Angel Menendez speaking

AI talks for the people who actually have to ship it.

Keynotes and hands-on workshops on AI automation, scaling n8n, security operations, and the humane future of the technology, from a builder who has done the work.

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Watch me in action

A full live demo and audience Q&A from a recent n8n community meetup — building two production Slack tools in n8n in front of a room.

Why me

I am Angel Menendez, founder of AZ Technology Solutions and former Staff Developer Advocate at n8n. I have spent 20+ years at the intersection of cybersecurity, automation, and AI: SOAR playbooks at Palo Alto Networks, AI-agent infrastructure at n8n, and production automation for organizations that cannot afford “AI that demos.”

I also read actual philosophy and connect it to the systems we build — because the most interesting ideas in tech are not coming from Silicon Valley keynotes. What you get on stage is substance, a real point of view, and a working artifact instead of vaporware.

Where I’ve Worked

Years building and shipping inside leading security and automation teams.

Palo Alto Networks
Intuit
n8n
ThreatConnect
BlackCloak

Watch me speak

From my work as Staff Developer Advocate at n8n — live office hours for enterprise teams, flagship technical deep-dives, and security demos.

“We Maxed Out n8n — Here’s When It Broke” · scaling n8n to its limits.

n8n at Scale: Office Hours — live, for scaling teams & enterprises.

Deploying MITRE ATT&CK in Qdrant — AI-powered SIEM alert enrichment.

n8n at Scale, Ep. 1: Unlocking Slack’s Potential — building internal Slack tools in n8n.

On the mic

Beyond the stage — recent podcast and media appearances on the future of work, automation, and AI.

Podcast appearance · the future of work, automation & AI.

The vertical social cut.

What I speak about

Agentic AI, MCP, the new coding harnesses, and the philosophy underneath it all — every talk built for your audience, not pulled off a shelf.

How MCP Actually Works

The Model Context Protocol is the USB-C of AI tools — and most teams are holding it wrong. The four implementations (Access, Trigger, Node, Tool), when to use each, and why the description field is the real product.

The Three Ways AI Agents Access Your Tools

Claude Code, OpenClaw, Cursor — the harnesses are here. The question isn’t “can they?” but “how do they reach your systems safely?” The three connection patterns every team needs before they let an agent touch production.

From Workflow to Agentic AI in One Day

Hands-on. We take a real process from manual to automated to agentic, live — and put it on rails so the agent acts instead of guessing. Everyone leaves with something that runs.

Hiring Your First Threat Intel Analyst in 20 Minutes

A live build: an AI agent that triages CVEs against your actual environment using MITRE ATT&CK. For security teams who want AI that does the work, not a chatbot that describes it.

The Convivial Machine

Everyone is betting on a god in a data center. The real revolution is AI you own — at home, in your tools, answering to you. A hopeful, contrarian counter-story for an audience exhausted by AI hype and AI dread.

Dead Philosophers for Engineers

Deleuze predicted your automation stack in 1972. Camus understood your on-call rotation. Wittgenstein designed your API. A tour of the thinkers who understood software before software existed — and what they teach us about building with AI.

Pricing & details

Want the specifics? Tell me about your event below and you’ll get back pricing ranges and a few options matched to your audience and goals — usually the same day — plus a personal link to grab 20 minutes on my calendar.

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For organizers

Every session is built for your audience and your goals. You get:

  • A talk or workshop tailored to your room.
  • A short planning call before the event so we are aligned on outcomes.
  • Slides and any demo assets used in the session.
  • For workshops: every attendee leaves with something they built.
  • A clean recording on my end — happy to share a clip afterward.

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