Wanig Guillo

Tech: Typescript, React, Vue.js, Node.js, Java, PHP, MongoDB, Microservices, Kafka, AWS, Terraform, Github CI/CD, Copilot, Cursor, Vector search

Strategic career move to gain international experience and English fluency. Led two distributed engineering teams (8 people across Spain, Switzerland, Romania, and Poland) delivering high-stakes projects for major enterprise clients. Mastered North American business practices and cross-cultural stakeholder collaboration with Canadian, US, and Spanish leadership teams.

• Directed company's #1 priority project for the year, delivering on-time with exceptional quality
• Led platform integration project: separated and integrated European feature into North American platform
• Led 8-person team distributed across Spain, Switzerland, Romania, and Poland, coordinating with stakeholders across 5 time zones
• Delivered multi-client enterprise launch with zero-defect quality: 1 minor issue in month-long testing campaign
• Pioneered AI-assisted development practices: integrated GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and code review automation to boost team productivity
• Applied microservices architecture patterns from previous platform modernization experience
• Opened client test environment in September, delivered production launch in December (4-month cycle)
• Managed mixed team of internal engineers (5) and contractors (3) in Spain, Switzerland, Romania, and Poland

Tech: Javascript, Angular, Vue.js, Node.js, Java, .NET, Microservices, Docker, Gitlab, Jenkins, CI/CD, OVHCloud

Direction of technology strategy and R&D operations, culmination of a 17-year journey within the company, from software development to executive leadership.

• Directed technology strategy for 4-product portfolio, defining 3-year technical roadmap adopted by executive committee
• Led 18-month transformation of flagship product from SOAP monolith to microservices, reducing release cycles from quarterly to weekly
• Architected and delivered greenfield platform replacing 12-year-old legacy system, achieving 90% win rate by third year
• Built and led 5-person architecture team from scratch, establishing technical standards adopted across all R&D
• Drove organizational transformation accompanying 4x team growth (18 to 75), implementing agile practices across 12 teams
• Established strategic partnerships with 4 consulting firms, scaling to 30+ contractors and managing blended teams of 75 people (40+ internal, 30+ contractors)
• Championed engineering excellence culture: introduced code review, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing across all projects

Tech: Javascript, Angular, Vue.js, Node.js, .NET, Microservices, Docker, Gitlab, Jenkins, CI/CD, OVHCloud

Direction of Analysis and Development department, transitional role towards CTO responsibilities.

• Management of analysis and development teams
• Supervision of technical project delivery
• Interface between business requirements and technical execution

Tech: UX Design, Prototyping, User Research, Design Systems, .NET, Javascript, Angular, Node.js, Docker

Creation and direction of the User Experience department with the goal of introducing UX culture within the company.

• Created UX department and recruited the team
• Established design systems and UX standards
• Defined user experience strategy
• Supported cultural change within the company
• Concurrently served as university lecturer at UBS (2013-2017), teaching Testing & Quality Assurance to bridge industry practices with academia

Tech: iOS, Android, Mobile Development, .NET (Surface Pro, Windows Phone)

Creation and leadership of mobile development activity from a research-funded project.

• Led a research-funded mobile project
• Created mobile activity from scratch
• Recruited and supervised interns then a dedicated team
• First structuring management experience