I'm Carlos Rivera ,
I build products & the teams that ship them.

I've spent the last decade-and-change turning complex ideas into production systems people actually depend on: as CEO of an enterprise AI consultancy shipping for banks, airlines, and global consumer brands; as CTO of an insurtech that scaled to $2.5M+ in written premiums; and today as the architect of agent infrastructure, building isolated runtimes, stable MCP integrations, and transactional outboxes that let LLMs safely execute real-world APIs without corrupting core application state. I've led engineering organizations of up to 170 people and delivered production systems for BBVA, Etihad Airways, Grupo Bimbo, Cinépolis, and Scotiabank.

I'm the kind of person who joins early and stays until it works, helping teams navigate the messy operational transitions of moving to AI-first architectures, leading technical strategy while remaining close enough to the codebase to write the core triggers, and establishing the systems standards needed to survive production.

I've been coding since I was 14 -- started building 3D game engines for fun, then at 18 I was writing C++ for UAVs at Hydra Technologies, with stints at Microsoft and HP Labs.

When I'm not shipping, I'm on a trail, in the woodshop, hunting for the best tacos and craft beer, or hanging with my dogs. Always down to talk about interesting problems.