About

I build AI-powered products as a non-technical founder and have taught 50+ YC founders to do the same. Before that, I led exponential account growth in the pharmaceutical practice and was a founding member of the BizOps practice at Real Chemistry, where I shipped processes and implemented new systems to 2K+ employees globally.

The most important things you should know about me:

• I care deeply. And I believe this is the essence of a great craftsman.
• I believe in long term games with long term people.
• I am a learning machine.
• I love problem solving and building from 0 to 1.
• I believe the world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper (Yeats).

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The Longer Story

I am originally from Caracas, Venezuela. My parents immigrated to the USA when I was seven, and I’ve lived with an immigrant mentality of hard work and the pursuit of the American dream.

I wanted to be a doctor my whole life, but after being pre-med at Duke and double majoring in Public Policy and Global Health, I knew that my superpowers were at the intersection of topics: science and art, bizops and tech.

My first job was at Ogilvy. I couldn’t believe I got to apply my science background and love for art at one of the most renowned agencies in the world.

I worked on go-to-market campaigns for big pharma clients, writing social campaigns and planning experiential popups. I was amongst creatives and scientists, problem solving for clients: what's a creative way to educate people on infectious diseases? How do we bring this drug to seven different markets?

After two years at Ogilvy, I joined Real Chemistry, an agency that was scaling rapidly at the time, because I am an entrepreneur at heart and wanted a place where I could ‘choose my own adventure’.

I spent five years in Real Chemistry across three different teams. I started in client-services focused on Value & Access positioning for biopharma clients, where I grew an account from $150k to $1.5M in <1.5 years, and 3x the team. I then became a hybrid with the Analytics team because I was really good at drawing insights from large data. Most recently, I became a founding member of the Business Operations practice, where I was right hand to the Ops practice lead and lead our most transformative projects. This included:

• Launching an automated Timesheet Compliance program to 1700+ employees, which recovered several million dollars in previously unbilled hours, reduced manual follow-ups by 90%, and cut monthly accruals by >50%. I led the design, engineering coordination, pilot strategy, and all C-suite communications and rollout training.
• Building the company's Freelancer Request process from scratch, achieving >80% reduction in manual effort across TA and Billing, handling 500+ submissions per year integrated across financial approvals, IT setup, and invoicing.
• Building the company’s first automated Talent Acquisition process, consolidating requisition approvals across acquired companies. 99% adoption since launch.
• Consolidating 30+ executive reports across Excel, PowerPoint, and Domo into fewer than 10 live PowerBI dashboards — cutting hundreds of manual hours per month and establishing a single source of truth for PE-level reporting.

I loved my work in the Operations team — I had influence, managed team members and worked cross-functionally, and had built trust and owned interesting projects — but I knew I ultimately wanted to be in tech and startups, and at the heart of this AI revolution.

So in late 2024, I packed up my bags, said goodbye to New York City, and moved to San Francisco.

Throughout this time, I was doing Sunday Hustles every weekend and at nights, teaching myself how to vibe code. I launched apps on the app store and built websites. The creativity unlock changed my life because it meant I could build more meaningfully.

This led to an interesting opportunity to join a friend who was building AI Study Camp. He asked me to lead Product & Ops for the business, while authoring and launching a new course: Vibe Coding Foundations. I said yes, and went all in.

I then became co-founder of AI Study Camp, and have since taught 50+ YC founders how to use Claude Code, hosted a hackathon, and organized a YC vibe coding event in SF. I also became the private tutor of a YC visiting partner, building out processes in OpenClaw, Claude Cowork, and Claude Code to make his batch operations more effective.

What I have loved most about this work is that founders have told me "I feel I now have superpowers." It's been a mission-driven effort, to teach AI well, to not shortify learning but rather invest deeply in it, and to have students who feel augmented and empowered through my course.

Three questions I keep on pondering through my conversations with founders:

• How do we rethink processes and ways of working in the age of AI -- and not fall trap to just rebuilding with AI somewhere in the mix?
• How do we expand AI from individual use to a real playbook of clear use cases for companies?
• How can we train AI to have taste and a sense of judgement?

If you’re drawn to creative ideas, thoughtful collaboration, and the energy of making things happen, let’s connect — I’d love to hear your story.