A twenty-year path from a Madrid newsroom's IT desk to national payment rails to AI-native product architecture — each chapter widening the scope of what he was responsible for keeping alive.
Open to technology leadership roles across Saudi Arabia and the Gulf. Delivers masterclasses on AI-augmented development, including "MVP in a Day: Speed to Prototype."
Architected a secure InsurTech platform from scratch for the competitive Saudi insurance market on a disciplined budget. Embedded generative AI frameworks into the engineering workflow to compress MVP delivery, while engineering data pipelines to meet SAMA, CITC and NDPL compliance.
Moved to Riyadh to safeguard the Kingdom's national payment rails and multi-million SAR daily transaction pipelines. Directed the migration of critical infrastructure from legacy SAMA facilities into the KAFD data center — with zero operational downtime.
IT support across 26 countries operated in fragmented silos. Led the consolidation into a single Madrid-based hub, scaling the team from 15 to 130+ engineers and cutting major incidents by over 35%, while maintaining 99.9% availability.
Directed regional IT operations for the airline industry's governing body during a period of rapid growth in the Madrid hub, aligning cross-border service delivery with corporate objectives.
Provided technical support and infrastructure maintenance for core financial platforms at a leading financial services firm.
First real contact with the banking sector — managing operational batch processes and incident response for retail banking, and discovering how closely money and infrastructure move together.
Directed service desk operations and desktop infrastructure for one of Spain's largest media groups — a first-hand view of how information moves through a society, and occasionally contributed as a journalist covering technology.