IT & Security Leadership · AI

Enterprise IT discipline, meet the age of AI.

20+ years leading infrastructure & security across global sites, now building and shipping real AI products.

20+years in IT leadership
15+international sites stabilised
2AI products shipped
Geanini "Gino" Barbeli
About

I'm Geanini Barbeli (most people know me as Gino), an IT Infrastructure & Security leader who has spent two decades stabilising chaos, redesigning networks, and cutting cost, as a CTO, and most recently Senior IT for Europe & Asia at Gagosian. Today I deep dived into AI's rabbit hole and governance, and I now build and ship products with it. That combination of enterprise-grade discipline plus a working portfolio of AI products is what I bring to the table.

What I do

Three pillars, one operating principle: stability, efficiency, and risk reduction.

🏗️

IT Architecture & Infrastructure

Network & data-centre redesign, cloud migration (Azure/AWS/O365), virtualisation, and multi-region infrastructure built to last.

🛡️

Security & Compliance

ISO 27001 & ISO 42001, FortiGate, Defender + Sentinel, Zero-Trust, risk assessments and governance across regulated environments.

🤖

AI & Automation

Building real products with modern AI: API ingestion, data pipelines, and workflow automation that ships, not slideware.

Selected impact

Outcomes, not job titles.

ZAR 25M+annual spend reduced
39%OPEX cut via MPLS redesign
+500TBdata migrated to the cloud
10+MSP environments managed

Flagship: the Gagosian multi-region rebuild

Redesigned the physical infrastructure end to end (servers, switches, firewalls, Wi-Fi and EUC) across sites in Paris, Athens, Rome, Hong Kong, Switzerland, London and the USA, with full monitoring across every location. Hired for UK/Europe; trusted with the US and Hong Kong too.

Flagship: CTO at EOH Consulting

Aligned IT architecture with business strategy across six divisions, cut yearly spend by ZAR 25M+, and lowered both OPEX and CAPEX while raising operational efficiency. Consolidated Azure and O365 licensing, strengthened the security posture with Zero Trust, and moved the business from local PABX to VOIP (MS Teams and MiCloud), unlocking a new revenue stream.

Currently building

I ship AI products, not just opinions about them.

SaaS · for active traders

Tonic Tradertonictrader.io

A professional trade-journaling & analytics platform for MT5 / cTrader traders. More than a spreadsheet.

  • Automated trade sync, P&L, R-multiples & equity curve
  • Structured journal with tags, notes & confidence scoring
  • AI assistant (powered by Claude) & portfolio reviews
Explore Tonic Trader →
Free · UK finance tools

Tonicgettonic.co.uk

Nine free UK financial calculators. No sign-up, built on HMRC-verified rates.

  • Salary & take-home, mortgage, stamp duty, pension/FIRE
  • Contractor vs PAYE vs Umbrella, dividend & CGT tools
  • Smart Tips linking every number back to gov.uk
Try the calculators →
Credentials
Cyber Security · University of London ISO/IEC 42001 Practitioner Assisted in ISO 27001 on IT Controls AI+ Foundation (AICerts) AI+ Prompt Engineer Level 1 Prompt Engineering (AWS · Google Vertex AI) IT Architecture & Infrastructure Vendor Management (MSPs) Leadership ITIL Foundation v3 HPE Aruba · Switching · Wireless · ClearPass British Citizen · Buckinghamshire, UK
Let's talk

Hiring, partnering, or just curious about Tonic?

Whether you need a senior IT leader who still gets hands on, or you want to see how I build with AI, connect with me on LinkedIn and let's talk.