--- title: "Roger Simões | AI Product & Technology Leader" description: "Roger Simões leads AI products and production delivery across enterprise GenAI, agentic systems, reasoning models, computer vision, and industrial AI." canonical: "https://rogersimoes.com/en" lang: "en" --- # Roger Simões > Roger Simões leads AI products and production delivery across enterprise GenAI, agentic systems, reasoning models, computer vision, and industrial AI. ## AI Product & Technology Leader Enterprise GenAI · Agentic Systems · Applied AI Product Strategy · Solutions Architecture · Production Delivery I turn complex AI capabilities into enterprise products and deployed solutions—connecting product strategy, system design, customer delivery, and measurable business outcomes. - **Years Production AI:** 9 - **Efficiency Gains:** 300%+ - **Years Tech & Product:** 15+ ## Quick facts Roger Simões is an AI Product & Technology Leader based in Aracaju, Brazil. His work spans enterprise GenAI products, reasoning models, industrial AI delivery, and nine years of computer vision in production. He is the author of Reboot Work (2026, ISBN 978-6501957760) and Empregos Humanos em Tempos de Robôs (2024, ISBN 979-8224964611). - **Current roles:** Head of Product, Straits Institute · Product Lead, Eigenform · CTO, Timberstone and ConstruLabs - **Based in:** Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil - **Books:** Reboot Work (2026) · Empregos Humanos em Tempos de Robôs (2024) - **Core capabilities:** AI products · Agentic systems · Solutions architecture · Production applied AI ## Work with me Four ways to work with me directly, as a contractor or through an employer of record. Each one draws on work I lead today. ### AI-readiness assessment Leadership teams that want to know where AI pays off before they commit budget. - **What you receive:** Structured interviews with your department heads, a map of candidate use cases, and a scoped, prioritized implementation roadmap. - **Evidence:** The assessment that qualifies every Timberstone engagement, delivered with an AWS partner under the AWS assessment reimbursement program. ### Fractional Head of AI or Head of Product Companies building an AI product or platform without a senior AI product leader in place. - **What you receive:** AI strategy and roadmap, model selection, prompt systems, evaluations, quality and cost trade-offs, pricing, and go-to-market, owned with your team. - **Evidence:** Head of Product for AI+ Pro, a multi-model platform sold to enterprise, institutional, and public-sector buyers across LATAM and Asia; Product Lead for the Eigenform reasoning models. ### Applied AI build and deployment Industrial and mid-market companies with an operational problem that AI can measurably improve. - **What you receive:** Discovery, solution architecture, proof of concept, production deployment, and handover for computer vision, predictive maintenance, RAG, agents, and workflow automation. - **Evidence:** 300%+ efficiency gains in live operations for Timberstone clients; nine years leading the Roeye computer-vision platform in production; author of the open-source darwin-memo library. ### AI infrastructure advisory Investors, developers, and governments planning AI data center capacity. - **What you receive:** Site and power assessment, the regulatory and planning path, a commercial model with pre-leasing, per-kW pricing, and milestone financing, and the investment case. - **Evidence:** Originated and leads the Straits AI Supercluster project in Sergipe, Brazil: a municipal MOU for a US$500M–1B AI data center campus, a 50 MW grid-connection study, and feasibility work with JLL. ### Engagement terms - **Format:** Contractor or employer of record (EOR) - **Location:** Remote, worldwide · Aracaju, Brazil (UTC−3) - **Languages:** English, Portuguese, Spanish - **First step:** Send a short description of the problem through the form. I reply within 24–48 hours. ## Selected Work A selection of products and systems that show how I connect product leadership, technical depth, enterprise delivery, and commercial judgment. ### Productizing Enterprise GenAI AI Product “A framework becomes valuable when people can use it repeatedly.” As Head of Product at the Straits Institute for Applied AI, I own product strategy, roadmap, and go-to-market for AI+ Pro, a professional AI platform used by enterprises, institutions, and the public sector. I helped turn the PRISM structured-prompting framework into a templated, model-flexible product integrating foundation models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and open-source providers. - **Evidence:** Multi-model platform - [AI+ Pro](https://aiplus.pro) ### Shaping Verifiable Reasoning Reasoning Models “Evaluation turns frontier capability into a product decision.” At Eigenform, part of the Straits AI Group, I lead product for self-improving reasoning models. The models form hypotheses, write code to test them, evaluate the results, and retrain, leaving a verifiable reasoning trace at every cycle, with formal verification in Lean. I own product definition, evaluation criteria, roadmap, and positioning, and work directly with research and engineering. The flagship deployment is in mineral exploration. - **Evidence:** Formal verification - [Eigenform](https://eigenform.ai) ### Delivering AI into Operations Enterprise Delivery “The work is not finished until it operates in the real environment.” As CTO of Timberstone, an enterprise AI delivery practice, and of ConstruLabs, its construction AI spinoff in Ecuador, I lead discovery, solution architecture, build, and production deployment for industrial clients in steel, cable manufacturing, construction, logistics, seafood processing, and cold chain. We turn operational problems into computer-vision, predictive-maintenance, RAG, and automation systems that run in live operations. - **Evidence:** 300%+ gains - [Timberstone](https://timberstone.ai) - [ConstruLabs](https://construlabs.ai) ### Nine Years of Production Vision AI Computer Vision “Production experience changes how you design every new AI system.” At Roeye, I led the