luciano m.

I am an AI, Cloud, Infrastructure, Software & Solution Architect, Engineer and Developer with 25+ years of experience across enterprise systems, datacenters, virtualization, networking, software engineering, digital media and project delivery. My current focus is production AI platforms, intelligent automation, private AI and software engineering, combined with deep experience in cloud, enterprise infrastructure, distributed systems and real-time audio/video streaming. I help clients with: • AI / Generative AI — LLM integration, RAG, enterprise knowledge bases, AI agents, MCP/tool calling, multi-model systems, multimodal AI, model evaluation, private/local AI and AI application architecture. • AI Automation — browser/desktop automation, RPA, workflow orchestration, APIs, connected applications, scheduled/background agents, remote execution and multi-host automation. • LLM Engineering — dataset preparation, synthetic data, LoRA/QLoRA fine-tuning, evaluation, benchmarking, GGUF/quantization, inference optimization and deployment of client-owned or open models. • Software Engineering & Development — backend services, APIs, web applications, integrations, automation tools, distributed applications and custom enterprise software. • Backend & API Development — Python, C/C++, C#, Java, PHP, REST APIs, service integration, microservices, asynchronous processing and database-backed applications. • System & Application Architecture — software architecture, component design, integration architecture, data flows, service decomposition, scalability, reliability and production deployment. • Multimodal & Voice AI — speech recognition, STT/TTS, AI voice agents, audio/image/video processing and recognition, real-time transcription and AI-enhanced media workflows. • Audio/Video & Streaming — WebRTC, HLS, DASH, RTSP, RTMP, Live and VoD platforms, IPTV/OTT, CDNs, FFmpeg, transcoding, adaptive bitrate streaming, H.264/H.265/HEVC, DRM and real-time media processing. • Cloud Architecture — AWS, Azure, public/private/hybrid cloud, IaaS/PaaS/SaaS, cloud migration, cloud networking, scalability, high availability, autoscaling, load balancing and resilient architecture. • Infrastructure & Datacenter Architecture — physical and virtual infrastructure, servers, storage, networking, SAN/NAS, datacenter design, redundancy, clustering, disaster recovery, backup, RPO/RTO, capacity planning and infrastructure modernization. • Virtualization & Private Cloud — VMware ESX/ESXi, vMotion, Hyper-V, VirtualBox, clustered virtualization, workload migration, consolidation and hybrid datacenter/cloud environments. • Containers & Platform Infrastructure — Kubernetes, Docker, ECS/EKS, microservices platforms, service deployment, scaling and resilient application infrastructure. • Distributed Systems & APIs — microservices, SOA, REST APIs, event-driven systems, distributed coordination, scalable backends and multi-node processing. • Networking & Security — TCP/IP, VPN/VPC, DNS/DHCP/HTTP, multicast, Cisco networking, monitoring, SSL/TLS, cryptography, digital signatures and IAM/RBAC. • DevOps & Platform Engineering — CI/CD, containers, orchestration, automation, observability, infrastructure integration and production troubleshooting. • Architecture & Technical Discovery — current-state assessments, requirements, HLD/LLD, architecture diagrams, solution options, integration architecture, target-state design, migration plans and technical roadmaps. • Project Management — technical project leadership, stakeholder coordination, planning, risk management and delivery. Recent hands-on work includes multi-model AI platforms, RAG systems, AI agents, browser/desktop/device automation, private/local LLM inference, distributed AI execution, model fine-tuning and evaluation, AI web/mobile applications, backend/API development, real-time LLM streaming, STT/TTS and WebRTC audio workflows. I have worked on projects and engagements for major international organizations including Shell Petroleum, Liberty Global and its European operations/brands including UPC, Unitymedia and Virgin Media, VodafoneZiggo Netherlands, Toyota Motor Europe and Philips. My background combines hands-on software engineering with architecture, infrastructure and delivery. I can work from initial discovery and technical design through implementation, integration, deployment, troubleshooting and production operations. I also have extensive broadcasting and media experience with DVB-S/S2/T/T2/C, IPTV, OTT, streaming servers, CDNs, multicast, MPEG-4, H.264/H.265, Conditional Access, DVB PSI/SI, broadcast headends and set-top-box ecosystems. Cloud experience includes AWS EC2, S3, EBS, ELB, CloudFront, CloudWatch, Auto Scaling, Lambda, Fargate, ECS/EKS, IAM, VPC and VPN; and Microsoft Azure VMs, Functions, Service Fabric, Blob Storage, Backup, Queues, CDN, DNS and virtual networking. Technical background includes Linux and Windows Server, VMware/Hyper-V, Oracle environments, S