LOi

January 2014 to May 2023

Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at LOi.

As CTO. I lead the team that defines the technology, integration, and development path at LOi. I manage and spec all the projects and requirements for each new technology feature, product, or service launched by LOi. I lead strategic meetings with technology providers; I analyze & measure the implicit effects and efforts related to providers' technologies and services. I make many technology-related decisions, and of course, I do a lot of research about possibilities for technology driven innovation in the company areas.

Duties

These were my basic duties and responsabilities at this position.

  • Develop technical aspects of the company’s strategy to ensure alignment with its business goals
  • Discover and implement new technologies that yield competitive advantage
  • Help departments use technology profitably
  • Supervise system infrastructure to ensure functionality and efficiency
  • Build quality assurance and data protection processes
  • Monitor KPIs and IT budgets to assess technological performance
  • Use stakeholders’ feedback to inform necessary improvements and adjustments to technology
  • Communicate technology strategy to partners and investors
  • Meet with technology services providers
  • Work effectively with non-technical members of the company, as a leader on the development team
  • Ability to identify problems with requirements, identify alternatives, and help teams navigate through these issues
  • Work with project managers on estimating the feasibility and complexity of new products/features
  • Participate in the planning process for software development projects, and ensure meeting quality and deadlines on delivery
  • Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency

Most relevant contributions or achivements

I personally led, collaborated or was directly responsible for:

  • Proprietary E-commerce platform creation, specificatión, design and development
  • Mobile App design and development
  • Complete cloud migration to AWS
  • Integration with a wide variety of AWS APIs and services
  • Website UI and UX design
  • Proprietary API development
  • PWA development
  • AI personalized products recommendations system using Amazon SageMaker, Amazon Glue and Amazon Personalize

Role-Specific Skills Stack

This is the skill set I implemented during this position to get the best of.

  • Team Leadership

    8 years' experience

  • Project Managment

    22 years' experience

  • Data Science & Analytics

    6 years' experience

  • Innovation Reasearch & Application

    8 years' experience

  • Design Thinking

    6 years' experience

  • Strategic Planning

    22 years' experience

Tools & Techonologies Stack

I used this tools and technologies to GTD.

Due to a ongoing NDA with LOi, I can't reveal this technology stack.