Tobalo Torres-Valderas's Resume

Tobalo Torres-Valderas

Systems Architect, Software Developer, Investor, Entrepreneur, Advisor, Analyst, and most importantly a Life Long Student

Texas

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About

Technical business leader with 9+ years of enterprise and startup experience in IT and cloud infrastructure. Currently specializing in developing agentic workflows and integrating AI agents into business processes, with deep expertise in cutting-edge cloud and AI engineering methodologies. Active in community leadership through the Fort Worth DAO for Information Age Governance, focused on expanding the local technical workforce and advancing non-profit educational initiatives.

Work Experience

WhitegloveAI

Aug 2024 - Present

VP, AI Lab

  • Lead engineering team to design AI-based data engineering workflows for complex business documents, improving data serialization, structured outputs, and process automation, saving 1000+ hours for clients.
  • Designed and engineered state-of-the-art AI-enabled document OCR pipelines.
  • Provided strategic advice on AI industry updates for product strategy and technical due diligence.
  • Developed multi-model AI agents for regulated industries using Go, Python, and TypeScript.
  • Lead Architect on AI engineering design, delivery, and tailored solutions consulting.
  • Agentics
  • Technical Enablement
  • Management

Y2

Jan 2021 - Present

Founder

  • Architected and shipped multiple re-platform iterations integrating OSINT data mining for niche information flow; y2.dev flagship product serving global investors, analysts, and researchers.
  • Technical consultant for Cloud & AI engineering, developing autonomous agents for real-time intelligence gathering and analysis; designed scalable webhook/API infrastructure and cloud-native solutions across Cloudflare, Vercel, Docker, and Postgres.
  • Consulted clients on end-to-end systems architecture using TypeScript, Python, Golang, Next.js, PostgreSQL; designed pub/sub and event-driven architectures integrating multi-modal AI workflows with LangGraph, Mastra, Agno, and CrewAI.
  • Established multi-tier content strategy producing executive briefings, insider trading analysis, cybersecurity newsletters, and reindustrialization intelligence for American manufacturing and Industry 4.0 transformation.
  • Bootstrapped profitable platform from concept with zero external funding; implemented FinOps best practices and business automation systems while managing P&L and scaling technical capabilities.
  • Skills: Business Strategy, Product Development, Strategic Planning
  • Bootstrap
  • Product Engineering
  • FinOps
  • Strategy

Oracle

Aug 2018 - Jul 2024

Solutions Architect

  • Driven ~$25mm OCI ACR. Partnered with sales to build organizational relationships for business & technical problems.
  • Designed and deployed OCI landing zones for data center consolidation & migrations.
  • Onboarded customer tenancies to expedite time-to-consumption and ensure delivery success.
  • Deepened Cloud-Native engineering relationships in the OCI ecosystem.
  • Liaison for pain points from P0 security to CSAT/CX/XDR.
  • Advised day 2 operational excellence best practices with cloud-native methodologies.
  • Augmented XDR resolution times by 2x through cross-functional collaboration.
  • Finalist in Accenture OCI 2023 mastermind hackathon (space & satellite innovation) and 2024 Mastermind (edgeAI for emergency response).
  • Led program for OCI-C->OCI upgrades for 150+ clients.
  • Advised cloud security posture assessments and audits per CIS standards.
  • Certified OCI Security Professional & Architect. TPM Tiger Team for Oracle@Azure.
  • Field researcher in OCI strategic innovation - AI & Blockchain.
  • Published Blogs: Edge Data Analysis with LLMs, Natural Language Querying at the Edge
  • Skills: Business Development, Strategic Planning, Data Analysis, Solution Architecture
  • Enterprise
  • OCI
  • Security
  • Databases
  • Customer Success

Freelance

Nov 2016 - Aug 2018

Web Developer

Web development for various clients.
  • Wordpress
  • HTML/CSS
  • Vanilla JS

Texas State University

Apr 2016 - May 2018

Analyst - Network Operations Center

  • Monitored Texas State University System NOC for anomalies in HVAC, network outages, and security incidents.
  • Trained new employees on support operations and data center monitoring.
  • Responded to critical systems escalations for faculty, staff, and students.
  • SOC
  • NOC

McCoy Corporation

Aug 2015 - Dec 2017

Information Systems Specialist

  • Programmed scripts to automate image deployment, software installations, and system administration tasks, saving over 100+ hours per year.
  • Implemented one-click silent software installations to streamline processes and increase efficiency.
  • Developed automation solutions for legacy IT shop at McCoy Corporation in San Marcos, TX.
  • IT Automation

Solid IT Networks, Inc.

Feb 2017 - May 2017

Networking Contractor

  • Instructed cabling team during wireless upgrade project for 100+ academic buildings and 20+ dorms with 5ghz Cisco Meraki APs.
  • Conducted quality assurance for 2,300+ wireless access points, advising on necessary changes.
  • Achieved seamless implementation of wireless network infrastructure for educational facilities.
  • Networking Contractor

Tilt.com (acquired by Airbnb)

Jul 2015 - Feb 2017

Team Lead, Growth

Managed growth of tilt.com at Texas State by hiring ambassadors, issuing promo codes, promoting events, and selling items.
  • Startups

Education

Texas State University

2014 - 2018
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Information Systems

Skills

  • React/Next.js/Vite.js
  • TypeScript
  • Event-Driven Architecture
  • Cloud-Native Systems Design
  • Microservices
  • DB Systems
  • IAM/IdP
  • AuthN/AuthZ
  • LLMs/VLMs
  • Golang
  • Python
  • FastAPI/Flask
  • Ai Agent
  • System Architecture
  • Team Leadership
  • Web3
  • DAOs
  • OSINT
  • Internet Investigations

Side projects

Covara

AI document processing engine for Property & Casualty Insurance

  • TypeScript
  • Next.js
  • Vercel
  • GCP
  • PostgreSQL

Gogent

Distributed log analysis system that uses embedded NATS messaging and LLM-powered agents to process and analyze system logs in real-time and at the edge.

  • Golang
  • Ollama
  • Nats.io
  • SQLlite
  • EdgeAI

Fort Worth DAO

Founded and building the leading City DAO and Crypto leadership for Fort Worth. Driving civic innovation, digital ownership workshops, and thought leadership.

  • Web3
  • Blockchain
  • IPFS
  • Community Leadership
  • Education

The Great Capitulation

Thesis on National Financial Security risk to USG + American Retirements.

  • Macroeconomics
  • Theory
  • Market Research
  • Information Capital

Ilios OCR

Lightweight, high performance document to markdown API & Worker Queue using Mistral OCR with SQLite + Turso for Embedded Cloud Syncs

  • Bun
  • Hono
  • Mistral
  • Tigris
  • Turso