About
An engineer who chose real estate operations.
I'm Daniel Souza. I trained as an industrial and production engineer, where the discipline is straightforward: understand the process, find where value is lost, and improve the system before adding anything to it. Real estate is full of operations that grew faster than the systems underneath them, so the lens transfers almost directly.
The rest of my background is operational reporting, SQL and data workflows, business intelligence, and decision systems built in environments where accuracy and ownership matter. That combination is why Mellon can price a bottleneck rather than just describe one.
Mellon exists because the technology question is usually the wrong first question. An operator who cannot see where work gets stuck does not need an AI agent. They need a map, a cost attached to each gap, and a decision about which gap to close first.
Alongside Mellon I work on real estate market intelligence and development analysis, which keeps this grounded in how real estate decisions actually get made.
Follow the build → @usemellonWhat Mellon is known for
Seven things, consistently.
- Understanding real estate operations before proposing technology
- Diagnosing before building
- Connecting operational problems to financial impact
- Recommending AI only when it makes business sense
- Practical systems rather than demonstrations
- Measuring results after implementation
- Ongoing improvement rather than one-time setup
How we work with clients
Founder-led, and closer to the floor than most consulting.
Founder-led diagnosis. Mapping done with the people who do the work, not just the people who describe it. Structured implementation with testing and training. Defined support and escalation. Performance reviews on a schedule. Then the next cycle.