Andrés García Montoya

Andrés García Montoya

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Director of Product Management, CTO and Visionary
Bogotá, Bogota, Colombia
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    Director, Product Management
    Armadillo Botanics, Cannatel Exclusive Hotel
    Jan 2021 - Dec 2021 (1 year)
    Armenia, Quindío, Colombia At Armadillo Botanics, he audited and oversaw the implementation of Cannavigia, a commercial blockchain software that enables Cannatel to track, secure, and optimize transactions across the entire cannabis supply chain. This system provides full transparency across modular and interconnected processes, from cultivation and manufacturing to distribution and marketing of cannabis products. At Cannatel Exclusive Hotel, he led the implementation of Cloudbeds, a cloud-based hospitality platform that allows property owners and managers to efficiently manage bookings, availability, rates, and housekeeping. He also integrated the platform with key systems such as the Accommodation Registration Card (TRA) from the Ministry
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    Director, Product Management
    SDG investors
    Jan 2020 - Jan 2024 (4 years 1 month)
    Miami, FL **As Director of Product Management and Co-founder, I led the strategy, development, and scaling of an AI-driven news platform that ingests and processes global content at scale. The platform continuously aggregates news from diverse sources and leverages real-time LLM pipelines to analyze, contextualize, and rewrite content aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).** **I drove the product vision to deliver personalized, mission-driven content to thousands of users across universities in the United States, enabling students and institutions to engage with global challenges through an AI-curated experience.** **From a product and technical leadership perspective, I oversaw the end-to-end architecture,
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    Director of Product Management
    Social Impact Movement
    Dec 2018 - Jan 2024 (5 years 2 months)
    Miami, FL **As Director of Product Management, and Board Member, I led technology initiatives centered on AI-driven innovation, defining product strategy and overseeing the design and delivery of scalable software solutions while ensuring the reliability and optimization of AWS cloud infrastructure.** **I drove the development of AI voice agents leveraging ElevenLabs, enabling natural, multilingual interactions for social impact use cases. These capabilities were integrated into broader product ecosystems to enhance user engagement, content delivery, and conversational experiences.** **Blending product leadership with technical depth, I guided architectural decisions, aligned cross-functional teams, and drove innovation across initiatives
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    Founder, Director of Product Management and CEO verified_user Verified experience
    mindtalks.ai
    Sep 2017 - Current (8 years 8 months)
    Miami, FL I designed and developed a patented market research platform powered by programmatic technology, enabling surveys to be delivered seamlessly within digital advertising environments. This approach transformed traditional data collection by embedding surveys directly into user journeys at scale. The platform reached over 50 million users across 10 countries in Latin America, generating high-quality, real-time insights for brands and organizations. I led both the technical development—coding the core system in JavaScript—and the strategic expansion across the region, scaling operations with a lean team of seven. This innovation redefined how market research is conducted, combining programmatic distribution, user engagement, and dat
  • Grupo SURA
    Project manager & opm3 strategy advisor
    Grupo SURA
    Nov 2011 - Dec 2013 (2 years 2 months)
    Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia - Design and execution of OPM3® assessment for Suramenricana S.A, providing the organization with a detailed level of insight into its current project, program, and portfolio management capabilities - Design and execution of IT assessment for Project Management in Suramericana S.A, a technological assessment, and insights to improve the project management in the organization
  • U.S. Department of State
    Semifinalist, Business Competition
    U.S. Department of State
    Aug 2011
    New York, NY
  • Grupo SURA
    Project Manager & OPM3 Strategy Advisor
    Grupo SURA
    Jan 2011 - Jan 2013 (2 years 1 month)
    OPM3® assessments for Suramericana S.A., providing detailed insights into project, program, and portfolio management capabilities. I also conducted IT assessments for project management, offering technological insights to enhance organizational processes.
  • Zoho Corporation
    Zoho partner
    Zoho Corporation
    Jan 2010 - Oct 2010 (10 months)
  • Choucair Testing
    Research and development R&D
    Choucair Testing
    Jul 2009 - Mar 2010 (9 months)
    Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia
  • Alcaldía Mayor de Bogotá - Secretaria Distrital de Desarrollo Económico
    Process expert
    Alcaldía Mayor de Bogotá - Secretaria Distrital de Desarrollo Económico
    Jan 2009 - Feb 2010 (1 year 2 months)
    Bogotá, DC. Colombia Andrés designed and automated virtual procedures for the Bogotá City Hall administration, with a focus on enhancing efficiency and effectiveness. This initiative involved modeling and automating various business processes to facilitate online citizen paperwork. Through this experience, he developed expertise in process improvement, systematic thinking, and logic.
