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Vaughn DiMarco

AI Platform Leader & Ex-CTO

Production LLM Infrastructure & Enterprise AI Adoption

+1-514-238-1130v@ug.hnlinkedin.com/in/vaughndimarcoMontréal, QC

Experience

Fractional AI Consultant

Uptick
Agentic AIWorkflow AutomationExecutive SystemsAI Strategy
  • Founded boutique agentic AI consultancy deploying AI Chief of Staff systems for wealth managers, accounting partners, and executives.
  • Architected three-pillar model — executive briefings, communication proxies, and cross-tool context — unifying knowledge base, CRM, and inbox into one operating system.
  • Shipped multi-tier offering with outcomes of 3–5 hrs saved per week and <2 week average deployment.
  • Built 100+ app integration layer running autonomous back-of-house workflows 24/7 across email, calendar, Slack, and CRMs.

Lead AI Advisor

CIMA+
AI Program ManagementGoogle Cloud Vertex AICross-Functional Leadership
  • Led evaluation and selection of AI tools and platforms, aligning technical capabilities with business impact — resulting in 550% YoY adoption of GenAI tools.
  • Launched Center of Excellence & Community of Practice to scale enterprise AI adoption.
  • Partnered across engineering, PMO, sales, marketing, finance and HR to maintain backlog of use cases, define KPIs and launch POCs.
  • Built 6 FTE team and cross-functional contributors to deliver the AI program & strategy.

CTO & Co-founder

Gatewayz.ai
LLM InferenceCode GenerationAgentic EngineeringData PipelinesGoogle Cloud
  • Developed and deployed end-to-end code gen pipelines with Claude Code & open-source models — driving 40,000 signups in 2 months.
  • Built inference API for model switching and intelligent code routing across AI workflows.
  • Applied AI tooling to accelerate reliability, analysis, experimentation and security.
  • Raised $1.25M to pioneer decentralized AI markets.

Director, Value Creation & AI Consultant

X Machina AI
M&AProgram ManagementDeal FlowIntegration
  • Post-merger integration on 2 acquisitions; led cross-functional due diligence across 100+ AI companies, translating complex technical findings into executive decisions.
  • Built and scaled acquisition pipeline, evaluating 1,200+ companies through data-driven screening.
  • Drove $150K+ in revenue, $350K in cloud funding partnerships, and supported fundraising to secure $2.5M pre-seed capital.

Owner & Data Scientist

Vonalytics (Acquired)
AI StrategyMachine LearningNLPProgram ManagementProduct Integration
  • Acquired and scaled a SaaS data product; achieved positive ROI in under 12 months and successfully exited after 2 years.
  • Led enterprise AI strategies across 20+ cross-functional teams spanning ML, NLP, data science, and data engineering.
  • Delivered AI & analytics solutions across automotive, aerospace, hospitality, travel, retail, and gaming verticals.

Education

Queen's University

BASc, Applied Science with Internship — Mechanical Engineering

Kingston, Ontario

Other Projects

Next AI – Montréal (1st Cohort)

Awarded $25K to develop and validate an AI startup; mentored by top AI faculty at MILA.

Data Science Mentor – Springboard

Top-rated mentor at the leading data science boot camp. 10K+ graduates.

Founder, MTLDATA & Montréal R User Group

Built professional development community of 10K data practitioners via meetup events.