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![Sellerista company logo](<https://statics.lucioduran.com/images/companies/sellerista.jpg>)

January 2012 – January 2014 · Uruguay

# CEO & Founder at Sellerista

Founded Sellerista as a SaaS e-commerce platform, leading all aspects of product strategy, client acquisition, and technical execution. Directed the company from inception through product-market validation, wearing multiple hats across design, full-stack development, business development, and operational management. Ultimately achieved a successful acquisition outcome.

## Funciones y Responsabilidades

Funciones principales desempeñadas en esta posición.

- Develop technology-driven business strategies, align short-term execution with long-term platform architecture, balancing growth velocity against technical sustainability
- Build and scale high-performing engineering teams, define career ladders, establish engineering culture, drive retention through technical challenge and ownership
- Direct cross-functional operations, align engineering, product, and design output with company OKRs, tracking execution through KPIs tied to revenue and user impact
- Make technology investment decisions, evaluate ROI on platform bets, AI tooling adoption, team scaling, and infrastructure spend against projected business outcomes
- Enforce regulatory and compliance requirements, data protection (GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2), software licensing, security policies, and ethical AI usage guidelines
- Analyze financial and operational reports, identify inefficiencies, model cost scenarios, and recommend technology-driven improvements backed by quantitative evidence
- Build and maintain strategic relationships with key partners, investors, and stakeholders, serve as the technical authority in due diligence and partnership evaluations
- Perform root cause analysis on systemic business and technical failures, design corrective action plans with measurable outcomes and prevention mechanisms
- Maintain deep domain expertise in target verticals, healthcare regulation, e-commerce conversion patterns, marketplace dynamics, and LATAM market specifics

## Contribuciones y Logros Clave

Iniciativas que lideré, co-lideré, o de las que fui directamente responsable.

- Engineered the complete front-end layer of the multi-tenant e-commerce SaaS platform, implementing theming engines, white-label configuration, and merchant customization capabilities
- Developed the entire back-end infrastructure for the e-commerce SaaS, including RESTful APIs, database schema design, authentication systems, and payment gateway integrations
- Led the full product lifecycle, from technical architecture and design through development, testing, deployment, and production support, of the complete SaaS platform
- Negotiated and executed the strategic acquisition of the SaaS platform by LOi, ensuring successful technology transfer and integration

## Stack de Habilidades

Competencias aplicadas durante este rol.

- ### Conversion Oriented UX Design & Testing for E-Commerce

  13 años de experiencia
- ### Conversion Oriented UI Design for E-Commerce

  13 años de experiencia
- ### Graphics Design

  22 años de experiencia
- ### Front End Engineering

  21 años de experiencia
- ### Art Direction for Websites and Apps

  22 años de experiencia
- ### Team Leadership

  8 años de experiencia
- ### Project Management

  22 años de experiencia
- ### Cloud Infrastructure Management

  21 años de experiencia
- ### Digital Marketing

  11 años de experiencia
- ### Data Science & Analytics

  6 años de experiencia
- ### Cross Platform Mobile App Development

  3 años de experiencia
- ### User Experience Design & Testing

  21 años de experiencia
- ### User Interface Design

  22 años de experiencia
- ### Innovation Research & Application

  8 años de experiencia
- ### Copywriting

  22 años de experiencia
- ### Strategic Planning

  22 años de experiencia
- ### Negotiation

  22 años de experiencia

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