Illustrated Willis Tower and the Chicago skyline at dusk.

Axl Ibiza, MBA

Axl Ibiza, wearing black glasses and a suit.

Work, ideas, and
a life still unfolding.

I work across data, AI, research, and business.
Here are the things I have made, the questions
I have pursued, and the experiences behind them.

Get to know me Explore my work

Chicago is part of my story Willis Tower · original illustration

Learn with me · A practical masterclass

Give Hermes a web stack of its own.

Start from zero and build the Docker setup I use for search, extraction, research, monitoring, and document OCR. Complete instructions for Windows, macOS, and Linux—with the files and sources to follow along.

Self-hosting Firecrawl for Hermes →

Currently

Data
& AI

Nous Research
contributor.

The work

Explore the connections

The source-backed interlocks Axl composed in Hermes and their surrounding repository connections.

Semantic Interlock Graph

Authored work. Reviews. The connections between them.
Explore the graph I composed in Hermes

From the archive

Responsible
Riches

The intellectual history of corporate social responsibility.

Research · 2009

Follow a thread.

Different fields. A continuing interest in people, ideas, and how things work.

Questions worth asking

Research, teaching, data & learning

The work between people

Business, finance & operations

Making complex things work

AI, software & original methods

Ideas in full

Essays, papers & publications

A note from someone I’ve worked with

“Andrex is a smart and kind human being.”

Stephanie Izard
Winner + Fan Favorite of Bravo’s Top Chef Season 4 and Food Network judge

On curiosity, judgment, leadership—and the person behind the work.

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Something on
your mind?

Have an idea, a question, or something worth making together? Let’s talk.

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