About
I am Franco Mariano Rodrigo, an AI Solutions Engineer and Industrial Engineer. I work remotely with clients and teams worldwide.
I design and build systems that combine artificial intelligence, automation, software architecture, and full-stack engineering. My work begins before model selection: understanding the problem, mapping the existing process, evaluating whether AI is actually necessary, and defining measurable criteria for success.
My background combines industrial engineering, electronics, software systems, cloud infrastructure, and applied artificial intelligence. It lets me approach AI projects as complete operational systems rather than isolated model integrations.
How I think about engineering
Understand the workflow, design the system, ship the smallest reliable version, measure what happens, and improve from evidence. I prefer practical architecture over fashionable complexity, and I value systems that remain understandable, testable, secure, and operable.
Current focus
- AI solution architecture
- Production LLM applications
- RAG and knowledge systems
- Process automation
- Distributed AI pipelines
- Evaluation and observability
- Human-in-the-loop system design
- Operational reliability