Michael Rivera — Technical Project Manager · Operator-Builder · AI Systems Lead · Founder, Aurevon Labs
Results-driven Technical Project Manager, Operator-Builder, and Operations Supervisor with over 7 years of progressive, cross-sector leadership across project scopes ranging from $20 million subcontracts to an estimated $150–200 million under direct management within federal programs valued at approximately $2 billion, plus over $100 million in commercial real estate underwritten. Combines hands-on craftsmanship from zero-defect, high-consequence environments (naval nuclear fabrication, high-rise structural steel) with strategic management of AI workflows, SaaS product delivery, and enterprise automation. Proven record directing multi-functional crews of up to 25, bridging floor-level execution and executive strategy. Adept at mitigating delivery risk, redesigning daily operations to eliminate bottlenecks, and transforming manual processes into automated, highly governed execution models. I solve a problem once, turn it into a reusable pattern, and hand it to the next team.
Greater Philadelphia, PA · Open to Remote (U.S.) · mike@aurevonvc.com · 856-693-8249 · linkedin.com/in/michaellrivera · github.com/mikerivera33 · @Rvcan_kidd · @AurevonLabs · labs.aurevonvc.com
Selected work
Aurevon Interlude — Marketplace infrastructure
Consent-first marketplace for AI wait time — advertiser, publisher, SDK, extension, and MCP surfaces.
Result: Public launch shipped after the preview gate was removed and public behavior verified end to end, with real-money paths untouched by the change.
Validation: 167/167 server tests passing; 62 + 20 + 6 stress validations; 27/27 SDK tests; 64/64 extension tests
Cohive by Aurevon Labs — Mobile product
Travel and lifestyle planning app with a deterministic trip-planning engine.
Result: Mobile-ready release validated against randomized and adversarial input with zero console errors in browser stress runs.
Validation: 300 randomized trip plans tested; 2,000 adversarial scanner inputs; 50-cycle browser stress run, 0 console errors; 36 engine + 59 smoke checks
LJM Deal Analyzer — Real-estate underwriting
Deterministic multifamily underwriting and deal-risk system.
Result: Surfaced a $52K+ / 21.9% NOI overstatement in a live deal before close — the difference between a good buy and a bad one.
Validation: 501 tests passing; Clerk-verified ownership controls; Spreadsheet injection protections; CVE gate enforced in CI
ForgeAi by Aurevon Labs — AI product platform
AI-product marketplace with commerce, analytics, and AI-search readiness.
Result: 23-product catalog relaunched with consistent branding, machine-readable structured data, and no stale price or availability references.
Validation: 23 product covers regenerated reproducibly; Structured SEO + AEO data shipped; Crawler-visible prerendering; Live Shopify price/availability guards
Experience
Founder & Technical Project Manager / AI Systems Lead — Aurevon Labs / Aurevon Ventures
Aug 2025 — Present · Remote
- Lead end-to-end planning, scoping, and delivery of Aurevon Underwrite, an AI-enabled enterprise SaaS product for commercial lenders, packaged as a tiered product with clear deliverables.
- Manage complex risk and compliance dependencies through a strict human-in-the-loop checkpoint system.
- Ensure every AI model output carries a traceable audit log and source citation to mitigate compliance events and defend credit decisioning.
- Coordinate cross-functional execution across Next.js/Vercel front ends and back-end workflows, shipping web platforms with zero-manual-touch automation for webhooks and billing.
- Engineered wallet-less Web3 onboarding with Crossmint, custodially minting NFTs directly to user emails and converting on-chain assets into a live membership-tier system.
- Architected Aurevon Concierge, an 1,800-line automated community management platform on Discord, establishing Airtable as the single source of truth to eliminate manual reconciliation.
Managing Member — Deal Operations & Process Improvement — LJM Homes LLC
Jan 2024 — Present · Sewell, NJ
- Underwritten over $100 million in commercial real estate across multifamily and mixed-use acquisitions, standing up the evaluation process end to end.
- Spearheaded a digital transformation initiative by building the LJM Deal Analyzer, replacing manual spreadsheet workflows with a deterministic multifamily underwriting web application.
- Standardized enterprise workflows with repeatable evaluation processes, making output quality independent of the individual operator.
- Identified a critical $52,000+ (21.9%) overstatement in broker-reported T-12 NOI through meticulous data analysis.
- Escalated findings to drive PSA amendments with outside counsel, protecting the capital stack and mitigating acquisition risk.
- Manage ongoing deal execution, multi-state entity structuring, and legal documentation.
Operations Supervisor · prev. Team Lead / Lead Welder · Nuclear Welder-Fitter — Rhoads Industries (naval nuclear defense contractor)
Apr 2023 — Jul 2025 · Philadelphia, PA
- Held direct management responsibility for an estimated $150–200 million of fabrication scope at one time, within a DoD/U.S. Navy nuclear submarine program (Virginia and Columbia class) valued at approximately $2 billion in total.
- Directed multi-team operations of 5–25 personnel across those submarine fabrication lines.
- Redesigned daily production scheduling and resource allocation to eliminate cross-shift dependencies, measurably increasing throughput.
- Launched a program-wide risk mitigation initiative (“questioning attitude”) that empowered teams to challenge steps, drastically reducing rework and raising morale.
- Delivered zero lost-time incidents and zero first-article quality failures under NAVSEA zero-defect standards through checkpoint-driven governance.
- Bridged executive management and floor execution, translating high-level project goals into actionable daily plans.
- Concurrently earned advanced credentials in Nuclear MIG Pulse & Spray, Nuclear Shipfitting, and NDT, setting the department technical benchmark.
Foreman / Journeyman Ironworker — U.S. Crane and Rigging LLC
Jun 2018 — May 2022 · New York, NY
- Led skilled ironworker crews erecting precast structural steel skyscrapers up to 50 stories across all five NYC boroughs, on projects valued from roughly $20 million upward.
- Managed critical-path schedules, lift planning, and high-risk rigging operations under full OSHA compliance.
- Coordinated multi-trade sequencing, aligning cross-functional teams and external stakeholders with competing incentives to hit safe, on-time milestones.
- Mentored apprentices in safety, craftsmanship, and professional accountability.
Earlier industrial experience
- Delaware Valley Container & Equipment Services — Mobile Welder / Fabrication Specialist · Sewell, NJ · Apr 2022–Apr 2023 · reduced client equipment downtime by up to 40% and extended service life 5+ years on average with code-compliant GMAW/SMAW repairs.
- Wastequip — Welder, Level 1 MIG certified · Erial, NJ · Aug 2021–Apr 2022.
- Urban Precast — Ironworker · New York, NY · Jul 2019–Jul 2021.
Certifications
- Anthropic / Claude (2026): Claude Code 101, Intro to Agent Skills & Subagents, AI Fluency, Claude Platform 101
- AI Governance (2026): Operationalizing AI Governance — Strategy and Foundations (All Tech Is Human)
- DoD Security (Jun 2023): CUI Handling & Unauthorized Disclosure, Insider Threat Awareness, Counterintelligence, Cybersecurity Awareness
- Technical / Industrial: OSHA 30-Hour Construction, NYC DOB Rigging Supervisor (CRA-301), NYC Site Safety, Nuclear MIG Pulse & Spray, Nuclear Shipfitting, Non-Destructive Testing (NDT), Real Estate Property Management
Education
- The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania — Master’s Certificate, Real Estate & Private Equity · Completed Apr 2026
- Immaculata University — B.A. Criminology & Psychology (student-athlete, baseball) · 2019–2020
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