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    Functional and technical leader
    Funding Superintendence of Colombia
    Oct 2007 - May 2008 (8 months)
    Andrés contributed to the development of a unified registration and information system for the newly formed Financial Superintendence of Colombia, following the merger of the former Stock Superintendence and Bank Superintendence. This project was designed to ensure public trust, financial system stability, market integrity, and the protection of financial consumer rights.
  • FORWARD
    Founder, Project Manager, CTO, Developer.
    FORWARD
    Jan 2007 - Jan 2017 (10 years 1 month)
    Over 10 years, as a CTO I successfully managed numerous technology projects in various industries, including banking and small companies.
  • Accion Fiduciaria
    Consultant
    Accion Fiduciaria
    Jan 2007 - Dec 2009 (3 years)
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia
    Senior Analyst
    Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia
    Jan 2007 - Jan 2008 (1 year 1 month)
    Andrés led the TIR project at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which aimed to improve services through the adoption of new technologies, with a particular focus on virtual work with consulates. A key achievement of the project was the automation of passport issuance processes, significantly enhancing efficiency and service delivery for citizens
  • Ministry of National Education Colombia
    Functional and Technical Leader
    Ministry of National Education Colombia
    Sep 2006 - Oct 2007 (1 year 2 months)
    Andrés played a key role in the development and implementation of the SNIES (National Information System of Higher Education) for the Ministry of National Education. Initially responsible for reporting educational information from five universities in Antioquia, he exceeded expectations by successfully managing the data submission from 12 universities. His work on this project required expertise in both educational and technical systems, contributing to the efficient delivery of information to the central government. Today, SNIES operates nationwide, enabling the Ministry of Education to make data-driven decisions across Colombia’s higher education institutions.
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    IT support manager
    Technoimport
    Jan 2006 - Sep 2006 (9 months)
    - My greater achievement was represented by the loyalty and satisfaction of the clients that were handled by the technical staff of the company. - Additionally, they offered the extension of my contract, an offer which i was forced to reject since i had to go back and finish my undergrad of informatic engineering in Medellín, Antioquia
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  • LangChain
    LangChain for LLM Application Development
    LangChain
    Jul 2024 - Current (1 year 10 months)
    In this certification, I gained hands-on experience and expertise in the following areas: • Models, Prompts, and Parsers: I learned how to effectively call LLMs, craft prompts, and parse their responses to achieve desired outcomes. • Memories for LLMs: I explored techniques for storing conversations and managing limited context space through the use of memories, enhancing the continuity and relevance of interactions. • Chains: I developed sequences of operations, known as chains, to automate complex workflows and tasks. • Question Answering over Documents: I applied LLMs to analyze proprietary data, tailoring solutions to specific use case requirements. • Agents: I delved into the development of LLMs as reasoning agents, exploring their p
  • CrewAI
    Systems with crewAI
    CrewAI
    Jul 2024 - Current (1 year 10 months)
    Throughout the certification, I worked with CrewAI, an open-source library designed for building multi-agent systems utilizing GenAI. I learned to build agent crews that leverage GenAI to execute common business processes, such as • Tailoring resumes and preparing for job interviews • Researching, writing, and editing technical articles • Automating customer support inquiries • Conducting customer outreach campaigns • Planning and executing events • Performing financial analysis By the end of the certification, I had designed several multi-agent systems, each harnessing the power of GenAI to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in various tasks.
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    Source Models with Hugging Face
    HuggingFace
    Jul 2024 - Current (1 year 10 months)
    In this certification, I deepened my expertise in GenAI by working with open-source models from the Hugging Face Hub to perform NLP, audio, image, and multimodal tasks using the Hugging Face transformers library. I streamlined my code into a user-friendly app, deploying it on the cloud with Gradio and Hugging Face Spaces. Key accomplishments include: • Used the transformers library to turn a small language model into a chatbot capable of multi-turn conversations and answering follow-up questions. • Translated between languages, summarized documents, and measured the similarity between two pieces of text, useful for search and retrieval. • Converted audio to text with Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) and converted text to audio using Text
  • Penn State University
    AI Agentic Design Patterns with AutoGen
    Penn State University
    Jul 2024 - Current (1 year 10 months)
    The AI Agentic Design Patterns with AutoGen certification enhanced my ability to build and customize multi- agent systems. I learned how to enable agents to assume different roles and collaborate to accomplish complex tasks using AutoGen, a framework designed for developing LLM applications with multi-agent capabilities. Additionally, this certification strengthened my technical expertise in GenAI.
