Joseph Hurtado.org

Pragmatic technology consulting

Pragmatic Technology Solutions and Consulting

I have over 20 years in the technology industry working in a variety of positions in New York City, Silicon Valley, and all over North America. I am an expert in AI Accelerated Software Development, Technical Project Management, Software Engineering, Security, Product Management and Agile. I also founded and lead a Tech Consultancy.

Joseph Hurtado - Pragmatic Technology Solutions and Consulting

01 — Background

My Experience and Credentials

Scrum (CSM)Scaled Agile (SAFe SPC)Kanban (Trainer)

I have over 20 years in the technology industry working in a variety of positions all the way from Software Developer to Technical Project Manager, Software Engineering Manager, Product Manager, Agile Coach, and Founder of a small consulting firm.

During those years I have built custom software, and delivered solutions to large and small companies in the US and Canada. I have direct experience working in the technology sector in the San Francisco Bay Area, and New York City for major financial, technology, biotech, blockchain, and healthcare companies such as Bloomberg, Viacom, Genentech, Wells Fargo Bank and DFINITY.

In the last four years I have gone much deeper into AI Accelerated Software Engineering, Custom Software Development, Cyber Security, Blockchain technologies, Bitcoin software development, and ways to accelerate, and focus personal productivity to deliver results.

Along the way I’ve helped large Fortune 500 companies, startups and small organizations to deliver software and technology solutions across a variety of industries like tech, finance, media, banking, healthcare, pharma, and even a crypto blockchain startup.

These experiences from the trenches where real software is built and delivered allow me to dispense with all dogmatic approaches and focus instead on pragmatic effective ways to deliver solutions to the customer. I build this solutions now using the latest coding agents, and AI available today, in a way that takes code quality and security as a key priority.

Regarding Agile and Lean Management I have certifications from Scrum (CSM), Scaled Agile (SAFe SPC) and Kanban (Trainer), however, all of them are just tools I use to help teams and organizations deliver quality software and solutions. You can find out more about my experience on my Linkedin profile, or contact me directly to my personal email listed on the contact page of this website.

02 — Services

How can I help you?

01

AI Accelerated Software Engineering, and Technical Program Management

What do you want to build today? What do you want to deliver? Whether it is one project, or many I have the software development experience, the AI agent knowledge and hands-on-work, and the Agile and Lean mastery to build solutions, lead teams and deliver results.

I can help you lead or organize the building, improvement or delivery of a variety of software applications such as mobile apps, AI applications, e-commerce websites or even blockchain and Bitcoin projects. I have years leading and deploying a variety of mission critical apps to the cloud or your own data center using the most effective agile toolset available. I can help you lead your software engineering organization, or the Agile PMO. I would also be glad to lead special projects for the the CIO or CTO that need organization-wide collaboration.

Unlike many other agile professionals, I have a strong and always improving background in software engineering, AI and programming using a variety of programming languages and tools such as Claude Code, Codex, Rust, C, Go, Java, Python, Clojure, TypeScript, AWS Cloud and many more.

02

Pragmatic Agile Transformation & Training

– Business Wide Agile Transformation. Taking the impact of Agile beyond IT to marketing, finance, HR and even the C-level executives. Or making Agile work in the heart of your technology area. Whether it’s Scrum, Kanban or SAFe we are experts who will deliver a custom agile transformation that works for you.
– Custom Agility Beyond Scrum or SAFe. Many times the organization does not fit the recipe that Scrum, Kanban or SAFe ask from you. No worries, we have a unique approach that brings the key benefits from agility with much less meetings, and useless complexity. We call it KAFE, and is in essence a custom Kanban approach that bring the best agile and lean practices to fit your organization.

I have over 15 years doing agile, teaching it, making it work, adapting it, and making it fun. Our training reflects this vast experience.

For this reason I can deliver training for Scrum, Kanban and SAFe. Just let me know, we can deliver live in-person training or remote classes for individuals or whole teams.

We can also schedule Workshops to find your best fit for An Agile Transformation, or any other topic you may need for agile / lean coaching. Just ask.

03

Technology Strategy and Consulting

Having worked in IT for over two decades now, from developer, to software developer manager, IT project manager, product manager, AI expert, and Agile Coach. I have worn almost all the hats; for this reason I am sure I can help your organization plan, and execute any technology initiative successfully; whether it be:

  • How and where to use AI for maximum impact in your organization, incluiding software development.
  • Agile or Digital Transformation using a custom Agile and Lean approach that fits your business.
  • Technical Best Practice Adoption. Such as AI Agents, Microservices, Functional Programming, Cloud, CI / CD, or practical uses for Machine Learning.
  • And leading or starting blockchain or applied AI software projects.

What else can we do? Basically almost anything at the strategy level for technology areas, to support your company and executives from research, to road maps, to actually executing it and making it work.

04

Public Speaking

Finally I enjoy public speaking, and have deep knowledge on a variety of technology topics from AI, to security, to agility, innovation, and many software engineering topics. Let me know if you are looking for a speaker to deliver a presentation for your next event.

Companies I have worked for

BloombergViacomGenentechWells Fargo BankDFINITY

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