to kill JS fatigue."],"education":["M.S. Industrial Engineering — Universidad de los Andes (1996 – 1998)
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            Strategy\n               │\n      ┌────────┴────────┐\n      │                 │\n  Engineering       Facilitation\n  Rust Systems      C-Suite Sprints\n  AI Agents         Design Thinking
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Empowering high-performance individuals through strategic networking, executive recruitment, and career advancement.","tag":"Entrepreneurship","title":"Founder & Owner"}],"tier2":[{"company":"Mastercard","display_tier":2,"duration":"Sep 2022 – Jan 2025","slug":"mastercard_vp","sort_order":1,"summary":"Leading innovation for key LAC clients as VP at Mastercard Digital Labs. Architected and deployed novel design thinking products establishing 3 new client innovation hubs and a 10X surge in strategic engagement value. Developed and implemented local LLM expert agents cutting workshop times from hours to minutes (90% satisfaction).","tag":"AI & Innovation Leadership","title":"Innovation - Digital Labs Vice President Latin America"},{"company":"Mastercard","display_tier":2,"duration":"May 2019 – Sep 2022","slug":"mastercard_director","sort_order":2,"summary":"Drove 5X revenue increase for Labs as a Service in LAC. Delivered over 60 innovation projects with 90% client satisfaction. Pioneered global firsts including 100% virtual workshops and the company's first blockchain credit card. Recognized with 3 President's Awards.","tag":"Innovation & Growth","title":"Labs as a Service - Innovation Director for Latin America"},{"company":"Mastercard","display_tier":2,"duration":"Jun 2017 – May 2019","slug":"mastercard_merchant","sort_order":3,"summary":"Drove Mastercard's merchant consulting engagements across Caribbean and Andean regions, full lifecycle from business development to delivery. Pioneered the first mission-based segmentation analysis for a major Latin American client, providing novel market insights.","tag":"Merchant Acquiring","title":"Andean + Caribbean Merchant Sales Director"},{"company":"Mastercard","display_tier":2,"duration":"Jul 2014 – May 2019","slug":"mastercard_consultant","sort_order":4,"summary":"Andean Business Leader for Mastercard D&S. Championed a B2B credit card sourcing platform generating over $100M in revenues in 1.5 years. Supported the launch of a groundbreaking Neobank in Colombia acquiring over 1M users by end of 2020.","tag":"Management Consulting","title":"Senior Managing Consultant"},{"company":"Partners in Performance","display_tier":2,"duration":"Aug 2013 – Jun 2014","slug":"pip_consulting","sort_order":5,"summary":"Led a critical engagement achieving a $20M financial turnaround at a silver-lead-tin mine in Latin America — from –$10M to +$10M annual earnings in 6 months. Spearheaded maintenance productivity improvements, optimized SAP spare parts ordering, and re-engineered the energy supply system. Led complex mining union negotiations.","tag":"Strategy & Restructuring","title":"Senior Associate"},{"company":"Hay Group (now Korn Ferry)","display_tier":2,"duration":"Apr 2011 – Aug 2013","slug":"hay_group","sort_order":6,"summary":"Building Effective Organizations (BEO) practice for LAC. Led sprint workshops achieving 10% FTE reduction for two major oil pipelines in under 2 months. Designed process automation for a Fortune 500 Oil & Gas company. Facilitated strategy workshops identifying 60 expansion opportunities filtered to 5 core initiatives projecting $200M sales increase. Redesigned one of the world's largest tin mines in one month.","tag":"Organizational Consulting","title":"Senior Consultant"},{"company":"Carrefour","display_tier":2,"duration":"Oct 2009 – Mar 2011","slug":"carrefour","sort_order":7,"summary":"Directed a pricing division of 200+ professionals executing real-time pricing strategy for Colombia's second-largest retailer. Orchestrated end-to-end new store openings from site selection to operational readiness. Led Market Analytics and Quality Management functions across operations.","tag":"Retail & Commercial Strategy","title":"Sales Development Director"},{"company":"The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)","display_tier":2,"duration":"Apr 2008 – Mar 2009","slug":"bcg","sort_order":9,"summary":"Played a key analytical role in the successful delivery of a $30+ billion merger between two major food companies in the Mexican market, completed on time and within budget. Developed cost reduction analysis for a world-class manufacturing multinational, identifying $10M USD in annual savings.","tag":"Strategy Consulting","title":"Consultant"},{"company":"McKinsey & Company","display_tier":2,"duration":"Apr 2006 – Mar 2008","slug":"mckinsey","sort_order":10,"summary":"Contributed to impactful client projects including new branch model deployment, analytical support during a multi-billion dollar telecom merger achieving $20M+ in synergy savings, and strategic launch of an IP-video portal for a leading Venezuelan telco.","tag":"Strategy Consulting","title":"Associate Consultant"}],"tier3":[{"company":"Simplexity","duration":"Mar 2009 – Sep 2009","legacy_metric":"Rescued 2 projects 2yr behind schedule","slug":"simplexity","title":"Software Development and Consulting Manager"},{"company":"data2web.com","duration":"Sep 2001 – Apr 2006","legacy_metric":"6 clients: Siemens, CREEL, BASC","slug":"data2web","title":"CEO & Founding Partner"},{"company":"La Nota Económica","duration":"Feb 2000 – Sep 2001","legacy_metric":"Pivoted biz model, built software group","slug":"la_nota_economica","title":"Chief Technology Officer"},{"company":"Kaplan","duration":"Jan 1998 – Dec 2000","legacy_metric":"GMAT prep instruction","slug":"kaplan","title":"GMAT Instructor"},{"company":"Universidad de los Andes","duration":"Jan 1998 – Sep 1999","legacy_metric":"5/5 rating · 6 thesis directed","slug":"uniandes_professor","title":"University Professor"},{"company":"ROCHE","duration":"Sep 1996 – Dec 1997","legacy_metric":"Tool adopted across 3 countries","slug":"roche","title":"Marketing Specialist"}]},"stack":{"AI Systems":"LLM orchestration, multi-agent architectures, RAG pipelines, local inference","Infrastructure":"Linux, Caddy, WireGuard, Docker","Languages":"Rust, Python, TypeScript"},"system_architecture":{"diagram":" [USER / CHANNELS]\n web · telegram · whatsapp\n |\n [ SENTINEL ]\n routing · ingress · auth\n |\n +---------+---------+\n [ HERA ] [ ARGUS ]\n LLM orchestration env orchestration\n agent execution runtime governance\n |\n [ MEMENTO ]\n persistent memory · scoped DB access\n |\n +----+----+--------+--------+\nvetra movilo latinos paulovila + more\n\n [ OS-v3: SHARED GOVERNANCE ]\n capability promotion · observability\n testing · app/runtime boundaries","legend":["Sentinel — routing gateway & multi-channel ingress","Hera — LLM orchestration, agent execution & model routing","Memento — persistent memory & scoped database access","Argus — environment-aware runtime orchestration","OS-v3 — shared governance & control plane"]},"ux_layer":["I treat design like architecture: it should work without explanation.","The best workshops are when participants forget they are in one. The best software makes users forget they are using it. Both demand ruthless clarity about human needs and relentless removal of anything that serves the designer rather than the user.","On Design Thinking — An epistemology, not a framework. Start with the human, prototype fast, kill bad ideas early. The method scales from fintech apps to mining operations to C-suite strategy — because the underlying logic is always the same.","On Sprint Architecture — Designed like a code pipeline: clear inputs, strong interfaces between stages, observable outputs. This is why sprints close in days rather than weeks. Processes execute; regular meetings stall."]}