Manuel Vidaurre

me:
identity:
name: Manuel Enrique Vidaurre Arenas
born: Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
role: Chief Technology & Product Officer
archetype: Transformational Systems Architect of Organizations
mission: Design sociotechnical systems that expand human freedom, clarity, and possibility
horizon: Enduring value across technology, people, capital, and meaning

humor:
programming: Debating languages matters less when programming AI agents
stance: Syntax fades, intent remains

passions:
value: Adding more
people: Happiness, dignity, freedom
software: Leverage for human flourishing
architecture: Make complexity survivable under stress
investing: Long-term optionality and calm
travel: Cultures, history, landscapes
gourmet: Deepest sin
wine: Geography made emotion
art_music_poetry: Structure meeting soul

traveler:
lived_in: [Guadalajara, Washington DC (~10y), Querétaro (8y+)]
explored: {countries: "50+", cities: "450+"}
motivations: [museums, nature, folk culture, gastronomy, wine, handicrafts, history]
philosophy: Slow observation over checklist tourism

skills:
mental: [systems_thinking, strategic_clarity, abstraction, focus, results]
social: [deep_listener, mentor, leader_of_leaders, mediator, trust_builder]
executive:
[sociotechnical_architecture, product_strategy, tech_transformation,
governance, risk_navigation, culture_design, multi_country_ops]

programming:
languages: [ruby, js, ts, python, scala, elixir, java, c, elm]
frameworks: [react, rails, phoenix, liveview, elixir_otp]
paradigms:
[DDD, team_topologies, lean, XP, evolutionary_architecture, residuality]
enterprise_methods:
[eventstorming, domain_storytelling, bounded_contexts, fitness_functions, ADRs]
next_frontiers:
[spec_driven_GenAI, X_as_code, governance_as_code, knowledge_as_code]
industries:
[retail, optical_health, fintech, manufacturing, real_estate, GIS, public_health]

enterprise_capabilities:
data_platform:
paradigm: [data_platform, data_mesh]
principles:
[domain_ownership, data_as_product, federated_governance,
interoperable_semantics, observability, trustworthy_metrics]
erp_odoo:
focus: [manufacturing, inventory_integrity, finance_consistency, auditability]
strategy: [event_driven_extension, modular_domains, decoupling, resilience]
integration:
style: [event_driven, api_first, async_first]
concerns: [idempotency, consistency, observability, failure_isolation]
discovery:
methods: [eventstorming, domain_storytelling]
outcomes: [shared_language, bounded_contexts, alignment, risk_visibility]

architecture_thinking:
devex: Optimize cognitive load and safe autonomy
team_topologies: Org design as architecture
residuality: Survivability over prediction
evolutionary: Fitness-guided change
genai: Spec-first human-AI collaboration
x_as_code: Encode governance and intent as executable systems

capital:
philosophy: Freedom first, growth second, legacy always
strategy: Diversified global equities, real assets, optionality
horizon: Multi-decade, antifragile, tax-aware
life_model: Die With Zero

creative:
poetry: true
writing: Reflection as clarity
synthesis: Technology, philosophy, beauty

past:
public_health: [PAHO, WHO_collaboration, GeoPublicHealth_QGIS]
academia: [Universidad_de_Guadalajara, Johns_Hopkins, Harvard, Georgetown]
ventures: [Venyrent, Agiltec, Imber, eMagazine, Asdetec, Buzzurbano, Crowdint]
communities: [Ruby_GDL, Elixir_GDL, Fullstack, Startup_ecosystem]

present:
company: Galileo (Ben & Frank / Bombavista)
role: CTPO
focus:
[AI_native_platforms, data_trust, inventory_integrity, DevEx,
team_topologies, resilient_architecture, spec_driven_delivery,
ERP_modernization, data_mesh]
ventures: [Arely_AI]
boards: [Magmalabs]

future:
horizon_1: Consolidate AI-native resilient Galileo platform
horizon_2: Fractional CTO, venture building, community return
horizon_3: Capital stewardship, writing, teaching, quiet creation
legacy: Institutions and ideas that expand human freedom