  • Google
    Agile Project Management (SCRUM)
    Google
    May 2024 - Current (2 years)
    I completed the fifth certification in the Google Project Management Certificate program, which focused on the history, approach, and philosophy of Agile project management, including the Scrum framework. Throughout the certification, I explored how to differentiate and blend Agile with other project management approaches. I delved into Scrum, understanding its pillars and values, and comparing essential Scrum team roles. I learned how to build, manage, and refine a product backlog, implement Agile’s value- driven delivery strategies, and define a value roadmap. Additionally, I gained strategies for effectively organizing the five important Scrum events for a Scrum team, introducing an Agile or Scrum approach to an organization, and coachin
  • University of Stanford
    Machine Learning Specialist
    University of Stanford
    Mar 2024 - Sep 2024 (7 months)
    During the specialization, I learned the fundamentals of machine learning and GenAI technical expertise and how to apply these techniques to build real-world AI applications. The Specialization covered a broad range of topics, including supervised learning (such as multiple linear regression, logistic regression, neural networks, and decision trees), unsupervised learning (including clustering, dimensionality reduction, and recommender systems), and best practices in AI and machine learning innovation. I also studied how to evaluate and tune models and implement a data-centric approach to improving performance. Through this program, I am mastering essential concepts and gained practical skills, enabling me to: - Build machine learning model
  • Escuela de Ingeniería de Antioquia
    Engineering, computer science
    Escuela de Ingeniería de Antioquia
    Jan 2022
    At Universidad EIA, I studied Computer Science with a focus on holistic human development, aiming to prepare for the challenges of the professional world and personal growth. As a graduate of the Computer Science program, I embraced the principles and values outlined in the EIA Institutional Project and developed a range of personal and professional competencies. During my studies, I gained solid knowledge in basic sciences, such as mathematics and physics. I honed my logical reasoning and creativity for problem-solving while mastering new technologies. Additionally, I developed strong statistical skills and the ability to work effectively in teams, essential for collaborating and extracting valuable insights from data in various scenarios.
  • SoftBank Group
    Technology startup program. Miami, FL
    SoftBank Group
    Jul 2021 - Nov 2021 (5 months)
    In this certification, I studied entrepreneurship and innovation with a focus on startups. Throughout the course, I was exposed to various entrepreneurship skills and mindsets that enhanced my ability to be effective both in startups and the corporate world. The course was designed to ignite my entrepreneurial mindset through a series of case studies, class discussions, and twelve masterclasses with founders and expert operators from Softbank’s portfolio companies. It provided me with opportunities to acquire strategic frameworks for managing high- technology businesses and to prepare for leading the next generation of startup companies.
  • Florida State University
    Small business executive program, FSU, Tampa, FL
    Florida State University
    Jul 2021 - Dec 2021 (6 months)
    Tampa, FL At the SBEP, I studied alongside other CEOs, entrepreneurs, business owners, and presidents of small businesses. The program was designed to enhance our leadership skills through the study of the Business Model Canvas. As a result, I emerged as a stronger leader, ready to capitalize on business opportunities, implement best practice management, and turn challenges into strategic advantages. The program was selective, accepting up to 25 non-competing applicants.
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    bioanywhere.com
    Bioanywhere Corporation
    Jan 2021 - Current (5 years 4 months)
    **As Director of Product Management, I independently designed and built Bioanywhere, taking a deeply hands-on leadership approach across the full stack—from defining product vision and architecture to implementing core components and guiding technical direction. Bioanywhere is an AI voice agent platform that combines real-time communication, LLM orchestration, and scalable cloud infrastructure.** **The platform is built with Next.js (React + TypeScript) on the frontend and a PostgreSQL + pgvector backend, leveraging type-safe data access with Drizzle ORM. Real-time voice interactions are powered by LiveKit (WebRTC), connected to a custom Python-based voice agent built on the LiveKit Agents framework. This agent integrates Deepgram (speech-
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    sdgtalks.ai
    SDG investors
    Dec 2020 - Current (5 years 5 months)
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    mindtalks.ai
    mindtalks.ai
    Jul 2017 - Current (8 years 10 months)
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  • Department of Homeland Security
    O1 VISA Individuals with Extraordinary Ability
    Department of Homeland Security
    Jan 2019 - Current (7 years 4 months)
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    One of the four best cloud projects in Latin America
    Datacenter Dynamics
    Dec 2018
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    Patent, mindtalks.ai
    Patent and Trademark Office
    Nov 2018
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    Person of dinero (money) magazine, credit genius kid.
    Revista Dinero
    Dec 2015
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    Bioanywhere, Feature fintech, Chile.
    E-banking news Chile
    Jul 2015
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    Patent, Bioanywhere Fintech
    Patent and Trademark Office
    Jul 2013
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    One of the best LATAM startups
    Embassy of Israel
    Jul 2013
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    Semifinalist, business competition
    U.S Department of State
    Aug 2011
    I developed a system that was selected from hundreds of others across Latin America and had the privilege of presenting it in New York