Activation partner
We enter. We demonstrate. We transfer. We leave.
We activate organizations to solve on their own. Success is measured by what happens after we leave, not while we're there.
The difference
The difference is in what we leave behind.
Systems in production, not documents.
What we build works from day one. It processes real data, solves real problems, and your team operates it without help.
Teams that solve alone, not dependency.
Every project includes knowledge transfer. Full documentation. Your team maintains, modifies and extends what we build together.
Knowledge transferred, not a recurring invoice.
We don't sell hours. We don't sell licenses. Our goal is to transfer capability, not create dependency.
Three values. Nothing else.
Everything we do is filtered through these.
Activation over dependency
We build to leave, not to stay. Every solution includes knowledge transfer. If you need to call us for it to work, we've failed.
Demonstrate, never explain
The demo kills the pitch. We don't talk about what we "could" do. We show what we've built, working, in production.
Operations are sacred
Technology doesn't fix broken processes. First the operation runs like clockwork. Then, and only then, automation enters.
Measurement
How we measure success
We don't measure client satisfaction. We don't measure billable hours. We measure what happens when we leave.
Operational
Your team operates the system without help.
They maintain it. They resolve incidents.
This is the minimum. It's not success, it's functionality.
Adaptive
Your team has modified the system on their own.
They've made autonomous decisions. They've extended what we built together.
This is progress. But it's not activation yet.
Generative
Your team solves a new problem.
One that wasn't in the original scope. With the mindset we transferred.
This is activation. This is what we pursue.
The day your team solves a problem we never mentioned to them, we've delivered.
Founder
Pedro Aldea
Founder, Zero Ops
Chemical engineer (UPM) with an Executive Master in Artificial Intelligence. Went through strategic and technology consulting (NTT DATA, Deloitte) and digital transformation at enterprise scale (Prosegur) before joining Grupo Cartés, the family industrial group with 50 years of history.
Zero Ops was born from that combination: knowing what gets sold in consulting and seeing what actually works when you get your hands dirty. The question that guides every project is simple: can your team solve this without me?
Education
Chemical Eng. (UPM) Exec. Master AI
Career
NTT DATA · Deloitte · Prosegur · Grupo Cartés
Specialty
Operations, data, applied AI
Contact
pedro.aldea@zeroops.esFAQ
What people ask us most
The questions that come up again and again in early conversations.
Is Zero Ops a consultancy?
No. Zero Ops is an activation partner: we enter, we demonstrate, we transfer the capability to the internal team, and we leave. If they need to call us back for the system to work, we have failed.
How is Zero Ops different from a traditional AI automation consultancy?
A traditional consultancy sells presentations and bills hours. We measure success with one question: after we leave, can your team modify what we built without us? That is the L3 Activation Test. We don't sell presentations. We don't bill hours for warming a chair. We build to leave, not to stay.
How long does a Zero Ops activation last and what happens when you leave?
An activation runs between 2 and 12 weeks depending on scope. No lock-in, no endless pilots. When we leave, you have a system running in production and a team with the capability to operate it, modify it, and extend it without us.
What kind of operational problems do you solve?
Manual processes where time and money are lost. The person who processes invoices by hand. The person who runs logistics from an Excel sheet. The controller who takes three days to close a month. Our method follows a strict order: eliminate what is unnecessary, standardize, simplify, automate, and only then augment with AI. Most problems resolve before reaching the last step.
When should you choose Zero Ops over a traditional AI automation consultancy?
When what you need is not a presentation but a system that works on Monday at 8:00 with real data. A traditional consultancy sells presentations; we step into your operation, we build the solution with you, and we leave when your team can maintain, modify, and extend it on their own. If what you want is someone who keeps billing hours, we are not a fit.
Your team already has the capability. They just haven't seen it yet.
Tell us about your operation. No strings, no smoke.
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