Who am I?

My Professional Journey #

I’m a Systems and Computer Engineer, a licensed professional engineer and an AI software developer. My work lives where artificial intelligence meets real-world systems: designing the platforms that let AI assistants work safely and reliably with the tools and data people depend on every day.

Today I work as a Technology Solutions Analyst. I lead the technical side of corporate technology projects: architecture, vendors and delivery to operations.

Before that, I designed and built from the ground up an AI platform based on the Model Context Protocol (MCP), and led the team that carried it forward. It is a single core that takes care of what every integration needs (identity, permissions, credentials and observability), so new integrations can be switched on or off through configuration, with no redeployments. Every change that touches real data is previewed and confirmed by a person before it runs, and every action leaves a trace. I also built AI-driven QA that tries to break the system before anyone else does.

Earlier, I built data pipelines and BI dashboards that turned hours of manual analysis into minutes, developed RAG systems, computer vision and backend APIs as a freelancer, taught workshops and tutoring in Python, IoT and machine learning, and started my career in customer experience, where I learned that technology only matters when it solves a real problem for someone.

I studied Systems and Computer Engineering at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia and graduated on April 21, 2026. My undergraduate thesis, advised by Juan David García Arteaga, is the Prisoner’s Dilemma in Dynamic Networks, a computational tool to study cooperation and isolation among agents.

I keep learning: in October 2026 I earned Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals, and every certification and course certificate I hold is on my Certifications page.

Have a question about me or my work? Ask Roz, my assistant: she answers from everything on this site.

Your Friendly Neighborhood Software Engineer #

Well, let’s just say I’m your friendly neighborhood software engineer.

I’m not exactly a Spider-Man fan; however, I love his catchphrase and I have a special affection for the Spider-Verse movies.

To do the character justice (and for having borrowed his catchphrase), I’m going to point out one of those moments where you learn to love Spider-Man:

…But I handled it like a champion. ‘Cause you know what? No matter how many times I get hit, I always get back up.

— Peter B. Parker¹

About Me #

My name is Daniel Felipe Montenegro.

By day, I’m a passionate software developer who loves to dive into code with the purpose of building solutions that impact people’s everyday lives. By night? I’m exploring cinema, music, literature and a little bit of poetry; sometimes all at once, because all those things remind me that I’m alive.

[Puss remembers his time with Kitty and Perrito]

The Big Bad Wolf: What’s the matter? Lives flashing before your eyes?

Puss in Boots: No… just one. I’m done running.

— Puss in Boots: The Last Wish²

This site is a bit more than just a personal diary open to the world; it’s really a way to connect with you. Here, I share my professional work, ideas, and thoughts. Every now and then, a feeling slips out, but that’s part of the creative process… I’m always open to collaborating on initiatives that generate positive change for everyone, so stick around; there’s always something exciting happening.

If you want to know something more about me, you should know that the most important thing for me in life is my family and never give up being yourself; always be honest to your core. I faithfully believe that I must have the courage and strength to fight for a safe world for the people I love, and for no one else to feel the pain that I once felt or was felt by the people who came before me.

Everything is an ephemeral moment, but that is what makes it beautiful and worthy of being appreciated. Nothing is as trivial as it seems and when we realize all the things that had to fall into place to make this instant possible; we can live with fascination this beautiful experience that is life.

Caesar’s window #

Caesar’s window is a hypocycloid that he draws while locked in captivity to remember his home. Later, the other apes will remember this symbol as a representation of Caesar and his essence.

Caesar from the Planet of the Apes trilogy is my favorite fictional character, and one with which I feel deeply identified. If I must confess, at this moment in my life, I feel like Caesar when he talks to Maurice and tells him, “Apes Together Strong”, after joining several pieces of branches to demonstrate that they are stronger together than alone. I firmly believe in collaboration and teamwork; sometimes it seems that we can go faster alone, but I am sure that together we can always go further.

For these reasons, I decided to make Caesar’s symbol my personal symbol as well, because I believe in others as much as I believe in myself, and because I dream to be a great leader like Caesar one day. I prepare myself every day with all my efforts to be worthy of that dream and many others that I carry in my heart.

The Carp and the Dragon #

If you have read a page of this site to the end, a golden carp has been climbing beside you.

An old story tells of carp swimming up a river, against the current, until they reach a waterfall called the Dragon Gate. Most of them fall back. The few that leap it become dragons.

I have always loved koi. The one on this site is golden, and it is still climbing.

At the top stands a torii, my own addition to the story. It marks the line between the ordinary and the sacred, and that is exactly what the waterfall is.

The carp is a shiny Magikarp, and the dragon is the red Gyarados of the Lake of Rage, the first shiny so many of us ever met, in Pokémon SoulSilver: that game and Pokémon Emerald are my favorites.

The carp is drawn from Pokémon Black and White, the dragon from Pokémon SoulSilver. Pokémon © Nintendo, Creatures Inc. and GAME FREAK inc.

Tit For Tat #

Among the many ideas that have shaped my way of thinking, few have fascinated me as much as the Tit For Tat strategy. Originally introduced by Anatol Rapoport in the competition organized by Robert Axelrod in 1980, it stands as the winning and emblematic strategy of the Prisoner’s Dilemma, one of my favorite problems in game theory.

Tit For Tat relies on two very simple rules as its principle.

1. Start by cooperating as a gesture of goodwill toward the other.
2. Mirror the opponent’s last move, regardless of whether they cooperated or not.

Robert Axelrod identified four success qualities that contributed to the effectiveness of strategies:

1. Nice: Have good will and do not take advantage of your opponent.
2. Forgiving: Cooperate when necessary, even if you’ve been let down before.
3. Retaliatory: If your opponent defects, strike back immediately. Don’t be a pushover
4. Clear: Be consistent with your strategy and actions.

Beyond its theoretical elegance, Tit For Tat is for me a life philosophy that invites me to apply these four success qualities day by day, because real life is not a zero-sum game, where in order to win, the other must necessarily lose (as in chess). Instead, I hold on to the hope that where we all win, we also win ourselves, so thank you for reading this; and don’t hesitate that in the future we will be able to cooperate together not only to achieve a common good, but to achieve a general good.

My greatest ambition #

The best profession in the world: being a parent. ³

My favorite book #

Cien años de soledad, by Gabriel García Márquez.

In the novel the yellow butterflies arrive before anyone can explain them. Nobody ever does.

Let them loose

They don’t last. Reach one. Nothing holds them for long. Try anyway.

Where can we be friends? #

I don’t use social networks: this website is my only home on the internet.

For a while I used X as something similar to an open journal where I collected everything I learned… Everything that was there now lives here (on my website), in Literature; which makes this my unique and cozy place.

So, I invite you to be my friend on:

Duolingo #

Contact Me #

If you want to contact me, the easiest way is through Telegram. Alternatively, you can use the links on the home page.

If what you need is a photo of me, they are all in /press: full length, cut out, on white, and cropped for profiles.

To be continued? #

Definitely yes, and to continue, there are plenty of related sections:

• All my thoughts in /thoughts.
• My music space in /spaces/music.
• My cinema space in /spaces/cinema.
• My sense of humor in /spaces/south-park.
• The story behind my YouTube channel in /spaces/mi-amigo-melquiades.

Want to see how things evolve? Keep track of all the changes and updates on the site at /changelog.