Johan Duke
CTO & Co-founder @Initia
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WORK HISTORY
CTO & Co-founder @Initia
At initIA, we give teams time back by automating operational tasks with AI.We help growing companies integrate AI without losing what makes them human.We developed the INITIA Framework: a methodology for human-first automation. → Intention: What outcome are we actually seeking? → Network: Who benefits and who needs to be involved? → Intelligence: What decisions should the system make autonomously? → Train: How do we align the system with organizational behaviors? → Integrate: How does this become the new normal? → Accelerate: Where else can we apply what we\'ve learned?From Intention to Acceleration, we evolve how teams work, not just automate tasks.Our approach:Education (understand AI\'s real capabilities) → Strategy (automate the right things, eliminate the wrong ones) → Implementation (build systems people love to use).Recent work: AI assistant for a service business eliminated 15+ hours/week of operational tasks—team now focuses on client relationships and strategic growth, not admin chaos.Philosophy: Automation isn\'t about replacing humans. It\'s about freeing their potential so they can focus on what truly drives
EDUCATION
Miami Dade College
English as a first Language, English Language and Literature/Letters
Politecnico di Milano
Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Ingegneria informatica
SKILLS
ABOUT JOHAN DUKE
Tech Strategist. Systems Thinker. Leadership Partner.I’ve spent the last 15+ years building complex digital systems, scaling teams, and helping ambitious companies grow—sometimes from scratch, sometimes through chaos. My background blends deep technical expertise with business strategy, cultural transformation, and hands-on execution.I helped launch Italy’s first cloud-native bank (illimity), contribute to the digital transformation of Hype (Italy’s largest fintech), and built a Web2-Web3 social platform as CTO of Taringa, Latin America’s most iconic online community. I’ve also worked across startups, energy, telcos, and Web3—always where scale, complexity, and real impact intersect.Along the way, I realized something: the hardest problems aren’t technical—they’re human. Leadership, culture, clarity, decision-making—that’s where companies either unlock momentum or get stuck.That’s why I co-founded northnode. We partner with founders, executives, and leadership teams to align product, people, and purpose through conscious leadership, strategic advisory, and, when the right project calls for it, hands-on execution. Think of it as high-context support where it matters most.I still speak architecture, scalability, and dev culture fluently, but today I also help leaders operate with more clarity, build teams that own outcomes, and make smarter decisions with less friction.I believe that leadership—like good tech—is designed, tested, iterated, and constantly evolving.If you’re building something meaningful and want someone who understands both the tech and the people side of growth, let’s talk.
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