{"benchmarks":{"business":["10X growth in strategic engagement value as VP Digital Labs, Latin America","$100M+ B2B credit card sourcing platform at Mastercard (18 months)","Supported launch of Colombian neobank reaching 1M+ users","5x revenue growth for Mastercard Labs-as-a-Service in LAC","60+ innovation projects delivered, 90% client satisfaction","100+ C-suite Design Thinking sprints facilitated across Latin America","3 Mastercard President's Awards"],"engineering":["$0/query AI inference cost — on-prem GPU (2x RTX 3090) vs. ~$0.01–0.05/request on cloud APIs","Rust warm-path latency: 1.019 ms avg, 1.136 ms p95 (Vetra-rust); 1.1 ms TTFB (Movilo) — 300x+ over prior Next.js stack","13 autonomous agents deployed in 9 months with persistent memory and semantic recall","Zero-shot NLP pipeline: GLiNER + GLiREL + GLiClass (GPU) for knowledge graph extraction without labeled data","Automatic Postgres HA: ~2 min RTO, RPO ~ 0 via streaming replication + quorum witness","5 production verticals (compliance, trading, healthcare, ecotourism, portfolio) on one shared runtime"]},"certifications":[{"institution":"Stanford University","issued":"","name":"Stanford Machine Learning"},{"institution":"The Wharton School","issued":"","name":"Entrepreneurship"},{"institution":"Mastercard, 2022 — women-led fintech LAC","issued":"","name":"CEO Force for Good Award"},{"institution":"Mastercard, 2020 — Digital Datathon LAC (best in company)","issued":"","name":"CEO Force for Good Award"},{"institution":"Mastercard — selected from ~30K global employees","issued":"","name":"President's Award × 3"},{"institution":"Mastercard, 2016","issued":"","name":"H.E.A.R.T Award"},{"institution":"Mastercard, 2016","issued":"","name":"Pelt Sales Award — Top 5 Worldwide"}],"closing":"Interactive version of this CV: paulovila.org","design_principles":["Excelencia — quality over shipping fast. No half-finished features behind flags.","Velocidad — speed in time-to-leverage and time-to-daily-use, not time-to-first-line","Facilidad — the daily-use experience must be effortless","Creatividad — preserve unconventional choices that reflect real insight","Sovereign by default — local-first inference, cloud only as failover","Single Rust runtime across every vertical"],"education":["M.S. (Master of Science) Industrial Engineering — Universidad de los Andes (1996 – 1998) 100% scholarship, thesis 5/5","B.S. (Bachelor of Science) Mechanical Engineering — Universidad de los Andes (1990 – 1996) thesis 5/5","International Boarding School — Beau Soleil, Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland (1984 – 1986)"],"executive_summary_short":"Technology executive and hands-on platform architect. 30 years designing, selling and delivering large multi-country technology programs across McKinsey, BCG, Carrefour and Mastercard — and today CEO and lead architect of a local-first, multi-agent AI platform written in Rust, running five production applications on one shared core. Over a decade at Mastercard scaling an innovation practice across Latin America: 10X growth in strategic engagement value, 5X revenue for Labs as a Service, 60+ client projects at 90%+ satisfaction, $100M+ in platform revenue, and 100+ C-suite design sprints that turned architectures into signed programs. The rare combination of the executive who owns the client relationship and the engineer who writes the runtime, in one person. M.S. Industrial Engineering, Universidad de los Andes.","generated_at":"2026-08-30 21:37:12 UTC","hera_note":"Tier 2: 0/4 Hera-cached, 4 compressing in background.","how_i_work":["Single-operator at platform scale: design the core abstractions, build them in Rust, ship to real users across web + Telegram + WhatsApp. Five apps (paulovila.org, vetra.trade, latinos.paulovila.org, movilo.club, elgarcero.com) share one runtime today."],"identity":{"email":"paulo@paulovila.org","linkedin":"linkedin.com/in/pvila","location":"Bogotá, Colombia — open to relocation (Germany, UK, Italy) and to remote roles","name":"Paulo Vila","title":"AI Platform Architect & Technology Executive · Local-First Multi-Agent AI in Rust · ex-Mastercard, BCG, McKinsey","website":"paulovila.org"},"init_sequence":["Technology executive and hands-on platform architect. 30 years designing, selling and delivering large multi-country technology programs across McKinsey, BCG, Carrefour and Mastercard — and today CEO and lead architect of a local-first, multi-agent AI platform written in Rust, running five production applications on one shared core. Over a decade at Mastercard scaling an innovation practice across Latin America: 10X growth in strategic engagement value, 5X revenue for Labs as a Service, 60+ client projects at 90%+ satisfaction, $100M+ in platform revenue, and 100+ C-suite design sprints that turned architectures into signed programs. The rare combination of the executive who owns the client relationship and the engineer who writes the runtime, in one person. M.S. Industrial Engineering, Universidad de los Andes."],"locale_support":["Spanish (native)","English (fluent)","French (fluent)","Italian (fluent)","Portuguese (intermediate)","German: Basic, actively improving"],"network":["Top Level Executives — global executive community, ~60,000 members across CEOs, VPs, Directors, and Entrepreneurs (founded 2006, ongoing)"],"operating_model":{"diagram":"```mermaid\nflowchart LR\n User --> Sentinel\n Sentinel --> Hera\n Hera --> Memento\n Hera --> Tools\n Tools --> Apps\n Argus --> Hera\n Argus --> Sentinel\n Argus --> Apps\n```","focus":"Platform components reused across every vertical: identity (Sentinel), reasoning (Hera), memory (Memento), runtime governance (Argus + OS-v3). New apps inherit the full stack instead of rebuilding it.","text":"Sovereign AI platform: local-first inference, persistent scoped memory, multi-agent orchestration, and multi-channel reach (web + Telegram + WhatsApp) sharing a single Rust runtime. Cloud is a failover, not the primary path."},"runtime_history":{"tier1":[{"company":"ImagineOS","compressed_summary":"Founded ImagineOS: 5 live AI apps, $0/query inference (on-prem GPU), 13 agents in 9 months, zero-shot NLP pipeline (GLiNER/GLiREL/GLiClass), MCP bridges, sub-ms IPC, automatic HA failover.","display_tier":1,"duration":"Jan 2025 - Present","slug":"imagineos_founder","sort_order":0,"summary":"
Self-funded platform: five applications running in production, not yet commercialized.
