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Armando
Silva

Co-Founder · Lead Engineer · MCP Automation & AI

Bilingual Digital Marketing Manager with 10+ years of experience. Co-founder of 2 successful companies. Google Ads, Microsoft Advertising & Semrush Certified. Specialized in PPC, SEO, Data Analytics & Cloud AI. Based in Irvine, California.

Armando Silva

My Expertise

PPC & Digital Advertising

Optimizing ad spend across Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok & eBay for maximum ROI. 5X ROAS achieved. Generated over $1M in sales in 6 months.

Google AdsMeta AdsTikTokMicrosoft Ads

Cloud & AWS Architecture

Designing and deploying serverless architectures on AWS: S3 static hosting, EC2, IAM, CLI automation. Following cloud best practices and cost-optimization strategies.

AWS S3EC2IAMCLI

AI Automation & MCP

Building agentic AI systems and MCP automation pipelines. Co-founder of ventures leveraging AI for business operations, content management and digital marketing.

AI AgentsMCPAutomationLLMs

Data Analytics & SEO

Daily use of Google Analytics, Search Console & Tag Manager. Certified in Google, Microsoft & Semrush. Expert with SEMrush, Mangools, SpyFu and webmastering tools.

GA4SEMrushGSCTag Manager

Databases & Engineering

Academic and practical background in database systems, industrial automation, and engineering project management across mining, energy and manufacturing sectors.

SQLAWS RDSProject Mgmt

Web Development

Building modern, performant websites and platforms. Astro, HTML/CSS/JS, Bootstrap. Managing multi-domain hosting, DNS configuration, cPanel and CMS systems.

AstroBootstrapcPanelHTML/CSS

My Experience

September 2023 – Present
Mi Wayki · Control Nautas
Digital Marketing Manager & Co-Founder

Co-founded and grew Mi Wayki (Travel Agency) from startup to expanding enterprise. Boosted impressions from 1,978 → 574,506 users. Landing pages converting at 56.57%. Grew Impression Share from <10% to 25.46%. Attracted 30,000+ customers, 305 reviews at 4.8★. Generated $1M in sales. Led team of 6 specialists. Managed omnichannel strategy: WhatsApp, Amazon Connect, Email, CRM (HubSpot, Kommo, Bitrix24).

Control Nautas: E-commerce, Google Search & Shopping campaigns. Achieved authorized distributor status for industrial automation brands.

PPCTourism TechSEOCRMAWS Connect
October 2023 – June 2024
ALOGIC
E-commerce Digital Media PPC Specialist · Irvine, CA

Q4 2023: Developed annual master marketing strategy (Black Friday). Achieved 25.8% increase in Sales with 5X ROAS and +19.7% Conversion Value.
Q1 2024: 109% increase in Purchases, -24.3% Cost per Conversion, +187.5% Total Conversion Value. Expanded globally to NA, Europe, Oceania, Asia.
Q2 2024: Scaled globally — generated $1M+ in sales with 3.8X ROAS.

Google AdsE-commerce5X ROASGlobal Scaling
November 2009 – December 2011
Jara Resistencias S.R.L.
Senior Engineering Project Manager · Lima, Peru

Managed thermal projects nationwide. Clients included Southern Peru Copper, Votorantim Metais, ExxonMobil/Mobil Oil Peru, Antamina (SSK Montajes). Head of projects & engineering department.

Thermal Eng.MiningExxonMobil
May 2011 – April 2012
GBG CORP SAC
Project Manager · Lima, Peru

Directed and supervised corporate projects under PMO (PMI methodology). Managed feasibility studies for asphalt plant (120 t/h) and aggregate plant (300 t/h).

PMIFeasibilityPMO
December 2012 – December 2013
Grupo Manuelita
Senior Engineering Project Manager · Trujillo, Peru

Managed highly complex industrial projects at Agroindustrial Laredo sugar mill (transnational Manuelita). Fire network, band filtering system, hydrokinetic cleaning and various plant improvements.

Project MgmtIndustrial Eng.Transnational

My Projects

Mi Wayki — Tourism Platform

AI-powered tourism platform for Cusco, Peru. Built with Astro, Payload CMS and Hermes AI agent for autonomous content management and SEO optimization.

AstroAI CMSSEO
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Hermes AI Agent — Agentic CMS

Autonomous orchestrator for MiWayki platform using FastAPI + Gemini AI. Extracts PDF itineraries, manages content and automates workflows via MCP skills.

PythonFastAPIGemini

Control Nautas

E-commerce platform specialized in industrial automation & control products for Latin America. Built on WordPress with Google Search & Shopping campaigns. Achieved authorized distributor status for key automation brands.

WordPressE-commerceGoogle Shopping
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Featured Video

Content from Control Nautas — my YouTube channel specialized in industrial automation & control news for Latin American engineers.

My Education

Southern States University

BBA — Business Administration & Management
January 2020 – June 2023

Santa Monica College

Cloud Computing — Certificate of Achievement
CS 79B — Database Systems (In Progress)
Current

TECSUP

Electronics & Industrial Automation
2006 – 2009

IAE · Language Systems International

Intensive English — ESL Levels 1–7 / Business English
2015 – 2019

Certifications & Awards

Google Ads — 7 Certifications

Shopping, Search, Display, Analytics, Campaign Manager, AI Performance & more.

GoogleIssued May 2023

Microsoft Advertising Certified

3 Certifications: Native & Display, Search, and Shopping.

MicrosoftIssued May 2023

Semrush SEO Toolkit Certification

Comprehensive training on all Semrush features for better SEO and SEM results.

SemrushIssued May 2023

Amazon Sponsored Ads Certification

Proficiency in Sponsored Products, Sponsored Brands, retail readiness & campaign optimization.

AmazonIssued March 2023

ISA Student Section President

Led TECSUP's ISA chapter, ranked among the best in South America. Awarded international trip to ISA event.

ISAJune 2009

Control Nautas — Content Creator

YouTube channel specialized in industrial automation & control news for Latin American engineers.

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Contact Me

Open to new opportunities, partnerships and conversations. Feel free to reach out through any of the channels below.