Roberto Bonilla Gonzalez
VP & Expert Engineer (E2), J.P. Morgan // RoboCup Federation Trustee

Two worlds.
One engineer who bridges them.

I lead data-platform strategy and engineering teams across J.P. Morgan's global technology centers, and govern a STEAM community of 25,000+ students as a RoboCup Federation Trustee — two roles that have advanced in lockstep for 14 years.

14+
Years
6
Eng. centers
25K+
Students
45+
Countries
EN / ES
Bilingual
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Roberto Bonilla Gonzalez Roberto Bonilla at the RoboCup World Championship
Happening now
Jul 2–6, 2026 · Songdo, Incheon · Korea

RoboCup 2026 — see you there 🤖

I’ll be on the ground at the world championship as a Federation Trustee. Follow the action.

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Jul 14, 2026 · Cvent CONNECT · Nashville 🏆

Cvent Excellence Awards Finalist

Our RoboCup platform is a finalist for Power of the Platform — I'll be there live at Cvent CONNECT. Cheer us on.

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The dual-track record · 2012–2026

Every promotion tracked the other within ~5 months.

Not planned — a pattern. Leading 700 volunteers without authority built influence that accelerated my career path; J.P. Morgan's operational rigor let me modernize RoboCup at global scale. The two careers compounded.

J.P. MorganRoboCup / FMR
2012
Analyst
2016
Associate
2019
Senior Associate
2021
VP, Lead Eng.
2024
Expert Engineer
2026
VP, Senior Lead
5 mo
2 mo
5 mo
5 mo
2012
Committee Chair
2016
General Chair
2019
FMR Board
2021
Executive
2024
Senior Executive
2025
Trustee
Analyst
2012
Committee Chair
Associate
2016 · 5mo
General Chair
Senior Associate
2019 · 2mo
FMR Board
VP, Lead Eng.
2021 · 5mo
Executive
Expert Engineer
2024 · 5mo
Senior Executive
VP, Senior Lead
2025–26 · 6mo
Trustee
What I focus on

AI Governance & Strategy

Engineering Org Leadership

Wealth-Management Technology

Global STEAM Leadership

Building & Coaching Teams

Board-Level Governance

About

Not two separate careers — one integrated journey, where each world makes the other stronger.

Roberto Bonilla as RoboCupJunior General Chair at the RoboCup 2019 Awards Ceremony, ICC Sydney
RoboCupJunior General Chair · Awards Ceremony, RoboCup 2019 · Sydney

I'm a technology executive and community builder at the intersection of wealth management and global robotics education — leading AI-driven platforms at J.P. Morgan and governance for RoboCup's worldwide STEAM ecosystem.

As VP & Senior Lead Software Engineer in J.P. Morgan's International Private Bank, I lead data-platform strategy across global engineering centers — working bilingually in English and Spanish across the US and Mexico — and advise Executive Directors on multi-year direction. Most recently I built a responsible AI-adoption framework for the Brokerage platform: governance that lets engineering teams move fast without creating risk.

My leadership style is human: I make advanced AI approachable for the people who act on it, coach the teams who build it, and turn strategy into things that ship (ideally celebrated with tacos after the demo).

Off the clock, I'm a devoted Broadway fan — I've seen a show in every active Broadway theater in Manhattan. Turns out the "every role" thing isn't just a RoboCup habit.

