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JesusOjedaSantoyo

Strategy Before Action. Systems Built to Endure.

Self-taught technologist, AI systems builder, and community leader turning complicated problems into practical systems that people and organizations can own.

Graduating December 2026 · Available Full-Time January 2027 · Open to Relocation Across the United States

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  • 25+

    SHPE members recruited

  • 13

    Executive-board leaders recruited

  • 50+

    Students reached at collaborative events

  • 10

    SHPE convention participants supported

  • 8+

    NSBE members supported for national convention participation

  • 100+

    Republic Finance customer calls handled

  • Multiple

    Live client systems delivered

The Journey

A technologist made in a mechanic shop.

My first technology role was unofficial: I became the person my father relied on when something involving a computer or hardware stopped working at his mechanic shop.

No one handed him a curriculum. He fixed computers and phones, built his own PC without help, and kept teaching himself whatever the next problem required — networking, cloud, websites, APIs, automation, and eventually the business systems that companies and communities actually run on.

That path shapes how he works today: start with the real problem, learn what the problem demands, and build something the owner can keep running after the builder walks away.

The Path, In Order

  1. 01

    Hardware

  2. 02

    Networking

  3. 03

    Cloud

  4. 04

    Web Systems

  5. 05

    AI Workflows

  6. 06

    Community Technology

Operating Philosophy

Three principles, proven on real projects.

01

Understand before building.

The real problem is rarely the first one described. Discovery comes before design, and strategy comes before action.

In Practice · Local Bakery

The bakery project began with discovery — how customers find the business, understand products, and place orders — before a single screen was designed.

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02

Build for the person who will own it next.

A system that only its builder can run is a liability. Every build includes the controls, documentation, and training its owner needs.

In Practice · Catcher Nelly

The recruiting site ships with an admin system the family uses to update schedules, statistics, instructors, and media — no developer required.

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03

Use AI with judgment, not blind trust.

AI accelerates the work; it does not replace responsibility for it. Human approval checkpoints are built into every workflow.

In Practice · Valiqen AI System

Every stage of the Valiqen delivery workflow records what needs approval, what Jesus has approved, current blockers, and the next action.

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I use AI to accelerate research, analysis, documentation, and implementation—but I remain responsible for requirements, privacy, testing, approvals, and the final result.

Flagship System

Valiqen AI System — An AI-Assisted Website Delivery Operating System

A structured operating system that combines specialized AI workflows, reusable standards, project tracking, human approval checkpoints, and delivery documentation to take website projects from discovery through launch and handoff.

Interactive System Visualization — Representative Demo

Valiqen website delivery workflow, step by step

Website projects move through 13 stages in order: Lead or client request, Discovery, Strategy, Design direction, Tool decision, Build, Cleanup, QA, Security review, SEO / Google / Analytics, Launch, Client handoff, Maintenance and reporting. At every stage a human approval checkpoint records: Approval needed, Approved by Jesus, Blockers, Next action. Specialized AI workflow roles support the stages, including: Creative Director, UX Strategist, Solution Architect, AI Platform Architect, Frontend Engineer, Backend Engineer, Security Engineer, Performance Engineer, SEO Engineer, Analytics Engineer, QA Testing Engineer, Launch Manager, Documentation Agent, Compliance Risk Agent. Every output is reviewed and approved by Jesus before the project advances.

The result is a repeatable delivery system designed to make future projects faster, safer, easier to audit, and easier to hand off—while continuously capturing lessons that improve the next build.

Valiqen OS · Internal Tools

The operation behind the deliveries.

Valiqen is Jesus's largest end-to-end entrepreneurial project: brand, service model, premium public website, discovery-to-maintenance workflows, admin systems, CRM logic, lead tracking, and AI-assisted delivery.

Valiqen OS

The operational home base connecting leads, clients, projects, documents, weekly priorities, website delivery, AI workflows, quality checks, and organizational memory.

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Cold Call Console

“A local sales cockpit used during cold calls to keep business research, conversation prompts, discovery questions, objections, notes, and next actions visible in one place.”

Cold Call Console — Static MockDemo Data · Fictional Company

Business Research

Harbor & Pine Furniture Co.

Demo City, TX

  • Family-owned furniture shop, established storefront, no online catalog
  • Website last updated years ago; no mobile layout
  • Strong local reviews; weak search presence

Call Objective

Understand how customers currently find the shop and request custom pieces.

Discovery Prompts

  • How do most new customers hear about you today?
  • What happens when someone wants a custom order?
  • Who updates the website when something changes?

Objection Support

  • “We already have a website.”

    Acknowledge it — then ask what it does for the business beyond existing.

  • “We're too busy for a project right now.”

    The goal of this call is understanding, not selling a project today.

Notes

Owner handles orders by phone; niece updates the website when she visits.

Next Action

Send a short recap email and schedule a follow-up for next week.

AI-Assisted Lead Generation

Research and preparation, structured — with a person reviewing every step before anything leaves the building.

