Rom Manzano
Founder
From Zero
to Product
AI-powered product development, software engineering, and strategic advisory. We take ideas from zero to shipped product.
What We Do
End-to-end product development and strategic advisory, powered by 15+ years of engineering and data science experience.
0 to 1 Product
Taking ideas from concept to shipped product. Architecture, development, launch, and iteration — built to last from day one.
AI & Software Engineering
Full-stack development with modern AI/ML. LLM-powered agents, data pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and production-grade applications.
Advisory
Strategic and technical advisory for startups and growth-stage companies. Architecture reviews, team scaling, and technical due diligence.
Indie Portfolio
A micro-SaaS portfolio with 5,000+ installs — built and acquired as an indie studio.
Experience
15+ years building products and systems across startups and institutions.
Venture-Backed
1848 Ventures
May 2024 – PresentCTO-in-Residence
Sole architect and engineer of Evermark.ai, an AI deal sourcing engine for SMB acquisitions. 40+ early customers via product-led growth, 90% weekly engagement.
Carebound.ai
May 2023 – PresentCo-Founder & CTO
Solo built a healthcare ops AI platform from scratch. Developed LLM-chained agent pipelines and prompt-engineered workflows. SOC-II Type II certified.
Leif
May 2018 – Apr 2023Founding Engineer → CTO
First engineering hire. Built the entire B2B2C origination and loan servicing platform from scratch, growing into the CTO role and scaling the team to 7 engineers and 3 data scientists.
Corporate
Goldman Sachs (Marcus)
Apr 2015 – May 2018Senior Data Scientist & Engineer
Built a real-time cloud-based credit decision engine for Marcus. Developed portfolio stress-testing and capital forecasting models.
EY
Apr 2014 – Apr 2015Senior Software Engineer
Built full-stack credit exposure applications and Monte Carlo stress-testing algorithms for major financial institution clients.
Credit Suisse
Jul 2010 – Apr 2014Data Engineer
Led ETL development and data modeling for a large-scale credit data warehouse. Built anomaly detection algorithms on transactional data.
Education
UC Berkeley · M.S. Information & Data Science
NC State University · B.S. Computer Science, Summa Cum Laude
Let's build something together
Whether you're starting from scratch or need a technical partner to accelerate, I'd love to hear about what you're building.
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