Product Systems
Operating models, product architecture and reusable primitives for teams that need momentum without losing coherence.
Hello, stranger
I'mAlan Mena
Designing products, systems and innovation with real human impact.
I build products and platforms where design, technology and innovation come together to create real impact. My work lives at the intersection of systems thinking and human understanding - shaping experiences that are not only functional, but meaningful.
The best way to predict the future is to invent it
Structure with pulse.
Alan works at the intersection of product systems, fintech, AI and design strategy; shaping technology that feels precise enough to scale and human enough to matter.
The work begins with architecture: clear models, strong interfaces, and decision systems that reduce noise. Then Kolibri enters as a quiet intervention, bringing intuition, creative tension and the unexpected energy that makes a product feel alive.
A Journey of building, learning and leading.
Mar 2026 - Today
Locus
CTO - Chief Technology Officer
Designing the future of financial access through technology.
Jun 2021 - Mar 2026
Walmart México
Senior Manager of Innovation
Building products and ecosystems at scale.
Apr 2013 - Jun 2021
Televisa Digital
Product Designer · Frontend · Backend · DevOps
Where design and technology became one.
Selected modes.
A restrained practice for building clarity across products, teams and ecosystems.
AI Workflows
Applied intelligence, automation patterns and agentic tools designed around judgment, context and control.
Design Strategy
Signals, narratives and interfaces that transform complexity into decisions people can actually use.
Ecosystem Thinking
Platforms, partnerships and interconnected services shaped as living systems instead of isolated features.
Creative Technology
Precise technical foundations interrupted by expressive, organic moments that create emotional memory.
CDMXBase signal
FintechProduct depth
AISystems layer