Joaquin Melara

Joaquin Melara

Hi, I'm Joaquin Melara, a fractional product manager and community builder

Fractional Product Manager
Taking fuzzy requirements to production-ready software through elicitation, rapid prototyping, end-to-end development, and quality assurance.

Community Builder
Focused on global, virtual communities in symbolic AI: semantic technology, ontology engineering, and metadata management.

One Methodology. Two Applications.
Whether launching a product or scaling a community, our process remains constant:

  • Audit: Map internal systems and external market conditions.

  • Conceptualize: Design high-impact initiatives and structured programs.

  • Execute: Deploy a realistic, step-by-step action plan.

For each iteration, we bake our learnings into a knowledge base that informs subsequent efforts.

ACE is my 3-step methodology—Audit, Conceptualize, Execute—built to untangle high-friction operational, product, and community challenges.

I've applied it across:

  • Community

  • Education

  • Events

  • Media

  • Publications

  • Software

Experiences

2017

Support Engineer

Trilogy Education Services, Inc.

2020

Principal Consultant

Ernest Consulting Practice

2023

Founder

SWARM Community

2023

Producer

The AI Digest Podcast / AI Infused Newsletter

Interested to work with me?
Joaquin@ernestconsultingpractice.com

2:26:34 AM

Interested to work with me?
Joaquin@ernestconsultingpractice.com

2:26:34 AM

Interested to work with me?
Joaquin@ernestconsultingpractice.com

2:26:34 AM