A seasoned engineering leader passionate about technology who began coding at 12 years old and never stopped learning, with nearly 20 years of professional experience and a solid background in software engineering, which includes:
✓ Mastery in development in the backend, front-end, mobile (Android and iOS), and desktop, in addition to DevOps, Security, Cloud, Embedded Software, Automation, and Integration.
✓ Proven track record of success in Solutions Architecture focused on the Crypto and Blockchain ecosystem.
✓ Practical experience utilizing Agile for building, structuring, scaling up, and enhancing team maturity level and processes to deliver top-quality professional software on time, with certifications as a Scrum Master (CSM®, PSM™) and Product Owner (CSPO®, PSPO™).
✓ Extensive experience in Project Management, Product Management, and IT Governance, including PMBoK, COBIT, ITIL, BPMN, and CMMI.
✓ Collaboration in mentoring programs and hands-on experience in more than 20 programming languages.
✓ Expertise in early-stage startups as well as working at large corporations. Beyond that, entrepreneurship through founding two tech businesses.
Designed and executed a hiring plan transitioning from contractors to a full-time engineering team, scaling from 12 to 50 engineers ac...
Designed and executed a hiring plan transitioning from contractors to a full-time engineering team, scaling from 12 to 50 engineers across 6 specialized squads. Reorganized team structures to boost collaboration and performance while implementing transparency practices for timely, high-quality deliveries. Introduced SAFe to support rapid scaling and improve value delivery to stakeholders, fostering a robust and efficient engineering organization.
Assisted in developing a startup’s business plan and created a staffing plan, hiring 16 team members, including engineers, QAs, manage...
Assisted in developing a startup’s business plan and created a staffing plan, hiring 16 team members, including engineers, QAs, managers, and designers. Adopted scrum methodology and design thinking, acting as interim technical product manager and aligning engineering strategy with key stakeholders, C-suite, and investors with the engineering and product team. Mentored team members to refine processes, conducted 1-1s to balance performance and human-oriented leadership, and led platform architecture design.
✓ Designed platform-wide architectures for social networking, wallet solutions, and talent acquisition practices.
✓ Training the c...
✓ Designed platform-wide architectures for social networking, wallet solutions, and talent acquisition practices.
✓ Training the current team for the best industry standards and practices.
✓ Developed Customer Support and Quality Control practices, including hiring CSRs and QA, defining tools, metrics, reporting, escalations, data protection, security, training, business communication, and integrating the Software Testing Life Cycle and Support with the Software Development Life Cycle.
✓ Implemented development processes for integration between Software Development, Quality Control, Infrastructure, and Support.
✓ Introduced high-level standards for security and data protection.
✓ Responsible for hiring tech leads and team composition, recruitment processes, hiring and onboarding new staff, and terminations.
✓ Built a team culture bringing the best practices to the daily life of the multi-distributed team.
✓ Successfully directed divisions under the Engineering Department’s umbrella, including architecture, backend development, mobile development, infrastructure, support, and quality control.
✓ Provisional management of the Product Department, adopting RICE scoring and feature mapping to the department goals.
✓ Leveraged the Product Department with practices covering UX research, prototyping, user segmentation, and heuristic analysis.
✓ Introduced incident management practices into infrastructure and support divisions.
✓ Actively participated and contributed to C-suite level and other heads of department, establishing regular and direct communication for problem-solving, reporting, and analysis of product KPIs and project health metrics.
✓ Reviewed and assessed third-party services and vendors, dealing with financial, technical, and contractual viability analysis and providing technical recommendations to the decision-makers.