About
20 years building tech products. Some scaled. I learned from all of them.
I started writing code at 17, passionate about cybersecurity. Shortly after, I co-founded one of the most active Spanish-speaking Joomla! communities. Without knowing it, I was managing product, users, and distributed teams before that even had a name.
Along the way I co-founded a fintech in Brazil, where we built proprietary technology and scaled to half a million users. I led product and engineering at a financial group in Argentina. I've worked in 8 countries and 3 languages.
Today we're in the era of AI agents. Small teams with good AI tools can do far more than before with fewer people. That changes how you build, the architecture, and the kind of technical guidance that matters.
My current chapter: building open-source security tools for AI agents. Creator of Aguara Scanner, Oktsec, and Aguara Watch.
Career
Each stage was a different bet.
Founder, Oktsec
Runtime security for AI agents. Oktsec enforces policies and monitors agent behavior at the MCP gateway layer. Also created Aguara Scanner (148+ rules, 13 categories) and Aguara Watch (40K+ skills monitored across 7 registries) as open-source tools for the ecosystem.
CPTO, Adcap Grupo Financiero
Chief Product & Technology Officer. Led Banza (investment platform) and API Broker. Coordinated cross-functional teams across engineering, product, and UX under a unified vision. Modernized the stack and established delivery processes.
CTO & Co-Founder, Brelo
7 years in São Paulo, Brazil. Scaled to 500K+ users with smartphone-secured microlending. Started with Flexipag (B2C lending app) and evolved into Brelo's B2B platform for banks and fintechs. Built proprietary technology for remote device assessment with ML, secure locking, and system-level integrations.
CTO, Teatrix
Built a subscription-based digital theater platform with 400+ productions from Argentina, Broadway, Mexico, and Spain. Streaming, content management, and payment processing.
Senior Developer, International
Working across 8 countries taught me that good code doesn't fix a misaligned team, and that great teams don't need to be in the same timezone. Projects in New Zealand, Australia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore, USA, Brazil, and Argentina.
Tech Lead, Despegar.com
Tech lead at Despegar.com, Latin America's largest online travel agency.
Tech Lead, Apernet
Coordinated distributed teams between Argentina and the US for clients like Clarín, Bayer, and Rock&Pop. That's where I learned to lead when you can't walk over to someone's desk.
IT Manager, Télam
Built the development team for the national news agency from scratch. Delivered systems that improved daily operations with limited resources.
Co-Founder, Joomla Community
Strategic partnership with Microsoft's emerging technologies division. Organized the first Joomla Baires conference at UAI. Presentations at Joomla! Day Guatemala, expanding the CMS ecosystem in LATAM.
Co-Founder, Joomla! Spanish
Co-founded a Spanish-speaking Joomla! community that grew significantly in LATAM, connecting developers and promoting open-source.
Capabilities
Areas where I've built.
Fintech & Payments
Investment platforms, trading apps, microlending, payment systems, and regulatory compliance in Brazil and Argentina.
Product & UX
Served as CPTO leading from engineering to UX. That taught me something counterintuitive: sometimes the best feature is the one you decide not to build.
AI Products
Integrating AI well requires thinking about it from the architecture up. Built credit risk models, remote device assessment with ML, and process automation systems.
Cybersecurity
From device-locking systems in fintech to AI agent security with MCP server audits, tool poisoning assessment, and runtime enforcement. Security built for systems where a failure has real consequences.
Teams & Scalability
Built engineering teams across 8 countries focused on shipping to production. Systems that scale with growth without starting from scratch every time.
Mentoring & Community
Co-founded one of the most active Spanish-speaking Joomla! communities. Mentor to founders on architecture, hiring, fundraising, and product decisions.