Ricardo Vargas
Co-founder
Portugal
Co-founder of the AI-Driven Project Management Revolution. Champions a practitioner-to-practitioner community putting AI to work on real projects.
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Introducing the AIPM Ambassador Program
Champion the AI-Driven Project Management Revolution
The AIPM Ambassadors are a global, volunteer community of practitioners helping project managers embrace AI — grounded in real projects, never theory, and always community-first.
What Ambassadors Do
Advocate & Educate
Champion AI-driven project management and help peers move confidently into the AI era.
Host & Connect
Run regional meetups and roundtables, and grow the community in their part of the world.
Share Real Cases
Surface real projects, frameworks and lessons — practitioner-to-practitioner, never theory.
Amplify Globally
Carry the work of every stream out to a worldwide network across 18+ countries.
The Three Streams
Ambassadors organize into three connected streams, driven by one operating logic: Practitioners → Frameworks → Community — not the other way around.
Community & Growth
18 ambassadorsEvents and meetups, regional activation, and LinkedIn visibility — the program’s reach.
Output — Reach + network effect: amplifies what the other streams produce, globally.
AI in Real Projects
13 ambassadorsReal use cases, experiments and tools tested in the field — what works, and what fails.
Output — Credibility + proof: AIPM’s core differentiator. Everything else builds on this.
Best Practices & Frameworks
15 ambassadorsFrameworks, methods and playbooks — the translation layer turning real cases into reusable tools.
Output — Codified knowledge: practical playbooks others can pick up and apply.
Why Become an Ambassador?
Ambassadors shape what AIPM becomes globally. In return, they gain recognition, access and a network that grows with the movement.
- Recognition with an official AIPM Ambassador digital badge
- Early access to research, the Masterclass and new frameworks
- Direct mentorship and collaboration with Ricardo & Antonio
- A global network of practitioners across 6 continents
- Co-marketing support to amplify your community work
Our Ambassadors
A growing network across 18+ countries and 6 continents.
Founders
North America
Badro Zeggar
AIPM Ambassador
Canada
- Community & Growth
Edica Castaneda
AIPM Ambassador
United States
- AI in Real Projects
Edward Martin
AIPM Ambassador
United States
- Community & Growth
Fabricio Costa
AIPM Ambassador
United States
- Best Practices
Gregg Malmstrom
AIPM Ambassador
United States
- AI in Real Projects
Jennifer Toler
AIPM Ambassador
United States
- Best Practices
Mohammed Al Hadeethi
AIPM Ambassador
United States
- Best Practices
René Little
AIPM Ambassador
United States
- AI in Real Projects
Steve Schmitz
AIPM Ambassador
United States
- Best Practices
Tony Van Krieken
AIPM Ambassador
Canada
- Best Practices
Tooran Khosh
AIPM Ambassador
United States
- Best Practices
Vitor M. Rodovalho
AIPM Ambassador
United States
- Community & Growth
Latin America
Carlos Freitas
AIPM Ambassador
Brazil
- Community & Growth
Farhad Abdollahyan
AIPM Ambassador
Brazil
- AI in Real Projects
- Best Practices
Hugo Costa
AIPM Ambassador
Brazil
- Community & Growth
Jeffrey Castro
AIPM Ambassador
Honduras
- Community & Growth
Juliana Hoshino
AIPM Ambassador
Brazil
- AI in Real Projects
Savio Bezerra
AIPM Ambassador
Brazil
- Best Practices
Sueli B. de Oliveira
AIPM Ambassador
Brazil
- Best Practices
Europe
Corina Agarici
AIPM Ambassador
Netherlands
- Community & Growth
Gabriella Licari
AIPM Ambassador
Switzerland
- Best Practices
Helen Grindley
AIPM Ambassador
United Kingdom
- AI in Real Projects
Jasem El Baigi
AIPM Ambassador
Netherlands
- Best Practices
José Esterkin
AIPM Ambassador
Spain
- AI in Real Projects
- Best Practices
Lucas Carneiro
AIPM Ambassador
Czech Republic
- AI in Real Projects
Marcin Nowakowski
AIPM Ambassador
Poland
- Best Practices
Maria A. Huertas
AIPM Ambassador
France
- Community & Growth
Markus Kopko
AIPM Ambassador
Germany
- Best Practices
Mika Purola
AIPM Ambassador
Finland
- Community & Growth
Montse Cervera
AIPM Ambassador
Germany
- Community & Growth
Mounir Salib
AIPM Ambassador
Switzerland
- AI in Real Projects
Natalia Vozian
AIPM Ambassador
Romania
- AI in Real Projects
Ricardo Cerceau
AIPM Ambassador
Portugal
- Best Practices
Yasmina Khelifi
AIPM Ambassador
France
- Community & Growth
Africa
Middle East
Asia-Pacific
Anoop Puri
AIPM Ambassador
India
- Community & Growth
Jack Wu
AIPM Ambassador
China
- Community & Growth
Nishant Kumar Mukhi
AIPM Ambassador
India
- Community & Growth
Patrícia Andrade
AIPM Ambassador
New Zealand
- Community & Growth
Ripple Makwana
AIPM Ambassador
India
- Community & Growth
Steve Hansen
AIPM Ambassador
Australia
- AI in Real Projects
Recognition & Badges
Active ambassadors earn an official AIPM digital badge — a Founding Ambassador badge plus one per stream — to feature on LinkedIn and beyond.
Founding Ambassador
Selected for the inaugural 2026 founding cohort.
Community & Growth
Lead community-growth and regional activation.
AI in Real Projects
Apply AI in real projects and build case studies.
Best Practices & Frameworks
Develop and share proven frameworks and standards.
Ready to join the revolution?
The Ambassador program is a founding, non-commercial community. If you put AI to work on real projects and want to help others do the same, we'd love to hear from you.
Or join the open community group — AIPM on LinkedIn — and watch every session on YouTube .