AI-Assisted Lead-Generation Workflow — Static Flow

The AI-assisted lead-generation workflow moves through these steps in order: Business discovery, Qualification, Website / Google audit, Opportunity summary, Outreach draft, CRM entry, Follow-up schedule, Concept opportunity. Every step is manually reviewed — this workflow assists research and preparation; it does not send automatic mass outreach.

Client Work

Websites that participate in the business.

Live systems delivered to real clients — each one built so the owner controls it after handoff.

Current Build · In Progress

Local Bakery — Digital Transformation (Client Permission Pending)

A local bakery does not only need a prettier website. It needs a clearer way for customers to discover the business, understand products, place or request orders, and stay connected—while the owner needs a simple way to manage the work behind the scenes.

Build Phases

  1. New custom website

  2. Google Business presence

  3. Order dashboard

  4. Customer and order organization

  5. Marketing support — TikTok, Instagram Reels

  6. Future customer-service and order automations

  7. Owner-friendly controls

  8. Documentation and training

The work is active and moving through its phases. What can be shown publicly is limited by a simple rule: nothing about a client’s business appears here before the client says yes.

Community Leadership

Build. Lead. Hand off.

The measure of leadership isn't what runs while you're in the room — it's what keeps running after you leave.

The Main Story

SHPE at Sam Houston State University

  • Founder and President · May 2025 – May 2026
  • Member and Leadership Transition Advisor · May 2026 – December 2026

As a first-generation, self-taught student, Jesus recognized that Hispanic and minority students in STEM, engineering, business, and technology needed stronger local community, clearer access to professional opportunity, and people to ask for guidance. So he founded the chapter — securing university and national approvals, recruiting members one by one, building an executive board, and organizing operations.

Led fundraising and planning that helped 10 members access a SHPE convention opportunity, with additional sponsor support reducing final ticket costs.

Starting the chapter mattered, but the final test was whether it could continue without me. Before stepping away, I organized the documents, contacts, workflows, event guides, and lessons I had built so the next president would not have to begin from zero.

Verified Impact

  • Recruited 13 executive-board members and grew the chapter to more than 25 members
  • Collaborative events reached more than 50 students
  • Led fundraising and planning that helped 10 members access a SHPE convention opportunity, with additional sponsor support reducing final ticket costs.
  • Led resume workshops and helped members create LinkedIn profiles
  • Connected students with companies at larger SHPE events; worked with companies including Bechtel
  • Organized workshops, community service, fundraising, conferences, meetings, and collaborations
  • Used AI-assisted workflows for fundraising, documents, event planning, community-service planning, and financial organization
  • Continues supporting the new president before graduating December 2026

NSBE

  • Community Service Chair · August 2024 – May 2025
  • Finance Chair · May 2025 – May 2026

Organized community-service events and outreach, and supported the chapter's fundraising and financial organization.

  • Connected members with volunteer opportunities and collaborated with teams and partners
  • Supported fundraising and financial organization
  • Helped support more than 8 students attending a national convention
  • Used an AI-assisted fundraising workflow

KatatroniX Robotics

  • Executive Member · August 2022 – August 2024
  • Vice President · August 2024 – January 2025
  • President · January 2025 – December 2025

Recruited members, organized meetings, planned events, and coordinated hands-on project work.

  • Coordinated project work and supported hands-on technology learning
  • Expanded the club's campus presence

Full leadership timeline available on the about page.

Professional Experience

Republic Finance

Branch Operations Intern — Republic Finance, Conroe, Texas

At Republic Finance, I learned how to stay calm, accurate, and useful when the work is fast and the customer is frustrated. I supported financial operations, sales conversations, underwriting-related tasks, documentation, and more than 100 customer calls in English and Spanish.

The experience strengthened a skill that also matters in technology: understanding the real problem behind what someone says, communicating clearly, protecting sensitive information, and moving the situation toward a responsible next step.

Developed structured methods for organizing call notes and making required information easier for authorized team members to understand while maintaining customer privacy and compliance requirements.

Early Experiments

Notebook entries from the early years.

Before client systems, there were weekend builds — small, self-assigned problems that taught the fundamentals.

Entry No. 01

Smart Mirror

A mini PC, a monitor, and a mirror display. It showed weather, email, and calendar — an early exercise in making information ambient.

Entry No. 02

Local Jarvis Assistant

A separate project from the mirror: an assistant that ran locally on his computer, connected through a Google Gemini API key.

Entry No. 03

Arduino RC Car

A robotics-club project. Jesus programmed the movement.

Now

Currently building.

  • 01

    Completing a BBA in Management Information Systems at Sam Houston State University — December 2026

  • 02

    Building the local bakery system

  • 03

    Expanding the Valiqen AI System and Website Delivery OS

  • 04

    Learning more about Claude, agents, evaluations, production LLM workflows, and responsible automation

  • 05

    Improving documentation, handoff, and training practices

  • 06

    Collecting performance and client-impact evidence from deployed projects

I am looking for the kind of work where technology has to survive the demo—where people need to trust it, understand it, and continue using it after I leave.

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The final resume is being prepared. Until then, the full story is on this site — or reach out directly.

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