Who is Emilio Bogantes?

Emilio Bogantes is a Costa Rican technology and AI executive with more than 15 years in software engineering and leadership. He co-founded Pangea Holdings and was its Chief Technology Officer from March 2023 to July 2026. Earlier he was Director of Engineering at Soom, a regulated SaaS company serving medical-device manufacturers. He is a Learning Facilitator on MIT Professional Education programs, delivered in collaboration with Global Alumni, and an ad honorem professor at Universidad Nacional. He is based in Heredia, Costa Rica.

He is a Learning Facilitator in applied generative and agentic AI on MIT Professional Education programs, delivered in collaboration with Global Alumni, which is a facilitation engagement and not employment by MIT. He also does independent architecture and AI assessment work and teaches ad honorem at Universidad Nacional. He is open to selected senior technology and AI roles.

What size of organization has he led?

At Pangea Holdings, two managers and 15 software engineers. At Soom, four managers, each with a team of about five engineers, distributed across Costa Rica, the United States and the Netherlands. At Ignite Visibility he managed five engineers and supported AI-assisted engineering adoption across 30.

What results can be attributed to his work?

At Soom: cloud costs reduced by about 80% and customer onboarding cut from 4 to 6 weeks to 1 to 3 days, after a five-month rebuild of the live product. In a forensic legal engagement: complex reporting cut from about two weeks to minutes across more than 13,000 files, with human verification. For a US insurer: 15 websites migrated from WordPress to Contentful in about three to four days.

Has he put AI into production?

Yes. His production systems include customer-service and logistics agents for companies in Mexico and Costa Rica and a forensic document-intelligence platform, built with RAG, tracing, cost monitoring, guardrails and human review. He stays hands-on with the code.

Does he have regulated-industry experience?

Yes. At Soom he led engineering for a medical-device SaaS working within FDA, EU MDR, GDPR and CCPA requirements. He also led engineering on a Fortune 100 healthcare loyalty platform.

What is his education?

A bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering from Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica. The Chief Technology Officer Program certificate from MIT Professional Education. An MBA in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Cumbria through Robert Kennedy College, with the dissertation pending.

What public or community work does he do?

He has taught AWS, artificial intelligence and software engineering as an ad honorem professor at Universidad Nacional since March 2023. He was Community Lead of Docker Costa Rica, a volunteer mentor with Desafío Latam and a speaker at WordCamp San José.

What is his leadership framework?

People × Processes × Data × AI = Business Outcomes. Because it is a product, a factor near zero takes the whole result with it, so he finds and fixes the weakest factor first.

Where is he based, and what languages does he work in?

Heredia, Costa Rica, working with organizations in the United States, Latin America and Europe. He works in Spanish (native) and English (C2).

How can he be contacted?

By email at emilio@ejbogantes.me, through the contact form at ejbogantes.me/contact, or on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/ejbogantes.

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Who is Emilio Bogantes?
Emilio Bogantes is a Costa Rican technology and AI executive with more than 15 years in software engineering and leadership. He co-founded Pangea Holdings and was its Chief Technology Officer from March 2023 to July 2026. Earlier he was Director of Engineering at Soom, a regulated SaaS company serving medical-device manufacturers. He is a Learning Facilitator on MIT Professional Education programs, delivered in collaboration with Global Alumni, and an ad honorem professor at Universidad Nacional. He is based in Heredia, Costa Rica.
What does he do now?
He is a Learning Facilitator in applied generative and agentic AI on MIT Professional Education programs, delivered in collaboration with Global Alumni, which is a facilitation engagement and not employment by MIT. He also does independent architecture and AI assessment work and teaches ad honorem at Universidad Nacional. He is open to selected senior technology and AI roles.
What size of organization has he led?
At Pangea Holdings, two managers and 15 software engineers. At Soom, four managers, each with a team of about five engineers, distributed across Costa Rica, the United States and the Netherlands. At Ignite Visibility he managed five engineers and supported AI-assisted engineering adoption across 30.
What results can be attributed to his work?
At Soom: cloud costs reduced by about 80% and customer onboarding cut from 4 to 6 weeks to 1 to 3 days, after a five-month rebuild of the live product. In a forensic legal engagement: complex reporting cut from about two weeks to minutes across more than 13,000 files, with human verification. For a US insurer: 15 websites migrated from WordPress to Contentful in about three to four days.
Has he put AI into production?
Yes. His production systems include customer-service and logistics agents for companies in Mexico and Costa Rica and a forensic document-intelligence platform, built with RAG, tracing, cost monitoring, guardrails and human review. He stays hands-on with the code.
Does he have regulated-industry experience?
Yes. At Soom he led engineering for a medical-device SaaS working within FDA, EU MDR, GDPR and CCPA requirements. He also led engineering on a Fortune 100 healthcare loyalty platform.
What is his education?
A bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering from Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica. The Chief Technology Officer Program certificate from MIT Professional Education. An MBA in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Cumbria through Robert Kennedy College, with the dissertation pending.
What public or community work does he do?
He has taught AWS, artificial intelligence and software engineering as an ad honorem professor at Universidad Nacional since March 2023. He was Community Lead of Docker Costa Rica, a volunteer mentor with Desafío Latam and a speaker at WordCamp San José.
What is his leadership framework?
People × Processes × Data × AI = Business Outcomes. Because it is a product, a factor near zero takes the whole result with it, so he finds and fixes the weakest factor first.
Where is he based, and what languages does he work in?
Heredia, Costa Rica, working with organizations in the United States, Latin America and Europe. He works in Spanish (native) and English (C2).
How can he be contacted?
By email at emilio@ejbogantes.me, through the contact form at ejbogantes.me/contact, or on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/ejbogantes.

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