Technical project management · Delivery systems · AI-assisted implementation

I architect the systems behind execution.

I turn fragmented workflows, technical complexity, and operational ambiguity into governed systems teams can actually run—from CRM and product delivery to automation, reporting, UAT, and release readiness.

Technical Project Manager · Delivery Systems Architect · AI-Enabled Operations & Integration Lead

15+ years across software delivery, operations transformation, consulting, and global remote teams · Barranquilla, Colombia

Operating model / 01—06Focus each layer
  1. 01Business goalDefine the outcome and the tradeoff.Revenue · service · risk
  2. 02Source of truthDecide which system owns each fact.CRM · ARIVE · Notion
  3. 03WorkflowTurn decisions into visible movement.Jira · handoffs · UAT
  4. 04AutomationConnect the work without automating chaos.n8n · APIs · guardrails
  5. 05EvidenceReconcile what happened, not what was requested.Logs · QA · dashboards
  6. 06DecisionMake release truth and next action explicit.Ship · hold · improve

The operating model moves from business goal to source of truth, workflow, automation, evidence, and finally a clear decision.

I do not just manage the work. I design the system the work moves through.

My role is to understand what should be built, why it is correct, how the systems should interact, what can go wrong, and what evidence proves the result is ready.

I work between business, product, engineering, QA, operations, and leadership—turning decisions into buildable work and technical complexity into clear business tradeoffs.

I use AI-assisted coding as an implementation engine, not a substitute for judgment. I own the constraints, architecture decisions, acceptance criteria, risk controls, validation, and final direction.

Nelcys Barreto in a black suit on the Brooklyn Bridge
Nelcys Barreto · Barranquilla-based · Global delivery

The operating perspective

“The system comes before the tool. If ownership, truth, and evidence are unclear, automation only makes the confusion move faster.”
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Metrics belong to specific engagements and are shown with context in the related case studies.

Caul Group / Sympli Mortgage

Operations Platform & Integration Architecture

● Live loan integration◐ Agent Hub pilot-gated◇ Sanitized case

A governed operating layer across systems that already held different parts of the truth—designed to protect borrower communications, reduce duplicate data, and give leadership useful visibility.

Role
Integration Architect · Technical Product Owner · Operations Automation Lead
System
ARIVE · Operations layer · GoHighLevel
Control
Stable keys · idempotent updates · reconciliation
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System boundary / truth moves with control
Source of truthARIVECanonical loan & borrower state
Operating layerSympli Ops HubVisibility · orchestration · exceptions
Engagement systemGoHighLevelNo blind borrower contact creation

01Canonical truth stayed where the business already governed it.

02Borrower-facing uncertainty failed safely and escalated internally.

03Automation execution cost reduced by approximately 55% in the engagement.

Different contexts. The same discipline.

Each system begins with the operating truth: who owns what, how work moves, what can fail, and what evidence earns the next decision.

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TH3RD GROUP

Revenue, Delivery & Automation OS

One operating model across commercial and delivery systems.

Role
Product Operations & Automation Lead
Type
Operating system
Systems
HubSpot · Notion · n8n

Commercial truth separated from operational truth.

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03

FastVideo

AI Product Delivery & Operating System

Product architecture and launch operations moving as one.

Role
Technical PM · Product Operations Lead
Type
Product delivery
Systems
Next.js · Remotion · ClickUp

Six-stage AI video workflow with governed handoffs.

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04

Jane’s Weather / ACM

Delivery Governance

Make release readiness visible across product, QA, and APIs.

Role
Delivery Systems Lead
Type
Live platform
Systems
Jira · OpenAPI · UAT

75% shorter PR review cycle in the engagement.

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05

Jira

Enforceable Engineering Delivery

Make workflow status reflect engineering reality.

Role
Technical PM · Agile Operations Lead
Type
Delivery architecture
Systems
Jira · GitHub · Slack

Evidence-linked movement from intake to release.

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Victus Global

CRM / ERP-lite Operations System

Connect intake, approvals, delivery, and visibility.

Role
Systems Designer
Type
Operations system
Systems
Notion · n8n · Workspace

Lifecycle automation built around business rules.

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Judgment is the scarce layer.

Tools can accelerate implementation. They cannot decide which truth matters, where the risk sits, or what proof makes the result safe to use.

  1. 01

    Translate

    Turn business ambiguity into requirements, acceptance criteria, and explicit tradeoffs.

    Weather delivery: API and UAT expectations became testable work.
  2. 02

    Architect

    Define system boundaries, sources of truth, workflow logic, and integration rules.

    Sympli: ARIVE remained authoritative while other systems enriched safely.
  3. 03

    Govern

    Build controls for risk, data quality, evidence, permissions, and release readiness.

    Jira: status movement required proof from the delivery flow.
  4. 04

    Ship & improve

    Coordinate implementation, validate outcomes, recover responsibly, and reduce operating drag.

    Mortgage operations: automation was consolidated around value and plan limits.

Technical enough to direct the system. Clear about who owns the code.

I work closely with engineering across APIs, repositories, pull requests, dependencies, environments, QA, deployment, and release flow. I own the problem definition, architecture constraints, workflow logic, requirements, tradeoffs, testing expectations, and final acceptance.

Engineers own engineering. AI tools can accelerate implementation. My responsibility is to make sure the right system is being built and that evidence—not momentum—earns release.

LayerNelcysEngineeringAI
Business objectiveOwnAdviseAccelerate
Workflow logicOwnCollaborateAccelerate
Architecture constraintsDirectCollaborateSupport
Code implementationReviewOwnAccelerate
QA, UAT & releaseOwn acceptanceCollaborateSupport

A career built at the handoff.

The through-line is not a job title. It is making complex work legible, governable, and ready to move.

  1. 01

    Operations foundations

    Controls, service, ownership, and measurable cycle improvement.

  2. 02

    Digital transformation

    CRM, ERP-lite systems, automation, and role-based visibility.

  3. 03

    Software delivery

    Requirements, APIs, QA, UAT, release readiness, and global teams.

  4. 04

    AI-enabled systems

    Architecture-led implementation with validation and guardrails.

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I designed the positioning, information architecture, content model, visual direction, quality bar, and implementation constraints for this portfolio.

AI-assisted coding accelerated the build. The product judgment and final decisions remained mine.

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Bring me the messy system.

When work is moving but control is missing, I map the truth, define the operating model, and build the structure that helps the team execute without guessing.