Professional Bio

Born and bred in Madrid, I attended the Lycée Français, then moved to Barcelona to study my undergraduate in business management in ESADE. My first job was at Nintendo of Europe in Frankfurt, where I worked for four years as Product Manager; I then moved to London to work for a martech startup.

During my time in London, I became obsessed with computer science. It was the golden age of MOOCs and I taught myself computer science from scratch, starting with Harvard’s CS50. I also tried to build a startup that generated logos and branding packages algorithmically - way before generative technologies were cool. That failed, and my self-teaching was hitting a wall, so I enrolled in a Masters in Software Engineering at Harvard University through their Extension School, spending a term in Cambridge, MA.

After graduating, I started working as an independent consultant, leading projects as both a technical product manager and software developer, in large enterprises (L’Oréal, Talengo), brilliant small-to-midsize businesses (Field.io, Oquendo, Talengo) and a variety of startups in the Madrid tech ecosystem (most notably Bcas).

Current Work

I specialize in the design and development of tech solutions for the Executive Search industry, and I am also furthering my studies in AI and Machine Learning with an MSc in Computer Science at Georgia Tech (OMSCS).

I am currently developing an Analytics and AI suite for Executive Search, transforming candidate, sales and business operations data into actionable intelligence for the ambitious Executive Search boutique.

If you work in search or recruitment be sure to say hi. I am always interested to hear the challenges you may be facing, and in return I may be able to offer a tip or two on current technological trends.

I don’t buy all the AI hype, but I barely type code into an editor anymore, so there’s that. I use LLMs to bounce design and architecture ideas, generate code, and have also had success integrating agents in new apps and systems through APIs. My workhorses as of late are Codex CLI and the Gemini API.

Other Interests

I like literature, history (modern and contemporary, particularly Spanish and European), philosophy (ethics, history of ideas, philosophy of science, etc.), politics, economics, cinema (all genres and eras), music (metal, electronic, classic rock, classical, jazz, soul), cooking, lifting weights, swimming and football.

• Three writers: Thomas Mann, Miguel de Unamuno, John LeCarré
• Three moviemakers: William Wyler, Martin Scorsese, Denis Vileneuve
• Three philosophers: Aristotle, Ortega y Gasset, Antonio Escohotado
• Three bands: Metallica, Creedence, Maribou State
• One team: Real Madrid

I’ve quit digital news and social media, except LinkedIn. I allow myself one hour of browsing Youtube and a small set of sites (ex: Hacker News) in the evenings. It has radically transformed my life for the better. If you’re consuming more digital media than you’d like, I may be able to offer you some useful tips.

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Contact

You can reach me at ae@alexerhardt.com