About

Hi, I’m Julio.

I help small businesses improve recurring work with AI and automation, from understanding the process to building and supporting a system your team can use.

Julio Barros

I have spent more than 30 years building software and helping businesses use technology well. I have worked as an engineer, led technical teams, built products of my own, and spent a lot of time translating between what a tool can do and what a business actually needs.

That translation is the center of my work now. I help turn a messy process into a system with clear inputs, useful outputs, and someone responsible for checking the result. We establish a baseline and review what changes when the team uses the improvement.

You can start with an AI Workflow Assessment, commission a scoped implementation, or work with me as your AI Operations Partner. I also run workshops for people learning to use AI and teams adopting a new workflow. We discuss privacy and human review alongside the useful parts.

Experience

Built from the work

30+ years in software

Engineering, product development, technical leadership, consulting, and training.

AI in Production

Founder of a conference focused on what it takes to move AI into real systems.

Agentic Cafe

A working group where practitioners share what is working with AI agents.

Products and client work

I build apps and AI workflows, so the training stays connected to current practice.

Education

Computer science

  • M.S. in Computer Science
    University of Virginia, 1993
  • B.S. in Computer Science
    George Mason University, 1990

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