Aliff Macapinlac

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Building Cruvai — An AI-Native Enterprise Platform

Cruvai is a next-generation enterprise PaaS reimagined for the AI era. Organizations create AI Companies that run pluggable applications with shared AI agents — enabling both human and AI collaboration as first-class participants. Built from the ground up with a full-stack architecture spanning cloud infrastructure, process orchestration, ITSM, and managed WordPress hosting.

108 Models 57 API Routes 107+ Pages Multi-Cloud
Next.js FastAPI PostgreSQL Redis Docker AWS OpenAI Claude Celery SQLAlchemy
About Me

Architect, Builder, Creator

Aliff Macapinlac

I'm a Full-Stack Software Architect based in San Diego with a passion for building AI-forward enterprise platforms. My journey started at UC San Diego studying Data Science, where I discovered that the intersection of data, design, and engineering is where the most impactful software lives.

Today, I architect enterprise ServiceNow solutions at NewRocket for Fortune 500 clients by day and build Cruvai — an AI-native enterprise PaaS — by night. With 50+ portal implementations and three ServiceNow CIS certifications under my belt, I bring deep enterprise experience to every project I touch.

I believe the future of enterprise software is AI-native: platforms where humans and AI agents collaborate as equal participants, not afterthoughts.

San Diego, CA
aliff.macapinlac@gmail.com
github.com/aliffbm
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Career

Experience & Education

From research labs to enterprise architecture — building at every scale.

2026 — Present

Founder & Lead Architect

Cruvai

Building an AI-native enterprise PaaS from the ground up — 108 database models, 57 API routes, 107+ frontend pages, multi-cloud provisioning, process orchestration, managed WordPress hosting, and an AI agent framework.

2024 — Present

Software Architect

NewRocket Inc

Promoted from Sr. Engineer. Architecting enterprise ServiceNow solutions for Fortune 500 clients across IT Services, Employee Center, Content CMS, Customer Service, and Workspace implementations.

  • 50+ portal implementations across multiple product lines
  • Built Workspace solutions for fulfiller/worker operational interfaces
  • 3x CIS Certified: ITSM, HRSD, CSM

ServiceNow Expertise

50+ Enterprise Portals
3x CIS Certified
F500 Client Scale
6+ Years on Platform
2020 — 2024

Sr. Software Engineer

NewRocket Inc

Delivered customized ServiceNow solutions: Service Portal, ITSM, ITAM, CSM, Performance Analytics, Virtual Agent, and third-party integrations for enterprise clients.

2020 — 2021

Lead Developer

Teamlims

Led development of laboratory information management systems.

2019 — 2024

Instructional Staff

2U

Guided students through full-stack web development and data science curriculum.

2017 — 2020

JavaScript Developer

LabFocus

Built web applications for laboratory workflows and data management.

2016 — 2017

Research Assistant

UC San Diego Design Lab

Conducted research at the intersection of design, data, and human-computer interaction.

Education

2016 — 2020

BS Data Science

University of California, San Diego

Completing final coursework

2014 — 2016

AA in Mathematics & University Studies

Grossmont College

Natural Science, Mathematics & Computer Science

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Expertise

Skills & Technologies

Frontend

Next.js React TypeScript Tailwind CSS shadcn/ui

Backend

FastAPI Python Node.js SQLAlchemy Celery

Data & AI

PostgreSQL pgvector Redis OpenAI Claude Embeddings

Cloud & DevOps

AWS EC2 / RDS / S3 Docker Nginx CI/CD

WordPress

Custom Themes Block Patterns WP-CLI Plugin Dev

Platform

RBAC Process Orchestration Multi-tenancy REST API Design
Portfolio

Live WordPress Projects

Custom-built and deployed via Cruvai's WordPress Engine.

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Cascade Realty Group

realestatepreview1.aliffmacapinlac.com

Luxury real estate theme with dark aesthetics, listings CPT, and SEO engine.

WordPress Custom Theme SEO
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Cascade Parallax

realestatepreview2.aliffmacapinlac.com

Single-page parallax real estate theme with smooth scroll animations.

WordPress Parallax Block Theme
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Cascade Modern

realestatepreview3.aliffmacapinlac.com

Modern blue real estate theme with glass-morphism cards and clean UI.

WordPress Glass-morphism Modern
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Gilbert's Painting

renuevati.com

Commercial painting business with booking system, client portal, and Stripe payments.

WordPress Booking Stripe Portal
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The Game Spaces

thegamespaces.com

WooCommerce video game store with product catalog and shopping experience.

WordPress WooCommerce E-Commerce
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PromptForger AI

promptforgerai.com

AI-powered educational content platform for prompt engineering and learning.

WordPress AI Education
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EigenCode AI

eigencodeai.com

WordPress web agency showcase with modern design and service offerings.

WordPress Agency Showcase
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Your Inner Butterfly

yourinnerbutterfly.com

Wellness and lifestyle brand site with warm, inviting design.

WordPress Wellness Lifestyle
Origins

Where It Started

Earthquake Visualization

Interactive D3.js map visualizing real-time earthquake data with magnitude-based scaling and geographic clustering.

D3.js Data Viz GeoJSON

NYC Citi Bike Analysis

Tableau-powered data visualization exploring ridership patterns, station density, and temporal trends across NYC.

Tableau Analytics Data Science

KNN Classifier

Machine learning notebook implementing K-Nearest Neighbors from scratch with cross-validation and hyperparameter tuning.

Python ML Jupyter
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San Diego, CA
aliff.macapinlac@gmail.com
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