Mason Gonzalez | AI & Automation Leader | CTO

MASON GONZALEZ

Head of AI & Automation | CTO | AI Systems Architect

Director of Platform Engineering & Automation

20+ years | TS clearance | 15+ apps built | DoD veteran

Building AI agents, automated platforms, and enterprise infrastructure at scale. 20+ years bridging technology, security, and executive strategy. Military veteran with TS clearance.

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[01] AI Systems & Agent Architecture ▸

Designing AI-native systems, not just using tools.

Autonomous multi-step agents in production workflows

MCP servers + skill frameworks

RAG pipelines (SharePoint, S3, cloud storage)

Claude, Copilot, and custom agent tooling

AI governance, risk assessment, and policy

Next-gen architecture that very few IT leaders actually build

[02] Platform Engineering & Automation ▸

Building internal platforms, not one-off tools.

Zero-touch onboarding and provisioning

Fully automated pipelines (ingestion → processing → output)

Event-driven cross-system orchestration (Slack, Jira, Opsgenie)

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible)

Vendor approval workflows, IT support automation

Platform thinking at scale, not project-by-project delivery

[03] Cloud Infrastructure & Security ▸

Architect-level thinking, not admin-level.

AWS + Azure hybrid architectures

Microsoft 365 / Entra / Intune design

NIST & COBIT frameworks, compliance, audits

Incident response, security operations, monitoring

Network segmentation, VPN, firewall strategy

Security-first infrastructure with TS clearance and DoD experience

[04] Technical Leadership & Strategy ▸

Making product and business decisions, not just technical ones.

IT strategy, roadmap, and execution ownership

Build vs buy analysis, vendor evaluation

SaaS spend optimization, FinOps, licensing strategy

Digital transformation (Box→SharePoint, MSP→internal)

Team building, hiring, and IT modernization

CTO-level ownership across technology, people, and budget

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Built 15+ web and mobile applications end-to-end

Designed and deployed AI agents in production workflows

Architected MCP servers and autonomous agent frameworks

Led digital transformation: Box → SharePoint, MSP → internal

Managed DoD & government cybersecurity projects (TS clearance)

Directed hybrid cloud infrastructure & FinOps strategies

Built and managed high-performing engineering teams

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TS Clearance | Military Veteran (Iraq, Afghanistan) | 20+ years

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AI/MLClaude | Copilot | MCP | RAG | Agent Frameworks

CloudAWS | Azure | M365 | Entra | Intune

DevOpsTerraform | Ansible | Docker | CI/CD | Git

SecurityNIST | COBIT | IR | Governance | TS Clearance

LanguagesPython | JavaScript | PowerShell | Bash

DataPostgreSQL | Redis | S3 | SharePoint

MonitoringGrafana | Prometheus | Loki | Sumo Logic

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- TRADITIONAL ROLE

IT Director

Security Admin

Traditional Manager

+ WHAT I DELIVER

Head of AI & Automation

AI Systems Architect

CTO / Platform Engineer

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LinkedIn kernalmg@gmail.com