Leo Mata is a senior technology executive and engineer with deep hands-on experience across software engineering, cloud infrastructure, AI systems, and cybersecurity. He has spent his career building and scaling platforms at the intersection of product and engineering — from early-stage startups through enterprise organizations.
His work spans industries including Internet, Healthcare, and Digital Media, and he brings a builder’s perspective to every advisory engagement. He’s equally comfortable in a whiteboard strategy session as he is reviewing architecture diagrams or debugging a production incident.
Leo founded DUAD alongside Patrick Evans to bring the kind of direct, experienced guidance that is typically inaccessible to organizations that don’t have a senior technical bench — without the overhead of a large consultancy.
Areas of focus: AI/ML platform strategy, cloud-native architecture, security engineering, engineering leadership, technical due diligence.
Past work & experience