Dr. Paulo Lacerda PhD
Sr. AI Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft, PhD | Creator of GPT-RAG and AgentOps Accelerator
Sr. AI Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft, PhD | Creator of GPT-RAG and AgentOps Accelerator
Dr. Paulo Lacerda is a Senior AI Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft and the creator of GPT-RAG and the AgentOps Accelerator, open-source frameworks for building enterprise-grade retrieval-augmented generation and agentic AI systems adopted by engineering teams worldwide. He holds a PhD in Computer Science, is an IEEE Senior Member, and serves as a peer reviewer for IEEE journals. With more than 20 years across all stages of the software lifecycle, he creates and leads reusable AI accelerators that turn recurring customer and field challenges into secure, production-ready solutions at scale for organizations in finance, healthcare, retail, and manufacturing. He is a published author and a frequent speaker at industry and developer conferences, focusing on RAG architectures, AI agents,...