Portrait
A practitioner first. An advisor second.
I have founded four companies, including Kacti AI, an applied AI R&D firm working on problems at the frontier of semantic reasoning. I have also built enterprise systems, designed AI architectures, and advised CTO teams on technology strategy. At Microsoft, I spent fifteen years going from systems engineering to Principal Architect, advising executive teams on how to deploy AI where the wrong abstraction costs millions. Now I work with leaders making high-stakes AI calls who need someone who has operated at both levels: deep in the code and across the portfolio.
Career
Twenty-four years of invention.
2025 – Present
Kacti AI
Founder & CEO
Applied AI R&D at the frontier of semantic reasoning. Systems that reason over complex, structured information.
2026 – Present
Forward Share Ventures
Founding Advisor
Counsel on AI architecture, enterprise integration, and the path to scale.
2023 – 2026
Sendit
Founder
A shipping technology built around identity, not addresses. A new primitive for consumer logistics.
2018 – 2025
Microsoft
Principal Architect, Dynamics 365 VP/CTO Team
AI strategy at enterprise scale. Named inventor on enterprise software patents.
2017 – 2018
Capital One
Manager, Software Engineering
Consumer financial education at scale. Designed an event-driven, real-time architecture for dynamic personalized content.
2009 – 2017
Microsoft
Tech Lead, Senior Engineer
Dynamics AX/365 at global enterprise scale. Named inventor on enterprise software patents.
Off the Page
Discipline shaped by a stopwatch.
I was a national champion in the 400m. If you know the 400, you know it's the race that rewards the runner who commits fully to a pace strategy and distributes effort with precision. That discipline shaped how I think about hard problems: you don't improvise intensity, you plan it.
At sixteen, I built atletismo.4t.com, a social platform for track and field athletes in Mexico. This was before Facebook existed. It became the leading platform for the sport in the country.
Maxim
Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Experts avoid it.Geniuses remove it.
— Alan Perlis
In Their Words
What colleagues say.
“Andres has always found a way to deliver real and lasting impact… What really stands out is his balance of technical mastery and humility. Always approachable, willing to help, and brings clarity and energy to every discussion.”
Principal Architect, Microsoft
“Over 15 years, he has consistently demonstrated exceptional skills and dedication… He is a creative problem solver… His deep understanding of design patterns results in high-performance and scalable solutions.”
Global VP, Performance Engineering, SAP
“Andres consistently stood out for his leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills… always open to sharing insights and helping the team think through complex technical challenges. He elevates the people around him.”
Senior Software Engineer, Microsoft
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