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See all 41 Broadway theaters — the map & the full list
8 Av7 Av6 Av42444648505254BROADWAYLongacre — LempickaJames Earl Jones — Gutenberg!, The Heart of Rock and Roll, LiberationBroadway — Here Lies Love, The Great GatsbyJohn Golden — The Shark Is BrokenImperial — Bad Cinderella, Water for ElephantsBroadhurst — A Beautiful NoiseBooth — Kimberly AkimboMajestic — The Phantom of the Opera, GypsyLyceum — A Strange LoopSam S. Shubert — POTUS, Some Like It Hot, Hell’s KitchenBernard B. Jacobs — Company, Almost Famous, The OutsidersBelasco — Girl from the North CountryWinter Garden — The Music Man, Back to the Future, Mamma Mia!Music Box — Dear Evan Hansen, Dancin’Gerald Schoenfeld — Come from Away, Life of Pi, The NotebookEthel Barrymore — Paradise Square, Peter Pan Goes WrongAmbassador — ChicagoPalace — Tammy FayeMinskoff — The Lion KingLunt-Fontanne — Sweeney ToddMarquis — Once Upon a One More Time, Stranger Things: The First ShadowNeil Simon — MJ the MusicalLena Horne — SixGershwin — WickedRichard Rodgers — HamiltonNederlander — Mr. Saturday Night, A Christmas Carol, Shucked, The Who’s Tommy, RedwoodWalter Kerr — HadestownSt. James — New York, New York, TitaniqueAl Hirschfeld — Moulin Rouge!August Wilson — Funny Girl, Cabaret at the Kit Kat ClubEugene O’Neill — The Book of MormonStudio 54 — Pictures from HomeStephen Sondheim — Mrs. Doubtfire, & JulietAmerican Airlines — Birthday Candles, 1776Hudson — A Doll’s HouseLyric — Harry Potter and the Cursed ChildNew Amsterdam — AladdinHayes — Take Me Out, The Kite Runner, The CottageVivian Beaumont — CamelotSamuel J. Friedman — How I Learned to DriveCircle in the Square — American Buffalo, KPOPLincoln Center · W65
ShubertNederlanderJujamcynOther
41 / 41 theaters68 shows52 musicals16 plays

Shubert Organization 17 / 17

  • Longacre — Lempicka Musical
  • James Earl Jones — Gutenberg! Musical, The Heart of Rock and Roll Musical, Liberation Play
  • Broadway — Here Lies Love Musical, The Great Gatsby Musical
  • John Golden — The Shark Is Broken Play
  • Imperial — Bad Cinderella Musical, Water for Elephants Musical
  • Broadhurst — A Beautiful Noise Musical
  • Booth — Kimberly Akimbo Musical
  • Majestic — The Phantom of the Opera Musical, Gypsy Musical
  • Lyceum — A Strange Loop Musical
  • Sam S. Shubert — POTUS Play, Some Like It Hot Musical, Hell’s Kitchen Musical
  • Bernard B. Jacobs — Company Musical, Almost Famous Musical, The Outsiders Musical
  • Belasco — Girl from the North Country Musical
  • Winter Garden — The Music Man Musical, Back to the Future Musical, Mamma Mia! Musical
  • Music Box — Dear Evan Hansen Musical, Dancin’ Musical
  • Gerald Schoenfeld — Come from Away Musical, Life of Pi Play, The Notebook Musical
  • Ethel Barrymore — Paradise Square Musical, Peter Pan Goes Wrong Musical
  • Ambassador — Chicago Musical

Nederlander Organization 9 / 9

  • Palace — Tammy Faye Musical
  • Minskoff — The Lion King Musical
  • Lunt-Fontanne — Sweeney Todd Musical
  • Marquis — Once Upon a One More Time Musical, Stranger Things: The First Shadow Play
  • Neil Simon — MJ the Musical Musical
  • Lena Horne — Six Musical
  • Gershwin — Wicked Musical
  • Richard Rodgers — Hamilton Musical
  • Nederlander — Mr. Saturday Night Musical, A Christmas Carol Play, Shucked Musical, The Who’s Tommy Musical, Redwood Musical

Jujamcyn Theaters 5 / 5

  • Walter Kerr — Hadestown Musical
  • St. James — New York, New York Musical, Titanique Musical
  • Al Hirschfeld — Moulin Rouge! Musical
  • August Wilson — Funny Girl Musical, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club Musical
  • Eugene O’Neill — The Book of Mormon Musical

Roundabout Theatre Company 3 / 3

  • Studio 54 — Pictures from Home Play
  • Stephen Sondheim — Mrs. Doubtfire Musical, & Juliet Musical
  • American Airlines — Birthday Candles Play, 1776 Musical

Ambassador Theatre Group 2 / 2

  • Hudson — A Doll’s House Play
  • Lyric — Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Play

Disney Theatrical 1 / 1

  • New Amsterdam — Aladdin Musical

Second Stage 1 / 1

  • Hayes — Take Me Out Play, The Kite Runner Play, The Cottage Play

Lincoln Center Theater 1 / 1

  • Vivian Beaumont — Camelot Play

Manhattan Theatre Club 1 / 1

  • Samuel J. Friedman — How I Learned to Drive Play

Independent 1 / 1

  • Circle in the Square — American Buffalo Play, KPOP Musical
Where I work
Finance · J.P. Morgan

Vice President, Senior Lead Software Engineer

Asset & Wealth Management — International Private Bank
Feb 2026 – Present · Jersey City, NJ

Lead data-platform strategy and delivery for the International Private Bank across global engineering centers — advising Executive Directors on multi-year technology direction and establishing responsible AI adoption that strengthens delivery teams.

