Christian T. Macion, dark blazer over graphic tee, three-quarter view, neutral background.

about/ · operator + researcher

One method. Two hats.

certs
102
11-month arc
gates
31
G1–G31
agents
11
orch + workers
LOC
76.5k
light-dep

Proof

What I built and shipped — not what I am.

Three decision-grade artefacts from the long record. Each one links to a public-data reproduction or a documented engagement summary.

#01AI

11-Agent Eval-First Research Platform

19V Capital (closed past contract, 03/2026 – 06/2026)
Evidence
  • **~27,500 words** of role-scoped agent charters
  • **31-gate** statistical evaluation harness (G1–G31)
  • **~76,500 LOC** light-dependency Python
Outcome

Caught and documented false positives as enforced methodology (each banked into the desk's research-integrity playbook). Shipped an automated monthly forward-OOS monitoring fleet — scheduled data pull → S3 sync → frozen-spec evaluation → ledger — that produced un-gameable live performance evidence.

Read on /solutions ↗
#02AI

7-Agent Venture Incubation Pipeline

Macion Ventures
Evidence
  • **31 decision-grade artifacts** (charters, briefs, ledger entries) shipped
  • **Anti-self-approval** governance pattern documented as a reusable convention
  • **Jurisdiction-aware prompting** for PH tax/regulatory rules
Outcome

Produced a clean separation-of-duties trail — every proposal had a corresponding validator hand-off, the validator never originated the proposal, and every decision was ledgered for later audit. The same separation-of-duties principle was reused at 19V for LLM research validation.

Read on /solutions ↗
#03AI

8-Agent Editorial Production Pipeline (SLOP ↓ 96%)

Editorial AI / Content Automation
Evidence
  • **SLOP index dropped from 81 → 3** on the working corpus
  • **Mechanical validator** enforced the gate (exit-0 contract)
  • **Rewrite-before-publish** semantics in the agent charter
Outcome

Production volume held; editorial-review labor fell (the gate did the rejection). The SLOP-scanner is one of the OSS projects in the AI portfolio (separate repo).

Read on /solutions ↗

Full record at /portfolio/solutions · engagements at /portfolio/experience · methodology at /portfolio/methodology

Method

31 gates before a number ships.

  • G1–G12 · single-strategy guardrails
  • G13–G22 · multiple-testing layer
  • G23–G31 · LLM-output validation

Full method at /portfolio/methodology · live calculator at DSR calculator →

Quant side

Nine projects, public-data reproducible.

  • 9 public-data projects shipped
  • 5 asset classes covered
  • 3 strategy families validated end-to-end

Reading log at /portfolio/publications · engagements at /portfolio/experience

Background

A research-desk operator with one method.

I work at the intersection of multi-agent LLM systems andsystematic trading research. The through-line is a single engineering principle: don't ship what hasn't passed a measurable quality gate.Eleven agents in an orchestrator-worker topology. A 31-gate statistical evaluation harness. Pre-registered research windows. Public-data reproducibility. Headline metrics you can verify.

I was previously the AI Systems Engineer / Quantitative Researcher on the19V Capital desk under PM Evan Ferioli (closed past contract, 03/2026 – 06/2026), where the same eval harness served both LLM outputs and systematic trading strategies. Before that I shipped a 7-agent venture-incubation pipeline under Macion Ventures, an 8-agent content-production pipeline for editorial automation, and a portfolio of runnable AI projects (RAG scorecard, ReAct tool-calling agent, MCP eval server, LLM-as-judge harness, reflection agent, AI-slop evaluation gate).

On the quant side I design and backtest systematic strategies on crypto and equities — nine reproducible public-data projects spanning multiple-testing (Deflated Sharpe), cross-sectional and time-series alpha, volatility carry, cointegration, funding-carry, regime overlays, transaction-cost realism, and look-ahead-bias audits. Every project ships with the standard senior-research discipline: locked OOS windows, block-bootstrap CIs, and the methodology stated up-front, not bolted on at the end.

I'm based in Digos City, Davao del Sur, Philippines (UTC+8), available 30 hrs/wk remote. I hold 102 professional certifications across AI, finance, math/statistics, and event flagships, built up in 11 months. I write about what I'm learning and ship the things I'm building.

Education

The arc, in one sentence.

Graduate of the Philippine Science High School — Southern Mindanao Campus (2022, national competitive exam). Engineering units at the University of Southeastern Philippines (2022–2024, did not complete). Currently enrolled in Financial Management at the University of Mindanao (1st Semester, AY 2026–27). Completed the Certified Technical Analyst Program at the Society of Technical Analysts of the Philippines (Tier-1, December 2025).

Disclosure posture

How to read the numbers on this site.

All work shown here is NDA-safe. The 19V Capital role is a closed past contract (03/2026 – 06/2026) under PM Evan Ferioli. I do not reference per-strategy t-stats, bps figures, live Sharpe numbers, proprietary data sources, fund-renames, or any desk-internal terms. Headline metrics cite public-data work or open-source runnable projects. If a proof you need is missing, email me the JD and I'll send back a tailored version within 24 hours.

Hiring for an AI Engineer or Quant Researcher seat?

Email me at christianmacion26@gmail.com with the JD — tailored resume within 24 hours. Or grab the matching PDF below.