Hugo Romero
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AI Architecture & Innovation Tech Lead

Orange Madrid, Spain 2026/03 – Present Current
Context

I lead the AI Architecture and Innovation team at Orange, a transversal role with scope across engineering, product, and company wide strategy, with 4 direct reports at an organizational level.

Outcome

Set the technical direction for enterprise agentic systems across the company, while reducing AI OPEX and building the enablement layer for company wide AI contribution.

Direct Reports
4
Scope
Company-wide
Protocols
MCP · A2A · AGUI

About the Role

Promoted to lead a transversal AI Architecture and Innovation team designed to drive impact from team level to company wide. The role covers translating business needs into architectural decisions and setting the technical direction for agentic and enterprise AI systems at scale.

Key Responsibilities

  • Define AI architecture standards and best practices across all engineering levels
  • Deploy production agentic systems implementing industry standard protocols including MCP, A2A, and AGUI
  • Integrate Gemini Enterprise, Slack, and Microsoft Teams as enterprise agent surfaces
  • Reduce AI OPEX through model routing, caching, governance and detecting cost cutting opportunities
  • Build an enablement framework for company wide contribution to the AI ecosystem

Technical Stack

Python, Terraform, Kubernetes, GCP, A2A, MCP, AGUI, Gemini Enterprise, LangGraph, ADK, LiteLLM, FastAPI, Vertex AI, Pydantic, ArgoCD, Helm, Docker, GitHub Actions.