Professional
I've been working for over 20 years in the different areas involved in planning, designing, developing, and managing software products. I like simple and practical designs. I use agile methodologies, good practices, design principles, and patterns. I love finding the simplest solution for every specific problem. I like to iterate, measure, and improve the results.
Random facts about my career:
- I started working in 1998 at an Internet Service Provider, yes, those giving access via dial-up modems, email, and web infrastructure.
- I did code to "fix" the Y2K problem and support the Euro currency transition.
- In 2003 I helped to build LifeType an open-source blogging platform with support for multiple blogs and users in a single installation. It reached more than a million downloads.
- I founded two now-defunct companies. qDevel, in 2004, a development boutique specialized in web apps built on top of the LAMP stack. And VESNE in 2007, a start-up focused on developing technology for vertical social networks on top of Rails stack.
- In 2007 we built moterus, the largest social network in Spain for motorbike riders.
- I was an Engineering Manager at Jobandtalent. One of the Spanish unicorns. We've grown the team to ~100 people and scaled the platform to handle 10 million users in just a few years.
- I'm currently the CTO responsible for technology, people, and culture/processes, at seQura. The payment platform helps people buy the things they love paying in an instant, transparent, flexible,
and fair way.
We've grown the tech team (engineering and product) from 7 to +60 people.
My current motivation/focus is building and growing product-oriented tech organizations with a healthy culture/environment.
You can see my full CV on Linkedin.
Personal
I really enjoy riding and traveling on a motorbike, sadly not much time for that in a while. Besides, I could list a set of usual topics: music, reading, movies, tv shows, photography, coffee & tea, decent scotch beverages ...
I'm currently living in Barcelona, happily married, and father of two lovely girls.
Keep in touch
You can keep in touch with me at Github, Linkedin, or Twitter.