Mario Faundez
AI Platform Lead (GenOps Lead)
Santiago Metropolitan Area Chile
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Top SchoolMario Faundez is an AI platform leader with 13+ years of hands-on experience designing and scaling internal platforms, now focused on accelerating Generative AI adoption and safer, governed AI at Falabella Group. He combines a Master's in Artificial Intelligence with deep DevOps and platform engineering roots—having standardized Kubernetes, Backstage, and Terraform practices that dramatically sped delivery and reduced manual errors. Mario has led GenOps initiatives to unify model access, cost controls, and security for retail and financial use cases while championing InnerSource to spread reusable agentic capabilities across teams. Known for pragmatic architecture and developer-experience improvements, he pairs strategic direction with the operational know-how to move AI projects from prototype to production. An often-overlooked strength is his track record in automating infrastructure workflows (VPNs, Vault secrets, CI/CD) that enabled rapid, reliable deployments at scale.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Magister, Artificial Intelligence, Magister, Artificial Intelligence at Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileDiplomado en Gestión y Evaluación de Proyectos Informáticos, Project Management, Diplomado en Gestión y Evaluación de Proyectos Informáticos, Project Management at Universidad de ChileIngeniero Civil en Computación Mención Informática, Titulado con Distinción., Macul, Ingeniero Civil en Computación Mención Informática, Titulado con Distinción., Macul at Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana
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Github Skills (78)
terraform-module10
charts10
helm10
kubernetes10
prometheus10
docker-image10
django9
proxies9
alibabacloud9
terraform9
python9
security9
api-management9
dockerfile9
docker-container9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
fiftech/fifbucket
Mar 2018 - Aug 2020
Contributions:31 commits, 1 PR, 29 pushes in 2 years 5 months
ordenador/info-vis
Jul 2022 - Oct 2023
Contributions:40 PRs, 67 pushes in 1 year 2 months
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