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The LATAM Advisory Board is a group of Latin Americans experts and industry executives who specialize in topics including: development and engineering management, developer technology decisions, software development best practices, and new developer trends.
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I'm a passionate entrepreneur, software architecture and developer with goal to transform ideas into products for real life challenges using disruptive technologies.
Founder of technology companies in different areas: SaaS (Direct Talk, Scup, Hi Platform), software development (Reach Solutions, Ox Tech), infrastructure (DirectB2), marketing (DTM, DirectPerformance). I have gained rich experience scaling these companies, including fundraising, M&A operations and four exits.
The main role I have played during my career has been as a Director of Technology and Product. I have built technology and product teams of 100+ professionals who have created mission-critical SaaS products used by tens of millions of users.
Skilled in agile processes, software development, testing, devops, product management, user experience, cloud computing, strategy, lean startup, innovation, communication, finance
Lorinda Brandon is currently the VP, Software Development @ OpenAPI Initiative. Before taking this role, she has led teams at Twilio, Capital One, Intuit, RR Donnelley, to name a few. She has also served as co-chair for the OpenAPI Initiative and has evangelized APIs for many years.
Founder and CEO at Devprime (https://devprime.io) - Accelerate the development of high-code software, backend, event-driven APIs and Microservices. I'm a software strategist, technologist, book author, speaker and Microsoft MVP.
During the past 10 years I've been a full time entrepreneur, structuring and managing IT cyber-physical projects through agile iteration methods, open innovation and continuous learning, in public, private and NGO sectors. In this time, I've also helped other fellow entrepreneurs to take their ideas to market, as a Senior Advisor.
I'm mostly recognized for creating Loto Punto, a kiosk system for micropayment automation, which provides a safer, faster and easier experience in banking, retail and government. Featured in Shark Tank 2023 (see: https://vimeo.com/800168904)
Business Manager and Data Science Specialist. M.S. in Computer Science at Georgia Tech (exp. 2023).
Pieter Humphrey has been in the tech industry for 20+ years, working in development, developer relations, marketing, and solution engineering to help developers succeed with technology. Developers have been a consistent focus across his experiences at companies like BEA, Oracle, VMware, Pivotal, Elastic and DataStax. Currently Director of Developer Advocacy at Maria DB.
Chief Growth Officer and tech recruiter with solid experience building distributed teams for upscaling tech companies around the globe.
My team and I make sure that when our clients receive a profile, the candidate has been screened, qualified, and meets expectations.
We deliver quality CVs at pace and become an extension of our client’s company which is crucial for any fast-growing business.
At remoti, we also facilitate hiring globally and compliantly with employee retention as our north.
Connect, meet, hire.
I’m driven by new challenges.
I am passionate about technology and helping others realize the ways in which it can improve business and people's lives. I continually look for opportunities to leverage a creative and analytical skill set to improve business agility so that organizations can respond quickly to customer needs and stay relevant in an increasingly digital world.
Leo's career spans over 20 years, from software development and IT operations to leading teams building cloud native technology across the world, from startups to Fortune 500s.
Leo is passionate about software engineering and artificial intelligence in the age of cloud and the landscape it enables. A believer in organizational transformation and the role of the community as a means to empower society.
Having performed as consultant, SA and CTO, Leo has helped organizations overcome business and technology challenges and is now focused as CEO on helping companies deliver innovation and value using the cloud and leading edge software engineering.
Akshay Pallerla is a Senior Solutions Engineer at Databricks Costa Rica. He has a decade of experience with Data Systems and dealt with them in various capacities.At Databricks, he works with ISV Partners to integrate their software with Databricks and improve the value of overall Databricks Platform for Consumers. He is an active community member in tech space in Costa Rica, having bootstrapped Elastic User Group. He has several certifications in Cloud and Data.
Outside work, he enjoys pixelgraphy (Coiner of the term), travel, food, and adventureAkshay is an active technical community member, simplifying complex topics for everyone through presentations and blog posts. He bootstrapped Elastic User Group and is an active member of the local GDG chapter. He has several certifications in Cloud and Data.
Outside work, he enjoys pixelgraphy (Coiner of the term), travel, food, and adventures.
Outside work, he enjoys pixelgraphy (Coiner of the term), travel, food, and adventureAkshay is an active technical community member, simplifying complex topics for everyone through presentations and blog posts. He bootstrapped Elastic User Group and is an active member of the local GDG chapter. He has several certifications in Cloud and Data.
Outside work, he enjoys pixelgraphy (Coiner of the term), travel, food, and adventures.
lex Salgado (@alexsalgadoprof) has over 20 years of experience in software development, having held various positions in startups, small and large companies such as Oracle, CSN, BRQ/IBM, Chemtech/Siemens (9 years). He also worked as a professor for 9 years, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in various areas of engineering and management.Currently pursuing his PhD in creating computer vision and robotics solutions for autonomous vehicles, he works at Elastic as a Developer Advocate. In this role, Alex aims to grow the community in Brazil and Latin America and bring developers closer together so they can understand the potential of Elastic technologies
Insights Specialist and Digital Business Strategy & Digital Transformation Consultant with focus on future revenue generation, my main deliverables are the creation of Business cases, Market Research and Scenario Planning, and I’m also a Writer and Content Strategist & Curator on Business and Technology topics such as Digital Transformation, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship
Alfredo Santos is a leader in the Brazilian IAM and Dev community, professor of the subject at FIA, author of IAM/IAG books.
He has 25 years of experience in the IAM subject, having worked in important companies and projects, some of them in a global scope.
He currently leads global IAM projects that affect groups of companies in the Americas, Asia and Europe.
Advisor to technology companies, including 8X8 Cybertech and CEO of ASTecnologia
He has 25 years of experience in the IAM subject, having worked in important companies and projects, some of them in a global scope.
He currently leads global IAM projects that affect groups of companies in the Americas, Asia and Europe.
Advisor to technology companies, including 8X8 Cybertech and CEO of ASTecnologia
