Leone Lage Perdigão — AI Architecture, Strategy & R&D
Strategy meets
implementation.
Helping companies navigate AI — from defining direction with leadership
to building it with engineering teams.
How I work
I operate across strategy and implementation — from defining direction with leadership to building alongside engineering teams.
Architecture & strategy
Define AI direction, evaluate approaches, and establish technical standards — aligned with business goals.
Hands-on engineering
Work alongside your engineering team — code reviews, architecture decisions, and building together.
End-to-end
Same person from strategy through delivery. No handoffs, no gaps between what gets planned and what gets built.
“Strategy and implementation are not separate activities — they inform each other throughout.”
Common starting points
Starting an AI initiative
Budget and ambition are there, but internal AI leadership is not. Direction-setting and hands-on building go together.
Engineering team, no AI leadership
Strong engineering team, but AI architecture and technical direction are missing. Embedded support at both the strategy and code level.
AI project that's stuck
Something started but isn't delivering. Diagnosis at the strategy level and hands-on work at the code level to get things moving.
Evaluating AI approaches
Many options, unclear direction. An experienced perspective from someone who builds these systems helps cut through complexity.
Ways to work together
Each engagement includes both strategic thinking and hands-on involvement.
Core Engagements
Deep, structured engagements — from assessment to ongoing leadership.
AI Architecture Review
Assessment of your AI systems at both levels: strategic direction and technical implementation. Code, architecture, and alignment with business goals.
Assessment with actionable roadmap
Embedded AI Architect
Embedded in your team on a part-time basis. Architecture decisions, roadmap guidance, code reviews, and pairing with engineers.
Embedded, part-time
AI Strategy Sprint
Focused engagement to define AI direction. Workshops with leadership, technical deep-dives with the team, and a concrete plan your engineers can execute.
Strategy grounded in technical reality
AI Project Recovery
When an AI project isn't delivering, the causes are usually intertwined across strategy and implementation. Diagnosis and hands-on support to get things back on track.
Diagnosis through recovery
Specialized Engagements
Targeted work for specific needs — research, evaluation, training, and advisory.
R&D & Prototyping Sprint
Validate an AI hypothesis. I research the approach, build a working prototype, and deliver a clear go/no-go assessment with technical evidence.
From hypothesis to working proof
Technical Due Diligence
Independent AI/tech assessment for investors, acquisitions, or partnerships. I evaluate architecture, team capability, technical debt, and AI maturity.
Independent technical assessment
AI Training & Workshops
Hands-on training for engineering teams or leadership. Working sessions with real code and problems from your domain.
Practical, hands-on sessions
Advisory Retainer
Lightweight ongoing access. Periodic calls, async questions, and architecture decisions when they come up.
Ongoing, lightweight access
Background
Selected experience across strategy and hands-on delivery.
Strategic level
- PostNL AI Centre of Excellence — partnering with the CTO and Principal Engineers on enterprise AI strategy, governance, and adoption standards for 30,000+ employees
- Enterprise AI Architecture — co-created the organizational standard covering Generative AI, Agentic AI, Edge AI, classical ML, and MLOps/LLMOps governance
- IBM Advisory AI Engineer — supporting AI solutions for strategic clients across 15+ countries in North, Central, and Eastern Europe
- IBM Research collaboration — translating cutting-edge AI capabilities into production client solutions
Hands-on level
- Engineering leadership — led multiple teams across AI, cloud, and software engineering at PostNL, IBM, and earlier roles in fintech and logistics
- Cloud & platform engineering — deep experience across AWS, Azure, and GCP — infrastructure, networking, serverless architectures, and platform engineering at enterprise scale
- Fintech delivery — led API development at Tikkie (ABN AMRO) and built cloud APIs for Inter bank, one of Latin America's largest digital banking platforms
- Technical mentorship — IBM Blue Core Mentor and MentorCruise mentor, coaching engineers and consultants on AI, cloud, and software engineering
- Built Ziran — open-source AI agent security testing framework
Let's talk about your AI challenge
I'd like to understand what you're working on and where AI fits in. A conversation to explore whether I can contribute — no obligations.
Or email me directly at [email protected]