CTO
2018 - 2019PayCertify- Led a team of six managers responsible for 50+ people in engineering, data, design, product, DevOps, security, and quality.
- Managed CAPEX, OPEX, and all budgeting related to technology efforts.
- Led quarterly objectives and key results definitions.
- Actively participated in shaping culture, recruiting, and team building.
- Implemented policies and procedure guidelines for information security, business continuity, disaster recovery, secure software development, and access control.
- Led compliance efforts for PCI-DSS Level 1 certification.
Technologies: CentOS, PostgreSQL, Redis, Laravel, PHP, Ember.js, Ruby, Ruby on Rails (RoR)Engineering Manager
2016 - 2018PayCertify- Led 4+ teams totaling 20+ people in engineering, data science, design, product, DevOps, and quality.
- Led the development of technology to prevent credit card fraud through public records, device fingerprinting, geolocation data, network data, persona creation/linking, and social media data.
- Helped create a model for fraud contexts such as bin attack, chargeback/friendly fraud, and application fraud as well as by generating a fraud propensity score based on hundreds of data sources.
- Led integrations to 50+ APIs, from modern REST interfaces to legacy ISO 8583-based communication,.
- Managed and facilitated processes of engineering, design, and product teams while reporting to the CEO.
Technologies: CentOS, PostgreSQL, Redis, Laravel, PHP, Ember.js, Ruby, Ruby on Rails (RoR)CTO, Partner
2012 - 2015NDA2- Actively participated in the strategic decisions of the company.
- Led 5+ teams totaling 20+ people, composed of engineers and designers both remote and on-site.
- Guided product decisions, release/milestones, and the roadmap.
- Managed CAPEX and OPEX for all tech-related projects.
- Actively participated in pitching for investors, VCs, and clients.
- Led a partnership with Softlayer Business Catalyst, an IBM company, for an acceleration program.
Technologies: MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, CSS3, HTML5, Shell Scripting, AngularJS, Ember.js, Node.js, Ruby on Rails (RoR), RubyLead Software Engineer
2010 - 2012Viaweb- Led the development of a content management system for the largest Christian school network in Latin America.
- Oversaw website development for 50+ clients.
- Led engineering/product/design teams totaling 15 people.
- Led talent recruitment and management.
- Developed a 30-second video contest tool that had on its first month 1+ million hits and 2,000 video uploads without any paid advertisement.
- Ran the operations for a web radio that reached 50 thousand people daily on the central food supplier of Belo Horizonte's state, Minas Gerais (CEASAMINAS).
Technologies: Shell Scripting, JavaScript, CSS3, HTML5, MySQL, PostgreSQL, PHP, Ruby on Rails (RoR)