About Me
Hey, I'm Javier, a Product Manager and developer at SAP, based in Singapore.
I build AI products, and I mean that literally. I don't just plan them or sit in meetings about them, I write code, ship prototypes, and figure out how to take what works and get it in front of real users.
These days I lead the Generative AI Experience Lab at SAP, where my team runs AI bootcamps, builds prototypes, and validate what agentic AI can actually do inside a large enterprise. It's messy, it's interesting, and honestly it's the most fun I've had at work.
I studied Information Systems and Business Analytics at SMU. It gave me just enough technical depth to hold my own with engineers, and enough business sense to spot when something is technically impressive but nobody actually needs it.
What I Love Doing
Building stuff. I get restless when I'm only managing. I need to be making something. Whether it's a new AI service or a side project I cooked up over a weekend, I'm happiest when I'm in the middle of building something and figuring it out as I go.
Cutting through AI hype. I work in AI daily. Most of what gets posted online about it doesn't match what I see at work. I like writing about the gap between what's exciting in theory and what's actually useful when you ship it to real users.
Writing to think. I don't write because I already have the answer. I write to find it.
Why I Started This Site
I've spent years building on other people's platforms. LinkedIn, internal wikis, decks that nobody reads six months later.
I wanted something that was mine. A place where I could write properly, think out loud, and build up something that lasts longer than a post in a feed.
Honestly, it also keeps me accountable. Publishing forces me to actually finish a thought instead of leaving it half-formed in my notes app.
Why I Write
Writing is how I figure out what I actually think.
I work in AI and product every day. I have opinions about what's real, what's oversold, and where the interesting problems actually are. Writing is how I pressure-test those opinions.
I try to write from inside the work, not from a distance. That means getting specific about enterprise software, agentic systems, and what it's actually like to ship AI products at a large company where nothing moves as fast as a tweet thread implies.
If you're a PM, a developer, or just someone trying to make sense of what's happening in AI right now, hopefully some of it lands.
Outside of Work
Outside of work, I shoot street photography, hit the gym consistently, and listen to way too many podcasts about product and relationships. When I need to switch off, I play story-driven console games like God of War and Spider-Man.