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Rodrigo N. Isabelo Jr. (Regs)

Rodrigo Isabelo (Regs) — engineering lead and full-stack developer specializing in AI, Laravel, and AWS.

An engineering lead who is still in the editor most days, a full-stack engineer at heart who fell in love with AI along the way. I lead by teaching: running workshops, watching the people around me outgrow the roles they came in with. I build what customers actually need, not the cool feature nobody uses.

If a user can’t say “finally,” it’s a science project, not a product.

Pages

  • Experience: Roles and highlights
  • Projects: Selected work
  • Stack: Languages, frameworks, AI, cloud, and engineering tools
  • Recommendations: Colleague recommendations
  • Certifications: Credentials
  • Blog: Field notes

Metrics

  • 15+ Engineers led — 5 teams, 8 product families
  • 16 Projects built — platforms, frameworks, tools
  • 13 Workshops run — Laravel, testing, security, RAG
  • 3 Public talks — PSITE, AI Pilipinas, USJ-R

Talks

  • Reverse-engineering AI-generated code — USJ-R SCS Days · 29 Apr 2025. Guest talk for 300+ students in the School of Computer Studies.
  • Bridging the IT skill gap in the age of AI — PSITE National Convention 2025 · Mar 2025. Fireside chat on workforce skills and AI.
  • RAG in production — AI Pilipinas Cebu · Jul 2024. Guest talk on shipping retrieval systems, second time with the community.

Contact

  • Email: regs.isabelo@gmail.com
  • Site: https://regsisabelo.com
  • Role: Engineering lead