# JEREL VELARDE STAFF APPLIED AI ENGINEER | PRODUCT DESIGN AND AGENT SYSTEMS jereljohnvelarde@gmail.com | jerelvelarde.com/work github.com/jerelvelarde | linkedin.com/in/jereljohnvelarde ## Summary Award-winning Staff Applied AI Engineer combining UX design, product leadership, and agent engineering. Built or contributed to five open-source AI projects with **23.7K+ combined GitHub stars** as of October 24, 2026; AI launches and related campaigns reached **4M+ combined impressions and views**. A2UI Composer demos featured at **Google Cloud Next 2026**. Previously led product strategy for a travel marketplace operating in **10 countries**. ## Applied AI Engineering Experience ### CopilotKit | Staff Applied AI Engineer Mar 2026 - Present | Remote - Built [A2UI Composer](https://a2ui.org/composer/) demos showcased by Google's Alan Blount at **Google Cloud Next 2026**. Delivered v0.9 migration, replay tooling, and custom catalogs; later merged Gemini/CopilotKit assistant integration and a **46-demo wall** across Angular, Lit, and React. - Solo-built [OpenMuse](https://github.com/CopilotKit/openmuse)'s initial release and produced its launch video and marketing assets in **one day**, demonstrating browser interaction, human takeover, and generative UI across mobile and web. The launch reported **1M organic X impressions and 50K LinkedIn impressions** by September 24. - Solo-built [OpenDots](https://github.com/CopilotKit/OpenDots)' initial release and produced its launch video and marketing assets in **one day**, showcasing persistent documents, revision checks, and server-enforced access. The launch reported **1M+ X impressions, 50K LinkedIn impressions, and 80K YouTube views** by October 5. - Built [Open Intelligent UI](https://github.com/CopilotKit/OpenIntelligentUI)'s launch experience and produced its video and marketing assets in **one day**; shipped streaming visualizations and sandboxed UI. The team launch recorded **317K+ impressions and views**, including **148K YouTube views**, and **42 attributed sign-ups** by October 13. - Built the [Oracle Agent Memory showcase](https://github.com/CopilotKit/CopilotKit/pull/5563) and cookbook: Agent Spec agents on LangGraph, cross-session recall on Oracle AI Database, and CopilotKit interfaces for a human-approved booking demonstration. - Engineered [OpenBot](https://github.com/CopilotKit/OpenBot) action-bound approvals, queued corrections, repetition detection, and stalled-stream recovery. The shared project's launch reported **700K+ social impressions** by August 21. - Expanded [OpenTag](https://github.com/CopilotKit/OpenTag) into a reusable Slack and Microsoft Teams agent starter with a LangGraph research backend and write approvals. ### Chalk Agents | Founder / Principal AI Architect Feb 2026 - Present | Remote - Built [Folderbase](https://github.com/chalkagents/folderbase), an open-source Rust database core for durable file identity, version history, and policy; shipped a CLI and TypeScript SDK. Developed a prelaunch agent-runtime MVP with PostgreSQL, tenant isolation, retries, and restart persistence. ### Nona | Multi-Agent Real Estate Concierge 2025 | Selected production project - Architected an eight-agent system using Python, FastAPI, Google ADK, Gemini, Next.js, and Supabase for intent analysis, property search, advisory, and lead observation; supported **37,737 new users and 44,468 sessions in three months**. ## Technical and Product Skills TypeScript, Python, Rust, React, Next.js, FastAPI, React Native / Expo; CopilotKit, AG-UI, A2UI, MCP, LangGraph, Google ADK, OpenAI, Gemini, Claude Code; multi-agent orchestration, tool calling, human approvals, streaming, and browser automation. PostgreSQL, Supabase, Docker, GCP, CI/CD, access control, observability; UX design, product strategy, roadmap prioritization, cross-functional leadership, prototyping, and go-to-market execution. ## Product and Engineering Leadership ### Full Scale Ventures | Director of Product Management, Venture Studio Nov 2024 - Feb 2026 | Remote - US - Led venture-studio product direction for a **300+ developer organization**, aligning engineering, design, and business priorities. Shipped EngagePath for sales intelligence and AI Coach for engineering performance reporting. - Established AI-assisted practices across **100+ prototypes**, cutting validation from **two weeks to one day**; EngagePath analyzed 16,923 profiles to identify 652 ideal-customer patterns. ### GoTeam / MultiplAI | Director, Enterprise AI and AI SaaS Portfolio Apr 2024 - Sep 2024 | Cebu / Remote - Led product and engineering delivery for InterviewRoom.ai hiring workflows used across **61,151 applicants and 15,332 automated interviews**; reduced time-to-hire from **45 to 18 days** and automated 428,000 minutes of recruiting work. - Delivered billing automation that replaced **40 hours of manual report preparation** with automated output; oversaw operations automation estimated to save **72,000 labor hours annually**. Launched three AI products to 1,292 users and $7,788 revenue in 30 days. ### TripGuru | Lead Product Manager, Platform Aug 2023 - Apr 2024 | Hong Kong / Remote - Led product strategy for a travel marketplace operating in **10 countries**, aligning executives, engineering, and operations around growth, profitability, and process automation. - Led UX design and delivery of Cost Vision, an accounts-payable and reporting portal that standardized regional workflows. A colleague reported that report generation fell from **12 days to near-instant**. - Championed generative AI support that cut response time from **two minutes to 10 seconds**; launched profitability tools to identify unprofitable tours, contributing to **19.06% year-over-year profit growth**. ### bneXt | Product Manager / BI Solution Architect Jun 2022 - Aug 2023 | Makati / Remote - Led a BI team across SAP Business Warehouse, SAP Analytics Cloud, ABAP, and web development; progressed from BI Solution Architect (Jun-Dec 2022) to Product Manager (Jan-Aug 2023). Developed a work and revenue platform recording **200,000+ work hours annually**. - Led bneXt's timeX team to win the **October 19, 2022 SAP Hack2Build demo day**, ahead of runner-up Bosch Vietnam, with an automated time-logging and client-billing solution. ### EVConstruction | Product Manager, Digital Transformation 2016 - 2021 | Cebu - Led delivery of web and mobile systems for construction records, reporting, and operational workflows; coordinated clients, subcontractors, and delivery priorities. ## Awards and Recognition Five hackathon prize finishes: **SAP Hack2Build** demo-day champion (2022); **Diliman Solutions Challenge** grand winner (2022); **AI Conference Hack Day** third place (2025); **WeaveHacks-2** Google sponsor prize (2025); **Wordware OpenClaw Hack Night** Best Use of CopilotKit (2026). LinkedIn Top Voice for Product Management (2023); Stellar PH Top 100 Brightest Minds Under 30 (2024). Invited judge for three AI hackathons in 2026, including AI Tinkerers' global Generative UI Hackathon and Daytona HackSprint. Founder, AI Cebu. ## Education Postgraduate Diploma, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning - Asian Institute of Management. Executive Education, Innovation, Management and Corporate Digital Innovation - Asian Institute of Management. Entrepreneurship Specialization - The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.