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Mechatronics Engineer · Bogotá, Colombia

I turn business problems into architectures, demos and systems that ship.

Cloud and AI solutions engineering for customer-facing work, with hands-on robotics and hardware behind it. I build the thing, then I explain it to the people who have to buy it.

Nicolas Velasquez Lopez
Certified
HCIP Cloud Service Solutions Architect, 2025 — plus HCIA in AI and Cloud
Documented
9 projects written up in full, from CNC hardware to AI agents
In orbit
Mentored student hardware that launched into space — Space Call, 7 nations

About

Mechatronics Engineer and Solutions Engineer. I lead technical discovery to understand architecture, requirements, business objectives and success criteria, then turn those needs into demonstrations and solution paths that business and managerial audiences can decide on.

Areas of expertise

  • Discovery & communication

    Technical discovery, explaining architecture and trade-offs to business and managerial audiences, demonstrations, proofs of concept, customer training.

  • Solutions & systems

    Solution architecture, Huawei Cloud, Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, REST APIs, HubSpot.

  • Programming & robotics

    Python for robot control and automation, C++ in academic and embedded projects, MATLAB/Simulink, Git. ROS 1; ROS 2 Jazzy in progress.

  • Teaching

    Curriculum design, instructor training, webinars on AI and Kubernetes, robotics and programming instruction.

  • Technical discovery

    Leads sessions with customers to understand architecture, requirements, business objectives and success criteria.

  • Demos and proofs of concept

    Designs and presents tailored demonstrations with sales, product and engineering.

  • Technical training

    Webinars and training on AI and Kubernetes for technical and business audiences in Colombia and Ecuador.

Selected work

9 projects · newest first

Career

chronological

  • 2025 — PresentSolutions EngineerTruora — pre-sales, discovery sessions, demos and proofs of conceptBogotá
  • 2025Independent AI and automation consultantUnMecaNiko.comBogotá
  • 2024 — 2025Named Accounts Cloud Solutions ArchitectHuawei — architecture for performance, cost, scale and security; technical training across Colombia and EcuadorBogotá
  • 2024Cloud Solutions Architect InternHuawei — solution support, market analysis, customer communicationBogotá
  • 2023 — 2024Science instructor, Space CallAsociación Astronáutica Colombiana — the Space Call CubeSat programmeColombia
  • 2023 — 2024Co-founder, coordinator and instructorLápiz Labs — robotics and programming education for childrenColombia
  • 2023Robotics teacher and designerRobótica for Kids — robotics, electronics, simulation and programming for ages 13–17Colombia
  • 2020Peer mentor, Amigo Mentor programmeUniversidad Militar Nueva GranadaColombia

Education

  • 2019 — 2023Mechatronics EngineeringUniversidad Militar Nueva GranadaColombia

Speaking & teaching

selected sessions

Every photo below says where, when and to whom. Without those three, a photo is decoration.

  • Nicolas Velasquez Lopez running Huawei Cloud AI demos at the CX Summit stand
    Huawei Cloud AI demosCX Summit 2025 · 2025 · Cartagena, Colombia1,500 attendees
  • Nicolas Velasquez Lopez giving a talk on AI in education
    AI in educationUniversidad Militar Nueva Granada · 2025 · Colombia60 attendees

Contact

Tell me what you are trying to build.

Pre-sales engineering, cloud and AI architecture, or a robotics pilot that needs someone who can both build it and explain it.