I'm Carmelo, founder of Synaptic AI Consulting and Maven instructor, with 30 years of experience building and shipping technology products across Europe, the US, and Brazil.

I've led product and innovation programs at Cisco (12 years) and Claro Brasil (8 years), and built an AI Consulting agency (9 years). Today I run The Agentic Architect Playbook live sessions on O'Reilly and teach Become an Agentic Architect on Maven through the AAMAD method—structured multi-agent development for predictable, compliant, production-grade code.

As a Fractional Chief AI Officer I work with enterprise engineering teams, startup founders, and product leaders helping them move from AI pilots to governed agentic systems that run in production.

I’m Emmanuel, an entrepreneur, product management executive, and consultant at Level 250 with over 15 years of experience shaping API products.

I’ve led large API programs in fintech for Verisk, Moody’s, and Precisely, and served as VP of Product for some of the world’s most influential API tools—like API Blueprint at Apiary (550,000+ APIs), Oracle’s first Cloud-Native API Gateway, and Swagger at SmartBear (750,000+ APIs).

Over the years, I’ve consulted with everyone from Fortune 500 CEOs to startup founders, engaging with thousands of API providers and consumers to help them build winning products and exceptional developer experiences.