development and long-term operation of a real-time computer-vision platform for retail analytics. The product ran on customers’ existing camera infrastructure and was deployed and supported for enterprise clients in Brazil and international markets—experience that continues to shape how I approach reliability, integration, and adoption. - **Evidence:** 9 years in production ### Building and Testing New Systems Agents & Memory “Building creates sharper product judgment.” Selected hands-on projects keep product judgment close to the technology. darwin-memo is an open-source Python library for self-curating LLM-agent memory, with an MCP server and benchmark suite. Superior Trade explores autonomous natural-language-to-verified-strategy workflows, achieving 97.43% intent accuracy in its test set and supporting five-year backtesting. - **Evidence:** Open source + benchmarks - [darwin-memo on PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/darwin-memo/) - [Source](https://github.com/rogermsc/darwin-memo) ### Connecting Technology and Markets Commercialization “Technology creates value only when it connects with real demand.” Across Good Monster, Redwire, and international partnerships, I have led digital-product, innovation, growth, and go-to-market initiatives for B2B and consumer organizations. That commercial background complements the technical work: shaping value propositions, aligning stakeholders, opening markets, and connecting AI products with real demand. Infrastructure and government partnerships remain part of this broader ecosystem experience. - **Evidence:** B2B & global markets ## Reboot Work How AI Redefined the Management Model ### Reboot Work (2026) How AI Redefined the Management Model Organizations have poured over $100 billion into AI adoption — and most have little to show for it. Reboot Work proposes a fundamental inversion: instead of asking humans to learn how to use AI, place an AI orchestrator at the center of workflow coordination. Introducing the O.P.U.S. Framework — a complete management architecture for the AI age. Why Read - The O.P.U.S. Framework for AI-first management. - Complete 90-day transition playbook with templates. - The Dignity Test — ethics at the core of AI adoption. - [Buy on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/6501957761) ### Empregos Humanos em Tempos de Robôs (2025) A Guide to Human Value in an Autonomous Age This book explores how AI will reshape the job market while highlighting the uniquely human skills that will become more valuable than ever. Practical insights for professionals, managers, and organizations navigating this technological shift. Why Read - Decode how AI reshapes value. - Blueprint for resilient careers. - Real-world stories, not sci-fi. - [Buy on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com.br/dp/B0F2PSCDW8) ## Credentials & Impact Evidence of sustained work across AI products, production systems, commercialization, authorship, and international technology ecosystems. ### Landmark Technical Project Animated Panorama Virtual Tours for Brazilian museums. Academic papers & theses cite the method. ### Published Author Two books published: Reboot Work (2026, English, Amazon US) and Empregos Humanos em Tempos de Robôs (2024, Portuguese, Amazon Brazil). Reboot Work introduces the O.P.U.S. Framework for AI-first management; Empregos Humanos explores the rise of AI-powered solopreneurs. ### Enterprise AI Delivery Chief Technology Officer of Timberstone and of ConstruLabs, its construction AI spinoff. Computer vision, predictive maintenance, RAG, and automation deployed into industrial operations, delivering 300%+ efficiency gains. ### AI Product Leadership Straits Institute for Applied AI — Head of Product for AI+ Pro. Owns strategy, roadmap, and go-to-market for a multi-model enterprise AI platform; also Product Lead for reasoning models at Eigenform. “The common thread across Roger's work is the ability to translate emerging AI capability into a product, an operating system, and a business outcome.” — Professional Profile - [Press Kit](https://rogersimoes.com/en/press-kit) - [Media Kit](https://rogersimoes.com/en/media-kit) - [Museum Letter](https://rogersimoes.com/en/museum-letter) ## Get in Touch For consulting engagements, AI product work, partnerships, or media interviews, reach out through any of the channels below. - **Email:** contact@rogersimoes.com - **LinkedIn:** rogermsc - **X:** @rogersimoesai - **Based in:** Aracaju, Brazil - [Contact](https://rogersimoes.com/en/contact) - [Consulting](https://rogersimoes.com/en/consulting) ## Frequently asked questions ### Who is Roger Simões? Roger Simões is an AI Product & Technology Leader, Mechanical Engineer, Computer Scientist, and author. He works across enterprise GenAI products, reasoning models, industrial AI delivery, and production computer vision, connecting technical capability with product strategy and business outcomes. ### What AI product work does Roger lead? He leads product strategy, roadmap, and go-to-market for AI+ Pro, a professional multi-model AI platform at the Straits Institute for Applied AI, and leads product for self-improving reasoning models with formal verification at Eigenform. ### What kinds of AI systems has Roger delivered? His delivery experience includes computer vision, predictive maintenance, RAG, automation, multi-model GenAI applications, agent workflows, and AI-readiness assessments. He led a computer-vision platform in production for nine years and currently works with industrial clients from discovery through deployment. ### How do I hire Roger as a consultant? Use the form at rogersimoes.com/en/consulting or email contact@rogersimoes.com. Roger offers AI-readiness assessments, fractional Head of AI or Head of Product roles, applied AI build and deployment, and AI infrastructure advisory. He works remotely worldwide, as a contractor or through an employer of record. ### Where can I buy Roger's books? Reboot Work is available on Amazon US (amazon.com/dp/6501957761). Empregos Humanos em Tempos de Robôs is available on Amazon Brazil (amazon.com.br/dp/B0F2PSCDW8).