About Me

¡Hola!

I’m glad you’re here.

My name is Carlos Santiago Bañón. I work in artificial intelligence and software, and I care deeply about building technology that serves people well.

This is a space for me to write about technology, creativity, faith, attention, and what it means to remain human in a digital age. Some pieces are technical. Some are reflective. Some begin with AI or software and end somewhere closer to meaning, beauty, or presence.

That is intentional.

Professionally, I hold both an M.S. and B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Central Florida. I’m currently working at Alpine, where I lead the development of machine learning systems that bring AI into the telecommunications world in a thoughtful and responsible way. Before that, I spent several years at USEncryption, where I developed privacy-enhancing technologies that enable ML on encrypted data.

But this space is not only about technology.

I’m also a photographer, a husband, a Catholic, and someone trying to stay grounded in a world that often feels hurried, noisy, and over-optimized.

Photography helps me practice attention. It pulls me out of abstraction and back into the world as it is: light, place, texture, memory, and the small in-between moments we often miss when we rush.

My faith and family shape how I move through life. They keep me anchored when the world gets loud. They remind me that the purpose of my work and creativity is to serve.

So this space is where those parts of my life meet.

I believe technology should be taken seriously, but never worshipped. I believe making things can help us pay attention, notice beauty, and remember what matters. And I believe a good life is not measured by speed, output, or visibility, but by faithfulness, presence, and love.

You’ll find essays, notes, photography, and occasional projects here. All of it is held together by the same hope: that we can engage technology with wisdom, practice creativity with attention, and live with more clarity, joy, and humanity.

You’re welcome to stay awhile.

And if something here resonates, or if you’d like to work together, you’re always welcome to reach out.

Gracias por pasar.

¡Bienvenidos!

— Carlos