Xabier Muruaga
AI/ML & Generative AI Architect / Consultant
About Me
Seasoned AI/ML & Generative AI architect and consultant with 14+ years designing and implementing large-scale, high-impact solutions. Delivered end-to-end AI platforms, MLOps infrastructure, and GenAI applications driving significant business value, including tens of millions in Euros annually. Expertise includes architecting robust cloud AI systems (Azure/AWS), accelerating model deployment cycles by over 75%, and establishing Responsible AI.
Professional Focus
AI strategy development and implementation
Strategic Generative AI application design
MLOps implementation and optimization
AI platform architecture and scaling
Languages
Experience
Global Head of AI Center
Leading the strategy, design, and scaling of an enterprise AI Center to accelerate AI adoption, defining ML engineering standards for hundreds of practitioners (including a core team of 30+ specialist ML engineers). Delivering secure, end-to-end Generative AI platforms incorporating guardrails, red-teaming, observability, and automated evaluations.
Key Achievements
- Delivered a secure, end-to-end Generative AI platform (Azure & AWS) incorporating guardrails, red-teaming, observability, and automated evals; enabled GenAI solutions realizing eight-figure annual savings in Euros.
- Engineered a reusable AI/ML platform (feature store, MLflow, CI/CD) reducing model release cycles by over 75%, cutting project onboarding by over 60% (e.g., from months to weeks for many projects), and lowering cloud costs by over 20%.
- Implemented Responsible AI governance framework, achieving ISO 42001 compliance readiness in under 6 months.
Technologies & Skills
Global Cloud & AI Architect — Generative AI
Architected and deployed a group-wide Generative AI platform, empowering hundreds of internal developers and data scientists to build solutions impacting millions of customers, and unlocking new AI initiatives by reducing enablement time from months to weeks.
Key Achievements
- Architected and deployed a group-wide Generative AI platform in Azure and AWS (vector DB, prompt libraries, MLflow, GitHub Actions CI/CD), empowering hundreds of technical practitioners (developers, data scientists, engineers).
- Unlocked over a hundred new AI initiatives by reducing enablement time from months to weeks.
- Established best practices and governance for responsible AI implementation.
Technologies & Skills
Global Head of Technology — Smart Solutions
Directed systems architecture and development for core platforms (smart home, solar, EV charging), scaling solutions to millions of users; delivered automation reducing sales-to-installation time by over a third and increasing customer acquisition by nearly 20%.
Key Achievements
- Scaled solutions to millions of users across multiple countries.
- Delivered automation reducing sales-to-installation time by over a third.
- Increased customer acquisition by nearly 20% through improved digital experiences.
Technologies & Skills
Head of Technology — Metering & Industry Processes
Directed digital transformation for millions of UK customers, consolidating over 80 legacy systems (to SAP IS-U/CRM) and deploying Smart Metering solutions, resulting in a reduction of nearly half in billing errors.
Key Achievements
- Consolidated over 80 legacy systems to SAP IS-U/CRM.
- Deployed Smart Metering solutions for millions of UK customers.
- Reduced billing errors by nearly half through improved data processing.
Technologies & Skills
Technology Strategy Consultant
Provided technology strategy consulting to IBEX-35 energy clients; designed and delivered an inter-company reconciliation system cutting month-end processing time by approximately 80%.
Key Achievements
- Designed and delivered an inter-company reconciliation system.
- Cut month-end processing time by approximately 80%.
- Provided strategic technology guidance to IBEX-35 energy clients.
Technologies & Skills
Software Engineer
Developed a Java EE platform for real-time wind-farm monitoring for a major Spanish utility.
Key Achievements
- Built a real-time monitoring system for wind farms
- Implemented Java EE platform with robust data processing capabilities
- Delivered solution for a major Spanish utility company
Technologies & Skills
Credentials
Professional Certifications
Data Engineering Professional Certificate
DeepLearning.AI • 2025
AI Agents
Hugging Face • 2025
Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate
Microsoft • 2024
NVIDIA AI Infrastructure and Operations
NVIDIA • 2024
Responsible AI
Google Cloud • 2024
Generative AI for Executives and Business Leaders
IBM • 2024
Computer Vision
Kaggle • 2024
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
Amazon Web Services • 2023
Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Microsoft • 2023
HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate
HashiCorp • 2023
Generative AI with Large Language Models
DeepLearning.AI • 2023
Machine Learning Certificate
Stanford Online • 2016
Skills & Expertise
Education
MSc in Artificial Intelligence, GPA: 4.0/4.0
Universidad Internacional de La Rioja • 2023-2024
Thesis: Planetary Defense – Classifying Hazardous Asteroids using ML/DL (European ADELA Project B0036)
Executive MSc in Business Administration
Escuela de Organización Industrial (EOI) • 2011-2013
MSc in Computer Science & Industrial Engineering (Exchange Program)
Tilburg University • 2010-2011
Exchange student in Netherlands; gained international teamwork experience.
MSc in Computer Science & Industrial Engineering
University of Deusto • 2004-2011
Honors Project: Developed a Social Web Platform using Python
Technical Skills
Languages
ML Frameworks
Data & MLOps
Cloud & Orchestration
Methodologies & Leadership
Enterprise Generative AI Platform
MLOps Platform
Responsible AI Framework
Planetary Defense: AI for Asteroid Hazard Classification
GenAI Story Weaver: Automated Daily Bedtime Tales
Cloud-Native RAG System with LLM Integration
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