  • Data-platform strategy across 6 engineering centers
  • Trusted advisor to Executive Directors
  • Responsible AI adoption & data governance
J.P. Morgan Private Bank ↗
Education · RoboCup Federation

Trustee Board Member

Global AI/robotics education community
Jul 2025 – Present · 25,000+ students · 45+ countries

Represent RoboCupJunior globally — shaping robotics-education strategy and competition standards, and leading initiatives that reach 25,000+ students across 45+ countries to foster the next generation of technology innovators.

  • Governance for a worldwide STEAM movement
  • First Trustee to hold every role from Junior up
  • Cvent Excellence Awards Finalist 2026 (1 of 4 / 63)
See my Trustee listing ↗
Where the work happened

Thirteen countries. Five continents. On the ground.

For over a decade I’ve built and led volunteer and engineering teams around the world — most of them working in a language that isn’t their first. Reading how each culture operates, and earning trust across all of them, is the actual job. The two countries I’ve called home — Mexico and the United States — anchor both worlds.

RoboCup events led J.P. Morgan Visited
Recognition
Jul 2026 · Power of the Platform

Cvent Excellence Awards Finalist

Top 4 of 63 global entries — sole architect of the RoboCup World Championship platform, up against GBTA, SAS & Workhuman.

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Jun 2026 · MIT/Emeritus

MIT xPRO — AI Strategy & Leadership

2× Exemplary Badges · 6 CEUs. Capstone on governed AI adoption in regulated delivery.

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Sep 2025 · <5% of engineers globally

JPMC Expert Engineer (E2)

Elite firmwide credential held by fewer than 5% of the firm's engineers worldwide — for sustained technical mastery and strategic impact.

My E2 experience ↗
Jul 2025 · RoboCup Federation

Outstanding Community Service Award

Highly selective distinction — awarded only for transformative contributions to global STEAM education.

2021 · JPMorgan Int'l Private Bank

Technology Originate Competition Winner

Won with an AI-driven automation business case during org restructuring.

2012 & 2023 · Cum Laude

Cum Laude — Bachelor's & Master's

Master's with Distinction — ITAM (2023) · Bachelor's with Honors — Universidad Anáhuac (2012).

Writing & speaking

Essays on technology leadership, AI, and STEAM education — and a decade of invited talks at international robotics and education events.

Engineering

The Best Engineers Fail Spectacularly

How visible failure, trust, and data foundations fuel executive-level impact.

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Leadership

How JPMorgan's Expert Engineer Program Forges Leaders

Leading through influence, not title — and why regulated environments make better engineers.

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Education

What Organizing Robotics on Three Continents Taught Me

Lessons in leading volunteers, scaling programs, and mentoring students worldwide.

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Innovation

How AI Is Reshaping Robotics Education

Where AI is changing how students learn in robotics — and how we keep human judgment central.

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Education

What Defines a True RoboCupper

Reflections on a decade of robotics competition leadership across three continents.

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Invited speaker & judge — RoboCupJunior national finals (Panamá 2015 · 2017 · 2023) and IFT "Girls in ICT Day" (Mexico, 2016); press spokesperson for the Mexican Federation of Robotics at the Torneo Mexicano de Robótica (2018 · 2019).

In the field · RoboCup highlights

Global STEAM education and robotics, around the world — follow along on Instagram @travelbotics.

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Education
Master's Degree with Distinction — IT & Management
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM)
2023
Graduate Diploma in Artificial Intelligence
Universidad Anáhuac OnlineVerify ↗
2021
Bachelor's with Honors (Cum Laude) — Software Engineering
Universidad Anáhuac México Norte
2012
Continuing education & certifications
MIT xPRO — AI Strategy & Leadership
MIT / EmeritusVerify ↗
2026
BoardLearn — The Good Governance Boot Camp
Cause Strategy PartnersVerify ↗
2026
Generative AI Professional (GAIPC™)
CertiProfVerify ↗
2024
Machine Learning Technical Certificate
Trivera Technologies
2022
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Amazon Web ServicesVerify ↗
2022
Academic Certificate in Business Analysis
International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA)
2015