Own the end-to-end architecture of a multi-agent AI platform serving 5 production applications from one shared Rust core — orchestration, memory, routing, identity and runtime governance as shared services instead of per-application logic.
Cut AI inference cost to $0 per query, against $0.01–0.05 per request on cloud APIs, by deploying an on-premises GPU cluster (2x RTX 3090) for LLM, image generation and multilingual embeddings — cloud demoted to failover only.
Deployed 13 autonomous AI agents in 9 months with persistent scoped memory, semantic recall and multi-channel delivery (web, Telegram, WhatsApp) over one conversation context layer.
Engineered sub-millisecond IPC (1.019 ms average, 1.136 ms p95 — 300x+ over the prior Next.js stack) with automatic PostgreSQL high-availability failover (~2 min RTO, RPO ~ 0) via streaming replication and quorum witness.
Built a zero-shot NLP pipeline (GLiNER, GLiREL, GLiClass on GPU) for knowledge graph construction — entity recognition, relation extraction and sentiment classification with no labeled training data.
Implemented Model Context Protocol (MCP) bridges and a self-correcting agentic coding loop: the runtime edits its own Rust source, runs the compiler and iterates until the build is clean.
","tag":"AI Infrastructure & Leadership","title":"CEO & Founder"},{"company":"Mastercard","compressed_summary":"VP at Mastercard Digital Labs: 10X strategic engagement growth, 3 new innovation hubs, local LLM agents cutting workshop delivery by 90%+, 100+ C-suite sprints across LatAm.","display_tier":1,"duration":"Sep 2022 – Jan 2025","slug":"mastercard_vp","sort_order":1,"summary":"
Grew strategic engagement value 10X and stood up 3 new client innovation hubs across Latin America by architecting and deploying design-thinking innovation products for key enterprise accounts.
Cut innovation-workshop delivery from hours to minutes at 90%+ client satisfaction by developing and deploying local LLM expert agents.
Facilitated 100+ C-suite Design Thinking sprints across the region, co-creating products and transformation initiatives that each closed in under a week.
Held the executive sponsor relationship at the region's largest banks, retailers and fintechs — the seat where scope, budget and renewal are decided.
","tag":"AI & Innovation Leadership","title":"Innovation - Digital Labs Vice President Latin America"}],"tier2":[{"company":"Mastercard","compressed_summary":"Innovation Director LatAm: 5X revenue growth, 60+ projects, 90%+ CSAT, first blockchain credit card, 3 President's Awards.","display_tier":2,"duration":"May 2019 – Sep 2022","slug":"mastercard_director","sort_order":2,"summary":"
Drove a 5X revenue increase for Labs as a Service across LAC by delivering 60+ innovation projects at 90%+ client satisfaction.
Shipped two company firsts — 100% virtual innovation workshops and the first blockchain credit card — earning 3 Mastercard President's Awards.
Built the practice capability — methods, tooling and talent — that let delivery scale without proportional headcount growth.
","tag":"Innovation & Growth","title":"Labs as a Service - Innovation Director for Latin America"},{"company":"Mastercard","compressed_summary":"","display_tier":2,"duration":"Jun 2017 – May 2019","slug":"mastercard_merchant","sort_order":3,"summary":"
Owned full-lifecycle merchant consulting across Andean and Caribbean markets, from business development to delivery.
Built the first mission-based segmentation model for a major LAC client — adopted region-wide — unlocking new market insight and commercial opportunities.
