A hands-on engineering leader and business strategist with 24+ years of experience and extensive international exposure, now working at the intersection of AI, software engineering, and technology M&A. Highlights include leading AI adoption across private-equity portfolio companies — building the agents and copilots that actually ship; 3.5 years of interim engineering leadership (CTO) for a cryptocurrency exchange through bankruptcy; multiple banking integrations (M&A); restructuring technology for one of Mexico’s largest brokerages; building and leading teams that shipped several new products; and automating trading operations for a multinational hedge fund. University of Chicago Booth MBA with two Computer Science degrees.
Experience
Sr. Director — AI, Product/Engineering, Private Equity, Crypto
Nov 2021 – Present Alvarez & Marsal · Chicago
Director — Strategy / M&A, Technology Center of Excellence
Feb 2017 – Nov 2021 KPMG LLP · Chicago
Partner & Interim CTO — Management Consulting
Nov 2012 – Dec 2016 Noetic Partners (Grupo Bursátil Mexicano) · Mexico City
Manager, IT — Technology Operations
Aug 2011 – Nov 2012 Superfund Asset Management · Chicago / Vienna
Earlier
Sr. Software Engineer — Superfund Asset Management, Chicago (2008–2011)
Systems Architect — Equity Office Properties, Chicago / Bangalore (2006–2007)
Sr. Software Engineer — Motorola, Schaumburg IL (2002–2006)