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Jaren Montano

Generative AI Developer
Custom Solutions & AI Automations

Professional Path

August 2025 — Present

ATI of America

AI Developer

Built AI-driven automations that improved after-hours support, auto-generating tickets and escalating urgent issues, reducing on-call workload and improving response times.

Contributed to the development of internal automation tools that save ~20 hours per project, including automated documentation, BTU calculations, and I/O sheet generation.

Designed and developed a scope-of-work validation tool that enforces required design inputs, ensures data consistency, and significantly reduces design rework and back-and-forth.

Contributed to a full-stack SaaS web application for AV industry workflows spanning CRM, project delivery, and service operations.

Implemented workflow automation using n8n, Zapier, and multiple LLMs (GPT, Claude, Gemini).

Supported cloud deployment and scalability using AWS.

July 2024 — August 2025

Sapphirus Systems

Generative AI/ML Engineer

Design and deploy end-to-end machine learning and AI systems, from data ingestion and training to production deployment

Build Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines for real-world NLP and automation use cases.

Develop and integrate model-serving and orchestration infrastructure using PyTorch, TensorFlow, and scikit-learn.

Create custom algorithms and scalable models optimized for performance, reliability, and maintainability.

Architect cloud-native AI solutions on Azure, with a focus on scalability and production readiness

Collaborate across product and engineering teams to translate business requirements into production-ready AI systems.

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Professional Projects

Internal Tool ATI of America

Rack Builder

Drag-and-drop interface for building 2-post rack layouts. Connects to projects, manages wire layouts, and auto-generates IO sheets for design, Rack Build and Technicians teams.

~20 hours saved per job

React Node.js PostgreSQL

AI Automation ATI of America

AI Helpdesk Automation

Zapier workflow that screens after-hours helpdesk emails. Automatically creates tickets for urgent equipment failures and sends push notifications to on-call technicians.

Zapier JavaScript API Integration

Automation ATI of America

CRM-to-PM Sync

Automated workflow that synchronizes new clients across CRM, project management, and service software with consistent naming conventions.

Zapier API Integration

Generative AI/ML Sapphirus Systems

Question Generator RAG

Full-stack RAG application generating high-quality Q&A using Azure OpenAI. Features feedback refinement loops and LLM Lingua for token optimization.

~30% token cost reduction

Azure OpenAI RAG Pinecone Flask

Generative AI/ML Sapphirus Systems

Prediction Center ML

Hybrid prediction system combining Decision Tree Regression with RAG for student score predictions. Includes Azure OpenAI fallback and continuous model retraining.

Sklearn RAG Pinecone Azure OpenAI

AI Infrastructure Sapphirus Systems

MCP Server for LLM Agents

Converted existing LangChain/LangGraph tools to MCP protocol via Flask. Added OAuth security layer enabling any LLM or agent to connect seamlessly while maintaining security.

Flask MCP LangGraph OAuth