CZANIX

The person behind it

Cesar Zanis

I'm not a consultant who learned technology. I'm an engineer who learned to solve business problems... and never stopped.

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-50%
Reduction in cloud costs
20k
Liters of diesel/month saved
20+
Professionals led
15
Years of engineering
Technology doesn't exist in isolation. It exists to serve the business. If it doesn't generate measurable returns, it's waste.— Cesar Zanis

Journey

Every chapter started with a real problem.

I didn't grow by knowing more frameworks. I grew because I always saw technology as a tool, not as an end.

Foundation2013–2018

The Data Master

DBA and technical lead at an ERP company. I designed high-availability routines in SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle that became industry benchmarks. I immersed myself in financial, tax, and accounting processes.

Database performance recognized by the market

Transformation2018–2022

IT from Scratch + Internal Startup

I built the entire IT department of an agribusiness company, establishing infrastructure, security, governance, and BI. I co-founded the internal startup Aynova: fleet management with telemetry and IoT.

20,000 liters of diesel/month saved

Scale2023–2024

Engineering for 200+ Units

Tech Lead → Digital Products Coordinator at a chain with 200+ restaurants. I led 20+ professionals across 3 squads. I restructured CI/CD, implemented FinOps, and created the Engineering Handbook with 30+ documents.

50% reduction in cloud costs

Vanguard2024–presente

Agentic Operational Intelligence

I founded Czanix Engineering to productize all this experience. I built Czanix OS, the Nix voice AI assistant, and an engineering model that doesn't sell hours... it sells results.

Czanix OS + Nix + proprietary revenue model

Results

What I solved in practice.

Real cases. Names omitted under NDA. Full details available upon request.

-50%

FinOps at a chain with 200+ units

Cloud · FinOps

Full architectural review on Azure + GCP. Expense categorization by application, database rightsizing, strategic negotiations. Model adopted as the corporate standard.

20k L/mês

Internal fleet management startup

IoT · Data

I co-founded and led the development of a telemetry solution for 3,000+ trucks. Proven ROI in less than 6 months. Savings of R$120k+/month in diesel.

2h → min

CI/CD for engineering team

DevOps

Pipeline restructuring with Azure DevOps and ArgoCD. Automated deployment with no human intervention. The engineering team started delivering with confidence and speed.

0 → 20+

Scaled engineering team

Leadership

From zero to 20+ professionals distributed across 3 autonomous squads. Engineering Handbook with 30+ documents. Culture of ownership and continuous learning.

ISO ✓

Traceability from planting to export

Compliance

End-to-end traceability system for ISO certification in the agro-industrial sector. From planting to export, enabling international markets.

Additional cases available under NDA in a 1:1 meeting

Operating Principles

How I think.

01

Technology exists to generate business results. If it doesn't, it's waste.

02

Decisions must be data-driven, not opinion-driven.

03

Technical debt is financial debt. Every architectural choice has a cost.

04

People come before processes. Processes come before tools.

05

Cloud without governance becomes waste. FinOps is not about cutting, it's about investing with visibility.

06

Agility without delivery is theater. A sprint without a deploy is just a meeting.

07

If you can't explain it simply, you probably don't truly understand it.

08

A senior isn't someone who knows more. It's someone who solves better with less.

Education & Credentials

Academic

  • MBA Industrial Process Management, UTFPR
  • MBA IT and Communication Management, UTFPR
  • BSc Information Systems, UGV

Brazilian Army

  • 🎖️ 1st Place Overall | NPOR
  • 🏋️ Best Physical Fitness | 5º BeCmdBld
  • ⚔️ Reserve Officer Candidate R2

Certifications

  • Scrum Foundation Professional
  • PMI Kickoff (Waterfall + Agile)
  • Strategic Thinking
  • Leadership Communication
🏅 Bronze Medal | Brazilian Mathematics Olympiad🇮🇹 European Union Citizen🌐 PT · EN · ES📖 Engineering Handbook (30+ docs)☁️ Azure · GCP · AWS

Technology as an investment with measurable returns.

If your company needs someone who understands everything from the database to the boardroom, let's talk.

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