Technologist, Coach, Lifehacker, Filipino
Results-driven VP of Engineering with over 19 years of expertise in driving the development and growth of innovative data-intensive products. Adept at translating complex technical concepts into compelling value propositions, decision-making, leading cross-functional teams, and maximizing revenue opportunities. A seasoned leader who puts a high value on collaboration and inventive culture among high-performing engineering and data teams. Establishes strong stakeholder relationships to ensure alignment between technical and business needs and objectives.
Work Experience
Vice President of Engineering – Acquia Inc. | US – 12/2019 – 12/2023
- Led architectural, data pipeline, and platform transformation through a balance of cutting-edge technologies from best-of-breed vendors and in-house enhancements resulting in a modernized architecture with 50% reduction in operating cost, as scheduled with positive impact to quality and service levels.
- Collaborated seamlessly with cross-functional teams, bridging the gap between engineering and business stakeholders to ensure alignment on project priorities and delivery timelines across a multi-product business unit: Customer Data Platform, Web Personalization, and Marketing Automation.
- Effectively transitioned the organization into a global team, integrating world-class and highly productive team members at our India Centre of Excellence, improving team velocity and product quality and capacity by 50%.
- Contributed significantly to the evolution of the product team culture, processes, best practices, fostering a dynamic and collaborative work environment.
Director of Data Engineering and Machine Learning – AgilOne Inc. acquired by Acquia | Sunnyvale, CA 10/2012 – 12/2019
- Oversaw the development and maintenance of AgilOne’s robust big data pipeline, ensuring efficient data flow and supporting the organization’s data science initiatives.
- Spearheaded the enhancement of AgilOne’s data science platform which resulted in more effective ML models which in some cases improved our customer’s marketing effectiveness by over 100% and better data-driven campaigns.
- In addition to leading the team, contributed as a subject matter expert in the optimization of AgilOne’s Spark and Hadoop-based big data infrastructure (ETL, Data Warehouse, BI/Reporting/Analytics), contributing to the reliability and effectiveness of the overall data processing system.
- As a primary stakeholder in audit and compliance activities, spearheaded the development and implementation of data security protocols, mitigating risks and fortifying the organization against potential cyber threats, ensuring compliance and meeting industry standards.
- Attracted top-tier talent through strategic recruitment efforts, building a team with diverse skills and backgrounds to drive innovation and creativity.
- Implemented agile project management methodologies, resulting in a 20% improvement in project delivery efficiency.
- Projects included Web Product Recommendations, Power Alerts business outlier/insights, Metrics (reporting) , Pathways cohort/funnel analysis, Actions (campaign management), a highly configurable Data Replication Engine, and multiple connectors/3rd party integrations for data enrichment.
- As Release Manager, facilitated cross-functional team collaboration to ensure seamless major releases and post-release activities, resulting in minimal customer impact.
Director of Engineering – LWS Media Inc | Philippines 01/2008 – 09/2012
- Responsible for allocating resources and designing architecture for .NET/SQL applications and complementing the VP for Technology in preparing resources for other non-.NET applications including interviews, preparing test environments, assignment of tasks and working with Project Managers on managing project schedules.
- Projects included a deduplication engine, a custom CRM, a Leads Management System, and SQL automation of ML models using Matlab (R) and SQL. Championed the resolution of major security vulnerabilities in an existing legacy classic ASP/SQL 2000 applications mitigating the risk of what would have been a multi-day outage in over 50 websites.
Notable Skills
- Decision-Making
- Critical Model Thinking
- AI/ML
- Cloud / SaaS B2B Software
- Complex Systems Integration Strategy
- Big Data
- Data Modeling and Data Warehousing
- Performance Tuning
- Data Governance
- Data Privacy, Security, and Compliance
- Data Strategy
- Data Quality Management
- Data Operations and Observability
- DevOps
- Identity / Entity Resolution
- Onshore and Offshore Team Collaboration
- Agile Scrum, Kanban
- Spark, Snowflake, Hadoop
- C#, Java, Python,Scala
- Angular,NodeJS
- AWS/GCP/Azure
Things I believe provides an environment that creates high performing teams
- Psychological safety
- Dependability/Reliability
- Structure and clarity (or vision/goals)
- Meaning of work (importance of work to the person doing it)
- Impact of work (to others/community)
Certifications
- Certified Scrum Master
- Various MSFT certifications including
- Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer
- Microsoft Certified Professional Developer
- Microsoft Certified IT Professional – Busines Intelligence Developer SQL 2008 (Charter)
- Electronics and Communications Engineer
Top 5 Strengths (Gallup Strengths Finder)
- Connectedness
- Relator
- Achiever
- Learner
- Communicator
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