Professional experience

A clear chronology of promotions, executive scope, and operating outcomes.

MIT Professional Education

Learning Facilitator, Applied Generative AI and Agentic AI

Jun 2025 - Present · Remote

  • In collaboration with Global Alumni.
  • Program focus: Applied Generative AI for Digital Transformation.
  • Mentorship and facilitation for senior leaders and global executives.
  • AI use-case selection, value measurement, and delivery governance.
  • Responsible AI, data readiness, security, risk, and organizational change.
  • Bilingual facilitation in English and Spanish.

Ignite Visibility

Solutions Architect III

Mar 2026 - Jul 2026 · Remote

  • Promoted based on sustained outcomes and stronger cross-account collaboration.
  • Senior architecture reference across multiple engagements.
  • Drove technical consistency, cross-team alignment, and client trust.

Solutions Architect II

Jan 2024 - Mar 2026 · Remote

  • Cloud-native modernization and enterprise platform delivery.
  • Architecture aligned with scalability, reliability, and measurable outcomes.
  • Roadmaps, dependency management, and delivery milestones.
  • CI/CD, operational readiness, and performance standards.
  • Executive guidance on sequencing, risk, and technical trade-offs.

Pangea Holdings

Chief Technology Officer

Mar 2023 - Jul 2026 · Costa Rica, Remote

  • Led technology strategy and execution across distributed US and LATAM teams.
  • Designed blended workforce models and vendor governance under MSA, SOW, and T&M.
  • Directed enterprise integrations across Oracle, SAP, Salesforce, HubSpot, and Zoho.
  • Defined architecture guardrails, cloud cost management, and operational automation.
  • Drove delivery accountability and contract-to-hire paths toward internal ownership.

Shrine Development

Client engagement context: Fortune 100 healthcare loyalty platform.

Senior Engineering Lead and Consultant

Aug 2023 - Jan 2024 · Remote

  • Delivery leadership in a regulated, high-reliability environment.
  • Coordinated execution across multiple pods and integration workstreams.
  • Led release readiness, architecture decisions, and sequencing.
  • Owned SOW execution, scope, milestones, and acceptance criteria.
  • Applied secure, risk-aware engineering practices.

Soom Inc.

Director of Engineering

Mar 2022 - Nov 2023 · Greater Boston, Remote

  • Owned technology for a regulated SaaS platform with medical-device and eIFU constraints.
  • Rebuilt the platform from concept to production across architecture, team, and operating model.
  • Reduced delivery cycle from four weeks to one.
  • Reduced cloud infrastructure cost by 80 percent.
  • Automated 80 percent of manual operations.
  • Scaled the engineering organization by 50 percent while maintaining delivery predictability.
  • Managed vendor governance under MSA, SOW, and T&M.

Edify Software Consulting

Software Architect Technical Lead

Jun 2021 - Mar 2022 · Costa Rica, Remote

  • Architectural leadership across multiple EdTech engagements.
  • Set architecture direction and delivery guardrails.
  • Mentored tech leads and engineers.
  • Led scalable backend and integration design.
  • Combined hands-on engineering with consulting and team leadership.

Hangar Worldwide

Technology Lead

May 2019 - Jun 2021 · Remote

  • Enterprise digital delivery for Fortune 500 client environments.
  • Drove platform strategy and architecture across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
  • Defined CI/CD quality controls and operational readiness standards.
  • Led collaboration platforms and distributed vendor coordination.
  • Supported the Nissan customer-experience platform for dealer approvals.
  • Worked under MSA and SOW governance.

Senior Back End Developer

May 2018 - May 2019 · Remote

  • Built high-performance backend systems and scalable service architectures.
  • Led technical estimation, code reviews, and performance optimization.
  • Strengthened documentation and knowledge transfer practices.

Intermediate Back End Developer

Jun 2017 - May 2018 · Remote

  • Developed REST APIs using Laravel and Node.js.
  • Built third-party integrations and CI/CD flows on Linux with Jenkins and Docker.
  • Collaborated across cross-functional product and engineering teams.

Baum Digital Marketing

Web Developer

Jul 2014 - Jun 2017 · Costa Rica, On-site

  • Built full-stack web and product solutions across e-commerce, hospitality, and luxury sectors.
  • Implemented booking platforms, third-party integrations, and custom CMS solutions.
  • Worked across PHP, JavaScript, payment integrations, and data-enabled experiences.
  • Partnered with design and business stakeholders to ship usable products.

Independent Consulting

Parallel engagements while holding full-time leadership and engineering roles.

Freelance Software Engineer and Technology Consultant

Dec 2011 - Mar 2022 · Remote

  • Delivered architecture and full-stack execution for startups, growth companies, and enterprise clients.
  • Advised on technology strategy, platform direction, and modernization paths.
  • Worked across backend, frontend, and data modernization in multiple industries.

SEPUNA, Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica

Jr. Information Systems Engineer

Feb 2011 - Dec 2011 · Heredia, On-site, Part-time

  • Started in systems administration, Linux servers, and Active Directory support.
  • Contributed as webmaster and full-stack developer using PHP, Joomla, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
  • Supported technical operations and infrastructure reliability.

Community and education impact

Professor, Universidad Nacional (ad honorem)

Mar 2023 - Present

Community education and mentorship in technology-related programs.

Technology Team Lead and Mentor, Desafio Latam

May 2024 - Jul 2024

Mentored teams and supported practical technology execution pathways.

Community Lead, Docker Costa Rica

Oct 2019 - Mar 2020

Led local community initiatives and technical learning events.

Speaker, WordCamp San Jose

Sep 2019

Delivered public talk for the regional technology community.