Rafael Patron. AI Program Manager, faculty member, keynote speaker, author of three books. I build applied AI programmes for global enterprises, universities, and institutions. Twenty years in tech. Ex-Google. Ex-Snap pre-IPO. Harvard CS50 AI. Operations across Dubai, London, Miami, Boston, Asia-Pacific.
Talks for boards, executive committees, conferences, and corporate events worldwide. Topics: applied AI, AI ethics, LLMO, the future of work, EU AI Act. Practical framing, real cases, no hyperbole. Available across EMEA, Americas, Asia-Pacific.
From a board keynote on AI Act compliance for a major bank in Milan, to a session for two hundred retail managers in Dubai on how ChatGPT reshapes the customer journey.
Explore keynote →Teaching engagements at universities and business schools, plus corporate executive education programmes. AI foundations, prompt engineering, LLMO, AI governance, AI strategy. Tailored for managers and decision-makers who need to apply AI Monday morning, not study it in theory.
From the lectern at the University of Florence to internal workshops for AC Milan's digital team — every programme is built around the participants' real processes.
Explore teaching →Strategic advisory for enterprises integrating AI into core processes. I identify opportunities, assess feasibility, design governance frameworks, measure ROI. I work alongside my team, not alone. Senior advisory. Not a programmer.
I supported a multinational energy group in shaping their AI strategy for trading: four prioritised use cases, dedicated team, eighteen-month execution roadmap.
Explore advisory →From roadmap to execution. I coordinate technical teams, vendors, and internal stakeholders. I translate business objectives into operational AI architectures. I don't write code. I make sure the code serves the business.
A demand forecasting system for the supply chain of an Italian food group: 23% reduction in waste in six months.
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AI doesn't replace people.
It amplifies those
who learn to use it.
It leaves behind
those who don't.
The gap is measured
in months, not years.
Sport, technology, energy, education, banking. Sectors where AI is rewriting the rules.
Juventus · AC Milan · Microsoft · Eni · TIM · Colussi · Wyscout · DEDA Group · Intarget · Genoa CFC · Virtus Entella · University of Florence · IED Milan
Selected engagements. Several others under NDA across MENA, North America, and Western Europe.
An operational guide to Large Language Model Optimization.
The first Italian-language manual on LLMO. When people stop searching and start asking — ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity — your brand needs to be in the answer. This book explains how. English translation in preparation.
Buy on Amazon →The fundamentals of fast and sustainable growth.
An operational guide through the maze of Growth Hacking: frameworks, real cases, metrics that actually matter. For people building products that need to grow fast without burning out. Available in Italian.
Buy on Amazon →Artificial Intelligence Operations. The next Google won't be searched. It'll be asked.
The first Italian-language book explaining how generative AI reshapes operational processes. Operations, marketing, customer service, R&D. Not the future: it's already happening, and it works.
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Tailored.
Built around
your business.
Every programme is designed around your reality: your processes, your numbers, your constraints. No recycled templates, no universal platforms, no «best practices» copied from other sectors. The starting point is always the same question: what needs to change in the next six months, and how do we measure that it actually happened.
Understand before proposing. Conversations with the team, reading the actual processes, analysing the data. No shortcuts.
I prioritise use cases, assess technical feasibility, size the expected ROI. A concrete roadmap, not slides.
I coordinate the team that builds. Technology, governance, change management. I work with the people who will actually use the system.
No programmes that die at go-live. I measure real impact at three, six, twelve months. What doesn't work, we redesign.
Five hubs where I'm based, present, or actively engaged. Available worldwide for the right engagements.
Resident in Dubai. AI Program Manager at Intarget DMCC, JLT. The hub where I run international engagements across the Gulf, MENA, and beyond. Where Western tech credibility meets a region rebuilding its operating model around AI.
Explore Dubai →London is the gateway to UK enterprise and the closest commercial hub to my European institutional work. Engagements with boards on EU AI Act compliance, fintech advisory, executive education at UK business schools.
Explore London →Miami is the bridge between US enterprise and Latin America. Active engagements with regional clients, speaking on AI for Hispanic-speaking audiences, advisory for groups operating across the Americas.
Explore Miami →Boston for academic engagements, US East Coast institutional work, and the AIPIA network's interface with American AI ethics conversations. Where Harvard credibility meets policy-grade dialogue.
Explore Boston →Asia-Pacific is the next frontier. Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Seoul: regions watching the EU AI Act as a regulatory model, hungry for Western implementation expertise. Available for keynote, executive education, advisory.
Explore APAC →I can't talk about everything. But some themes are public and tell you where my work is heading in the coming months.
The European AI Regulation is in force. I work with boards and legal teams of European, MENA, and Asian enterprises translating requirements into operational frameworks: AI system classification, governance, technical documentation.
People stop searching and start asking. ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude become the first source of information. I help global brands appear in the answers, not just the search results.
University of Florence, IED Milan, executive education programmes for international corporates. Building the people who will use AI for the next twenty years.
Corporate and institutional events across Dubai, London, Miami, Boston, Asia-Pacific. Recurring theme: integrating AI while maintaining control, ethics, and long-term sustainability.
If your answer isn't here: get in touch directly.
A thirty-minute conversation is worth more than thirty emails. Tell me about your project.
Scientific Committee of the Italian Association of AI Professionals. 320+ members. Since June 2025.
Explore →AIPIA is a recognised member of the European AI Alliance, the European Commission's multi-stakeholder forum on artificial intelligence.
via aipia.itAIPIA is an Official Endorser of the Rome Call for AI Ethics, promoted by the Vatican alongside Microsoft, IBM, FAO, the United Nations.
via aipia.itSince 2019. Digital agency headquartered in Dubai. Enterprise AI engagements across Italy, the Emirates, the United States.
intarget.ae → Founder (2012)AI-first digital marketing agency in Chiavari, Italy. Operating since 2012, still active.
patronmultimedia.it →CS50 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence with Python — Harvard University (2024). One of 55 international certifications.
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