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Waldemar Szemat

AI Solutions Architect · Fractional Head of AI

Most GenAI pilots never make it to production. Getting them there and keeping them running at scale is what I do.

shipping GenAI to production

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About me

As CTO of a startup in a regulated industry, I built a product from zero with generative AI at its core and scaled it to thousands of users. The hard part was never the model. It was everything around it: the integrations, day-to-day operations, and an architecture that stayed stable at scale.

Today I work as a Fractional Head of AI and AI Solutions Architect: I run scoped POC-to-Production Sprints for teams whose GenAI project is stuck. I come in, find why it isn't shipping (it's rarely the model), and get it there, with spec-driven development, multi-agent systems, RAG, evals and guardrails. Built for production, not demos. Multi-stack and vendor-agnostic: Azure, Anthropic, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, OpenAI, plus AWS and GCP.

I work both sides: the commercial (tech consulting, team management, client-facing) and the technical (engineering, architecture, hands-on in the code). Full-stack engineer, technical lead, then CTO, with experience across different sectors. If you have a GenAI project that needs to actually ship, let's talk.

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Track record

Ex-CTO AI in regulated industry

Built a generative-AI product from zero and scaled it to thousands of users. Stable at scale.

GenAI in production · Agents

AI agents, RAG, evals, guardrails. Multi-agent systems built to ship, not to demo.

Spec-driven development

Clear specs first, then build. AI does the mechanical work; humans make the high-order calls.

POC-to-Production Sprints

I find why your GenAI pilot isn't shipping (it's rarely the model) and get it there, scoped.

Multi-stack · vendor-agnostic

Azure, Anthropic, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, OpenAI, AWS, GCP. I pick the stack that fits the problem.

How I work

The pieces I use to get GenAI into production, and how they connect.

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Areas of expertise

Szemat.Pro

Technical

  • GenAI
  • LLMs
  • Cloud
  • Guardrails

Domain

  • Product
  • Production
  • Architecture
  • MLOps

Leadership & people

  • Leadership
  • Spec-driven
  • Systems Thinking
  • Teams
  • Data Storytelling
  • Stakeholders
  • Cultural Intel.

Outcome

  • Solutions

GenAI in production · Agents

AI agents, RAG, evals, guardrails. Built to ship, not to demo.

AI strategy

What to build, what not to, and how: business vision connected to technical execution.

Fractional Head of AI

I run the AI function on a fractional basis: roadmap, team, high-order decisions.

Spec-driven development

Clear specs first, then build. AI does the mechanical work; humans decide.

Multi-stack · cloud

Azure, AWS, GCP, and Anthropic, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, OpenAI. Vendor-agnostic.

Regulated industries

AI where stakes and sensitive data matter: privacy, guardrails and traceability.

The outcome

Product + GenAI

Products that ship

Fractional Head of AI + Spec-driven

Teams that ship AI

Multi-stack + Multi-cloud

No lock-in, production-ready

Contact

Have a GenAI project that needs to actually ship? Let's talk.

Track record and domains

Ex-CTO · Fractional Head of AI

  • GenAI in production · Agents
  • Spec-driven development
  • POC-to-Production
  • Multi-stack · Cloud

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