CTO · AI Innovator · Fintech SaaS Architect

Holti Bitri
CTO, Architect & Innovator

Building bridges between technology vision and business impact. Nearly 20 years at the intersection of architecture, innovation, and delivery.

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I design resilient architectures and lead high-performing teams to turn complex challenges into scalable, future-proof solutions.

With nearly 20 years in the Microsoft ecosystem, my journey evolved from deep-dive technical development to leading cross-functional innovation areas spanning Power Platform, Azure, and custom development.

Today I drive digital transformation initiatives for enterprise clients, overseeing AI-powered products including AI4Teams, AI4Align, and AI4Orchestration. My work connects architecture, strategy, and delivery.

Enterprise clients I've worked with include PwC, Medtronic, MPS, and Nexive — across banking, healthcare, logistics, and consulting.

Currently building ToroPulse — smart alerts, deep copier analytics, and social automation for eToro traders.

Holti Bitri — CTO, Architect & Innovator
~20
Years in the Microsoft ecosystem
3
Innovation domains led (Power Platform, Azure, Dev)
Expertise

Connecting code,
cloud, and business.

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AI & Startup Stack
Agentic Workflows, LLM Orchestration, SaaS Architecture, Growth Hacking
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Microsoft Cloud
Azure PaaS, Microsoft 365 ecosystem, Power Apps, Power Automate, Microsoft Fabric
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Solution Architecture
Cloud-first design, system integration, API layers, app modernization
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AI & Innovation
AI-enabled transformation, LLM integration, intelligent automation
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.NET / Custom Dev
C#, .NET Core, ASP.NET MVC, WCF, REST APIs, SQL Server
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Leadership & Strategy
Team management, pre-sales, stakeholder engagement, innovation roadmaps
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Claude Code & Agentic AI
Certified in Claude Code in Action (Anthropic). Using agentic AI as a daily coworker for architecture review, code generation, and automation pipelines.
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AI Content Pipeline
End-to-end autonomous pipelines: LLM scriptwriting, TTS synthesis, audio mixing, multi-platform distribution (Spotify, Telegram, RSS).
Experience

Over a decade of
technical leadership.

2026 — Present
CTO
TIG Factory
Leading technology strategy and delivery for TIG Factory, a business unit of TIG (The Innovation Group) focused on custom digital solutions and enterprise software, across a stack spanning .NET Framework, .NET Core, and Azure.
Technology Strategy .NET Azure Enterprise Delivery
2021 — 2026
Innovation Director · Technical Manager
Cloudia Research
Direct the Microsoft Hub (18+ consultants), overseeing project execution across Azure, Custom Dev, and Power Platform. Spearhead product R&D for internal SaaS solutions and act as Solution Architect for enterprise clients.
Team Leadership Solution Architecture Product R&D Pre-sales
2017 — 2021
Senior .NET / Cloud Developer · Software Architect
Cloudia Research
Designed and implemented cloud-first architectures on .NET Core and Azure. Led application modernization, workflow automation, and data-driven reporting for enterprise clients. Progressively expanded scope into solution architecture and digital transformation leadership.
.NET Core Azure Cloud Architecture DevOps
2013 — 2017
Integration Specialist
Nexive
Architected QArc, a custom SOA middleware layer integrating Oracle, DB2, and Salesforce ERP across enterprise environments. Contributed to the Nexibus Enterprise Service Bus initiative built on TIBCO.
SOA Middleware TIBCO System Integration C#
2008 — 2011
Senior .NET Developer · Oracle DWH Developer
Monte dei Paschi di Siena
Owned ETL pipelines and metadata management for the financial data warehouse using Oracle Warehouse Builder. Delivered web reporting and banking services across Anagrafe and Finance divisions.
Oracle OWB ETL / PL-SQL Reporting Services C# / ASP.NET
Other Projects

Building what
doesn't exist yet.

Product · Cloudia Research

AI4Teams

An AI-powered hub designed to enhance team collaboration, alignment, and productivity within the Microsoft 365 ecosystem.

Microsoft 365 Azure AI Power Platform
Product · Cloudia Research

AI4Orchestration

Intelligent orchestration platform on the Microsoft stack, enabling enterprise-grade workflow automation and AI-driven process management at scale.

Azure Power Automate AI Orchestration
Open Source · Personal

AI Meeting Assistant

Fully local AI pipeline for transcribing meetings, identifying speakers, and generating executive summaries. Works with any platform — Teams, Zoom, Webex. No cloud, no subscriptions, no data leaving your machine.

Python FastAPI Docker Whisper Ollama
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Writing

Thoughts on
tech & architecture.

01

I built an LLM Wiki (or Second Brain) with Obsidian. Here's how it really works.

Five episodes, one full story: a vault where every piece of information has one home, an AI librarian that follows a written contract instead of a prompt, and why context engineering beats prompt engineering. Includes the full technical breakdown.

Jun 24, 2026•6 min
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02

Microsoft 'lost' the OpenAI exclusivity. Why the market rewarded them anyway.

Headlines say Microsoft lost the exclusive deal with OpenAI. The financial reality tells a different story — Azure stays primary cloud through 2032, $250B in compute, and a stake worth $228B heading into the IPO.

May 14, 2026•4 min
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03

I built a local AI Meeting Assistant. Here's how it really went.

Copilot didn't work for my meetings — not because it's bad, but because my meetings don't follow its rules. So I built something that works regardless of who you invite, what platform, what license.

May 12, 2026•8 min
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04

Oracle closed a $16B data center deal. Now Wall Street is asking what my clients ask me.

AI data centers could reach 12% of US electricity by 2028. When institutional investors step back, it doesn't mean AI doesn't work — it means the real bill is arriving. Energy, water, grid — not just GPUs.

May 7, 2026•2 min
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05

I got a Claude Code certification. But I had already accumulated 4.6 million tokens before starting.

That's 7× The Lord of the Rings. In 30 days. Not experiments — real projects, real architectures. A powerful tool used without context produces fast code and slow problems.

May 5, 2026•2 min
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06

Markets are betting hundreds of billions on AI. Last week a client needed an if statement.

Both things are true. Markets are pricing AI as infrastructure. But there's a massive gap between those who build the infrastructure and those who use it to solve real business problems. That gap is my job.

Apr 30, 2026•2 min
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07

Today at Microsoft Reactor in Rome. Building a Copilot Studio agent at a hackathon.

Hands on keyboard, real problem, limited time. We built an AI agent for tracking professional certifications — the kind of problem that runs on Excel and email today, and on an agent tomorrow.

Apr 24, 2026•2 min
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08

A client asked for AI. After thirty minutes, I understood he needed an if statement.

The problem was fully defined. Fully predictable. Fully deterministic. No ambiguity. The right answer wasn't an LLM — it was a switch. Knowing when not to use AI is part of the job.

Apr 23, 2026•2 min
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09

In a pre-sales call, you can nod along. Or you can say: there are three ways to do this.

The second person always wins. Not because they're right — but because the client perceives one thing clearly: this person actually understood what I want. At that point, you're no longer the vendor being evaluated. You're the reference.

Apr 23, 2026•2 min
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Contact

Let's build
something together.

Whether you're looking for architectural guidance, exploring AI implementation, or just want to discuss the future of the cloud ecosystem — my inbox is always open.

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