Santi.
A sunset over the Mediterranean
Houston, TX · Monterrey roots

Hi, I'm Santi.

I train frontier AI models.
Then I build with them.

AI Training @ Handshake AI · Game Dev with Godot, Unity, Unreal & Blender · Founder, Better Human.

AI TrainingGame DevFounder
Open to collaborations · Houston & remote
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Models and tools I train, evaluate, and ship with

01 / Games

Games I've shipped and demos I've made.

Click to play. Browser demos launch in a new tab, fullscreen.

STEAM · 2.5D METROIDVANIA

Xolo & the Forgotten Gods

Collaborator · Xolo Team

A 2.5D action-Metroidvania about a Xolocuitzintli dog with alebrije shapeshifting powers, taking on Spanish conquistadors to rescue his master. Combat tuned in the spirit of Hollow Knight and Nine Sols; world built on Mesoamerican mythology.

On Steam · demo available · release TBA

UnityC#2.5D ArtMesoamerican Lore
02 / Selected Work

Things I've built.

AI systems, iOS, freight operations, and the web.

FREIGHT · AI/SYSTEMS

Dover Services

Sales & Freight Broker · AI/Systems · 2025 to present

I run freight at Dover and I'm the one who brings AI into how we work. Agents help us move faster, the systems I built keep things from falling apart on busy days.

Real shop, real tonnage, real customers.

PythonSalesforceAI Agents
iOS · APPLE DEV ACADEMY

Lyrica · Naples, 2023/24

Project lead · team of 5

iOS app that teaches language through song lyrics, using on-device NLP. Built with Swift and SwiftUI at the Apple Developer Academy in Naples. Integrated OpenAI, Firebase, Apple/Google auth. 500+ TestFlight users in month one.

+25% adoption · +35% engagement · Best Project Award

SwiftSwiftUICore DataOpenAIFirebase
SAAS · CO-FOUNDER

Zanco · Supply Chain as a Service

Co-founder & COO · 2021 – 2023

Platform that gave Mexican SMBs supply-chain visibility, dispatch, and settlement in one place. Next.js + Zoho + custom Notion-API tooling.

−30% operational overhead for pilot customers

Next.jsNodeZoho APINotion API
FRAGRANCE · HEADLESS CMS

Calpulli Fragrances

Full-stack · design & build

Modern e-commerce + brand site for a Mexican perfumer, with a Sanity dashboard the client edits themselves. Mobile-first, SEO-tuned.

Shipped 2026 · site live and client-managed

Next.jsSanityTailwindVercel
SPORTS · EVENT LANDING

D1 Project · Showcase 2026

Full-stack · premium event landing

Spanish-first event landing for Coach Jorge Casian's football combine in Guadalajara. Framer-Motion animated sections, Mercado Pago registration.

Pre-registration funnel for May 30, 2026 event

Next.js 16Tailwind v4Framer MotionMercado Pago

More client work

Full-stack · designer-dev

A decade of landing pages, e-commerce, CRM-integrated sites, and 3D web experiences in Blender + Three.js. Logistics, real estate, consulting, HR, music, sports.

10+ production sites shipped

Next.jsThree.jsBlenderReactSanity
03 / AI

I work with AI up close.

Some days I help train the frontier models. Other days I use them to ship real things. Been doing it long enough to know where they're good and where they fall apart.

The toolkit is Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, a few others. I lean on them hard, try to keep the token spend tight, and ship things that actually solve a problem for the person on the other end.

Clients get projects that would've needed a team. Businesses I work for get operations that run leaner. I get to work on cool stuff. Everyone wins.

Daily drivers
Claude Code · Cursor · Codex
Across
code, web, comms, images
Based
Houston, TX · U.S. citizen
04 / Experience

The timeline.

  1. 2026 to present
    AI Training Fellow
    Handshake AI

    Working with frontier models up close.

  2. 2025 to present
    AI Trainer
    Outlier

    AI training work.

  3. Apr 2025 to present
    Sales & Freight Broker · AI/Systems
    Dover Services, Inc.

    Freight brokerage across U.S., Mexico, Canada. Flatbed, van, over-dimensional. Also lead the AI tooling and systems inside the shop.

  4. 2024 to present
    Technology Consultant · Real Estate
    Corporativo Sevilla

    Digital systems and website for a Monterrey real estate operator. Listings, lead capture, internal ops tooling.

  5. Sep 2023 to Jun 2024
    iOS Postgraduate · Lead on Lyrica
    Apple Developer Academy @ Unina Federico II, Naples

    Swift/SwiftUI + NLP · led team of 5 · 500+ TestFlight users month one · Best Project Award.

  6. Jan 2022 to Dec 2022
    Software Engineer
    Ureblock

    Oracle JDEdwards ERP vs Mexican SAT reconciliation system. JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, Python, MySQL, API management.

  7. Jan 2021 to Aug 2023
    Co-Founder
    Zanco S.A. de C.V.

    Full-stack solo build of a Supply-Chain-as-a-Service platform. Next.js, React, Node, Zoho environment, mobile. −30% operational overhead for pilots.

  8. Aug 2020 to Aug 2022
    Systems Engineer
    Be One Sports & Education

    Zoho CRM + Books + Deluge automation. Cut admin from 20hr/wk → 7hr · 20× analytics · +8% revenue in 2 months.

  9. Sep 2019 to Jun 2023
    B.S. Computer Software Engineering · 4.0 GPA
    Tecnológico de Monterrey

    Leadership scholarship. Also attended VGC International College (Vancouver) in 2018/19.

05 / About

A software engineer with a freight brokerage habit.

I grew up in Monterrey, studied engineering at Tec de Monterrey, built iOS at Apple's academy in Naples, and now I run flatbed steel freight out of Houston while training AI on the side.

That mix is the point. The best ideas I've shipped came from standing at the edge of two worlds. Ops and engineering. AI and the physical economy. English and Spanish. Easier to see what's missing from there.

Languages
  • EnglishC2
  • Spanishnative
  • Italianconversational
06 / Lived

Nine cities. Still moving.

A thread I keep following across the map.

What's next?
?
Still writing that one. Somewhere with mountains, probably.

Nine cities, three countries, two continents. Still counting.

07 / Life

Outside the terminal.

Running, climbing, golfing, dog-loving, and the stuff that keeps me grounded.

Runner

Marathons & halves.

Marathons
  • Rome Marathon✓
  • Mexico City Marathon✓
  • Sydney Marathon2027
Half marathons
  • Atlas Half, GDL
  • Naples 21K
  • San Francisco · Zoom Trail Run 21K
  • The Woodlands Half
  • Las Vegas Halfnext

Married my high-school sweetheart

The best thing to happen to me this decade. Everything else is downstream of that.

Golf

A new habit. Mostly for the walks and the long cloud-watching between swings.

Climber

On the wall

Climbing is how I think. Bouldering mostly, deep-water solo when I can get on the Mediterranean, trad when I can get out of Houston.

Travels

Travels & randomness

Peru end-to-end, Berlin museums, Atlanta skylines, Mediterranean sunsets, and all the in-betweens. Keep the camera close.

Dog love

Dog love

"What is life without dog love?"

What I actually use every day

Claude Code
Cursor
Obsidian
Notion
Slack
Figma
Linear
Raycast
Salesforce
Blender
Godot
GitHub
08 / Founder

Better Human Enterprises.

My new company. More soon.

Coming soon · 2026
09 / Contact

Let's talk.

Hiring, collaborating, or just want to compare marathon times. Reach out.