About Me

I build products that help you ship faster and waste less time.

I'm Mario Guerra. For the last 15 years, I've built products, APIs, and AI systems.

At Microsoft, I led TypeSpec—an open-source API definition language. Today, nearly all Azure services use it to generate SDKs, cutting their development and review time by over 30%.

Currently, I focus on AI. I build products that automate the tedious parts of your work, so you can focus on solving real problems.

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Skills & Expertise

My core technical skills and areas of expertise

Technical Expertise

APIs

TypeSpec

OpenAPI

LLMs

RAG

Distributed Systems

Python

C/C++

Rust

Azure

Cloud Computing

LLMOps

Prompt Management

Data Processing

Qdrant

Power BI

DevOps

CI/CD

GitHub

Security Standards

Product & Leadership

Developer Tools

API-First Strategy

Cross-Functional Leadership

Product Strategy

Roadmapping

Data-Driven Decisions

Developer Advocacy

Community Engagement

User Research

Requirements Gathering

Stakeholder Alignment

KPI Definition

Experience

My professional journey

Principal Product Engineer — AI Strategy

2025 - Present

IntelePeer

Architected and built the company's AI Agent Delivery Platform, shipping the full production stack and delivering the first live customer deployment in just three weeks. Created the SOLO protocol to drive repeatable, production-grade AI development.

Founder & AI Architect

2025 - Present

IgnitionAI (ignitionai.xyz)

An AI consultancy that deploys senior engineering agents to architect and launch products in days, not weeks. Helping startups and SMBs turn ideas into launch-ready tools with measurable ROI.

Senior Product Manager - TypeSpec API Definition Language

2021 - 2025

Microsoft

Leading product vision and strategy for TypeSpec, an open-source API definition language transforming API development. Guiding Azure service teams as a member of the Azure API Stewardship Board, driving best practices for API development. Defining KPIs to measure product success and iterating based on real-world usage.

Principal Software Engineer / Manager

2008 - 2021

Qualcomm

Led the development of tools and platforms for Qualcomm's Hexagon DSP, the core of Snapdragon modem and Neural Processing Unit technology. Served as de-facto product manager for Hexagon tools used by first-party software development teams. Improved on-time delivery by 35% through the implementation of data-driven development processes.

Key Projects

Highlights from my portfolio

TypeSpec 1.0 Launch

Microsoft

Led the zero-to-one launch of TypeSpec, delivering an API definition language that achieved 8-10x code reduction and 30% faster review times, delivering measurable developer productivity.

RAG-Enhanced Chatbots with Microsoft Teams Data

Personal Project

Built RAG-enhanced chatbots using Graph API and Azure Foundry, leveraging LLMs to optimize workflows and demonstrate API-driven user support with secure data exchange.

@azure Functionality in GitHub Copilot

Microsoft

Contributed to LLM-driven API integrations, enhancing developer productivity through context-aware code suggestions with secure data handling.

AI Document Summarization

Personal Project

Developed an LLM-based solution to summarize large documents, optimizing data pipelines for efficient, secure processing with a sliding window approach.

Let's Connect

Interested in collaborating on API design, developer tools, or AI-powered solutions? Check out my full resume or get in touch.

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