Fernando Ott

AI Architect and Engineering Leader at 8 Figure Agency. With 13+ years leading engineering teams and building enterprise-grade platforms across three continents, he blends deep technical rigor with sharp operational intuition. He’s the architect of the 8FAI Brain — the multi-agent OS that analyzes, predicts, and acts so agencies can scale faster with fewer bottlenecks and higher margins.

Engineering & AI Consulting

Your Agency Doesn’t Need More Tools. It Needs an AI Architecture That Thinks, Acts, and Scales With You.

Fernando Ott is the Head of AI at 8 Figure Agency, where he engineers the agentic systems that turn chaotic, manual operations into scalable, high-margin machines. With 13+ years leading engineering teams, founding startups, and architecting enterprise platforms across Brazil, the U.S., and Europe, Fernando blends deep technical expertise with sharp business intuition.

Before joining 8FAI, he scaled venture-backed companies as CTO/CEO of Polen and built mission-critical systems for global retailers like Walmart, PRNewswire, and KeHE Distributors. His signature strength? Translating complex operations into clean, scalable AI architectures that automate the grind and expose new growth opportunities.

At 8FAI, Fernando is the architect behind the Brain, our multi-agent OS powering cross-platform intelligence, automation, and decision-making. He leads a world-class AI team developing agents that analyze, predict, and act, helping agencies scale faster with fewer resources and higher margins.

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Why It Matters

"Most agencies don’t struggle because they lack creativity; they struggle because their data, tools, and processes can’t communicate. AI changes that. When you unify your systems into an agentic architecture, you stop reacting and start predicting. That’s why I’m obsessed with building AI that doesn’t just assist your team; it thinks with them. At 8F, we’re engineering agents that eliminate repetitive work, surface insights before you need them, and take action autonomously. This isn’t the future. It’s the operating system your competitors are already building. Let’s make sure you stay ahead."

- Fernando Ott

Fernando's Credentials

Architected for the Agentic Era

• 13+ Years in Software Engineering & AI Architecture: Lead architect of the 8FAI Brain; former CTO/CEO of Polen; enterprise Tech Lead serving high-scale retail and data-heavy systems across the U.S. and LatAm.
  
  
• Startup Founder with Global Experience: Built and scaled venture-backed companies through accelerators in Chile, the UK, and Brazil, leading both technical and business strategy.
  
  
• Enterprise-Grade Engineering: Designed AI-powered systems and integrations for KeHE Distributors, Walmart Brazil, PRNewswire, Submarino Viagens, and OpenSearch e-commerce platforms.
  
  
• AI Systems Innovator: Architected multi-agent ecosystems using Python, .NET, Next.js, vector databases, MCP Server, LLM orchestration, N8N, LangChain, CrewAI, and distributed cloud infrastructure like AWS, Google Cloud and Azure.
  
  
• Client Impact Spotlight: Engineered automations and AI foundations that cut operational hours by 20–30 weekly, enabled data-driven decision making, reduced human bottlenecks, and opened the path for agencies to scale with higher margins and lower delivery overhead.
  
  

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