The team

Built by McKinsey advisors
turned entrepreneurs.

A small operating team building vertical operating systems with frontier AI.

Carolina Gracia
Founder
Carolina Gracia
Operational Transformation & Business Building

Former McKinsey Associate Partner with 15+ years leading digital, commercial and operating model transformations across Latin America. Combines strategy, systems thinking and operator instinct to redesign how organizations work and scale in the AI era. Has built ventures across finance, real estate, insurance and technology, translating complex transformation strategies into operational systems that teams actually use.

carolina.gracia@stratumos.ai
Juan Velasco
Founder
Juan Velasco
Strategy & Product

Former McKinsey consultant with experience advising senior leadership on strategy, digital and operating model transformations across Europe and Latin America. Cornell MBA, with background spanning top-tier consulting and digital innovation. Sets the strategic shape of every StratumOS engagement: scope, value capture priorities, and what counts as a win 90 days after go-live. Acts as the senior interface between client leadership and the StratumOS build team.

juan.velasco@stratumos.ai
Juan Cadena
Founder
Juan Cadena
Capital & M&A

Former McKinsey consultant turned investor, currently Head of Strategy for the Investment Committee at a Colombian healthcare platform. Years inside investment funds and family offices structuring capital, deal flow and post-close operating value. Combines M&A discipline, capital strategy and operator instinct for what allocators actually care about, IRR, governance and the operating moves that move enterprise value. Brings the allocator's lens to every StratumOS engagement.

juan.cadena@stratumos.ai
Anthony Cruz
Lead Architect
Anthony Cruz
Backend Engineering & Architecture

17+ years building backend systems and leading engineering teams across fintech, e-commerce and telco, including Mercado Libre, Bold, Nokia and most recently Backend Software Manager at IA Interactive. Deep expertise in Python, Go, microservices and AWS architecture, paired with a strictly pragmatic, results-oriented approach. Drives the technical execution of every StratumOS build, turning architectural decisions into working systems that operate at scale.

anthony.cruz@stratumos.ai
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