","tag":"Merchant Acquiring","title":"Andean + Caribbean Merchant Sales Director"},{"company":"Mastercard","compressed_summary":"Senior Managing Consultant Mastercard: $100M+ B2B platform in 18 months, enabled 1M+ user neobank launch.","display_tier":2,"duration":"Jul 2014 – Jun 2017","slug":"mastercard_consultant","sort_order":4,"summary":"
Generated $100M+ in platform revenue within ~18 months by championing and launching a B2B credit-card sourcing platform as Andean Business Leader.
Enabled a Colombian neobank launch that reached 1M+ users by end of 2020 by supporting its commercial and product foundation.
","tag":"Management Consulting","title":"Senior Managing Consultant"},{"company":"Partners in Performance","compressed_summary":"Partners in Performance: $20M annual earnings swing (–$10M to +$10M) in 6 months at a Latin American mine.","display_tier":2,"duration":"Aug 2013 – Jun 2014","slug":"pip_consulting","sort_order":5,"summary":"
Delivered a $20M annual earnings swing (–$10M to +$10M) in 6 months at a silver-lead-tin mine by re-engineering the energy supply system, optimizing SAP spare-parts ordering, and leading union negotiations.
","tag":"Strategy & Restructuring","title":"Senior Associate"}],"tier3":[{"company":"Hay Group (now Korn Ferry)","duration":"Apr 2011 – Aug 2013","legacy_metric":"$200M expansion roadmap","slug":"hay_group","title":"Senior Consultant"},{"company":"Carrefour","duration":"Oct 2009 – Mar 2011","legacy_metric":"200+ professionals led","slug":"carrefour","title":"Sales Development Director"},{"company":"Simplexity","duration":"Mar 2009 – Sep 2009","legacy_metric":"2-yr-late projects rescued","slug":"simplexity","title":"Software Development and Consulting Manager"},{"company":"The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)","duration":"Apr 2008 – Mar 2009","legacy_metric":"$30B+ merger","slug":"bcg","title":"Consultant"},{"company":"McKinsey & Company","duration":"Apr 2006 – Mar 2008","legacy_metric":"$20M+ synergies","slug":"mckinsey","title":"Associate Consultant"},{"company":"Top Level Executives","duration":"Jan 2006 – Present","legacy_metric":"60K-member community","slug":"top_level_execs","title":"Founder & Owner"},{"company":"data2web.com","duration":"Sep 2001 – Apr 2006","legacy_metric":"6 enterprise systems shipped","slug":"data2web","title":"CEO & Founding Partner"},{"company":"La Nota Económica","duration":"Feb 2000 – Sep 2001","legacy_metric":"New revenue lines created","slug":"la_nota_economica","title":"Chief Technology Officer"},{"company":"Universidad de los Andes","duration":"Jan 1998 – Sep 1999","legacy_metric":"5/5 teaching evals","slug":"uniandes_professor","title":"University Professor"},{"company":"Kaplan","duration":"Jan 1998 – Dec 2000","legacy_metric":"","slug":"kaplan","title":"GMAT Instructor"},{"company":"ROCHE","duration":"Sep 1996 – Dec 1997","legacy_metric":"13K+ doctors covered","slug":"roche","title":"Marketing Specialist"}]},"stack":{"AI / ML":"Generative AI, Agentic AI, Multi-Agent Systems, LLM Orchestration, RAG Pipelines, Vector Databases, On-Device / Edge Inference, MLOps, AI Governance, Responsible AI, AI/ML Strategy","Domain":"Fintech, Payments, Enterprise SaaS, Platform Strategy, Innovation & R&D, Emerging Markets (LatAm)","Leadership":"P&L Ownership, GTM Strategy, Product Roadmap, Cross-Functional Leadership, Change Management, Digital Transformation, OKRs, Executive Sprint Facilitation, Design Thinking","Technical":"Rust, Python, TypeScript, Linux, Distributed Systems, PostgreSQL, AWS, GCP"},"system_architecture":{"diagram":"```mermaid\nflowchart TD\n User --> Sentinel\n Sentinel --> Hera\n Hera --> Memento\n Hera --> Tools\n Tools --> Apps\n Argus --> Hera\n Argus --> Sentinel\n Argus --> Apps\n Apps --> Vetra\n Apps --> Movilo\n Apps --> Latinos\n Apps --> ElGarcero\n Apps --> PauloVila\n subgraph Core Platform\n Sentinel\n Hera\n Memento\n Argus\n end\n```","legend":["Sentinel — routing gateway and interaction layer","Hera — LLM orchestration and agent coordination","Memento — persistent memory and scoped data access","Argus — runtime and environment orchestration","OS-v3 — governance hub: tool/workflow registry, shared auth","Apps — vetra.trade, latinos.paulovila.org, movilo.club, elgarcero.com, paulovila.org"]},"ux_layer":["Every interface — web, Telegram, WhatsApp — talks to the same Hera runtime, so behavior, memory, and permissions stay consistent across channels. The user never knows which surface they're on; the platform does.","Design priority: time-to-daily-use over time-to-first-line. Tools must feel effortless at the moment of use, not just at the moment of building."]}