Experience

Drifter

• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder

  • Apr 2020 - Present

  Lisbon, Portugal 1. Process Automation Consulting and Development 2. App and Cloud Architecture Development. 3. Big Data Services primarily for the Food Industry in EU. Building Industry-specific Data Harvesting, Engineering and Visualization tools.



Kloud Scrapes

• Portugal
• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Founder

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  Lisbon, Portugal Helping startups and scale-ups get the big data they need for growth, partnerships, business intelligence and more. 1. Delivering millions of rows of data for clients of all sizes including Unicorn-scale. 2. Custom data pipeline creation & management. 3. Low-to-high frequency white-hat scraping. 4. Data from over 50 countries and hundreds of target domains & apps. 5. Team of 50+ remote engineers, primarily in Eastern Europe.



ClassBubs

• Singapore
• Education Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder / Fractional CTO

  • Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

  Austin, Texas, United States Co-Founder / Fractional CTO 1. Planning, Design & Development of entire ClassBubs technology platform. 2. Supporting Fundraising & Investor relations. 3. Establishing & automating company business systems. 4. Strategy, KPIs, budgets, expansion & market capture.



wetechfood

• Spain
• Automation Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Advisor

  • Oct 2021 - Oct 2022

  Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain 1. Scoped, architected & developed the cloud infrastructure needed to command and monitor food production robots for We Tech Food. 2. Built MVP software management interface for Poke Robot control. 3. Planned and built entire DevOps pipeline for robot cloud control.



Glovo

• Spain
• Consumer Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Launcher

  • May 2019 - Apr 2020

  Barcelona Area, Spain Role: 1. Analysis and strategy of global expansion markets. 2. Strategy, tool-building, and metrics for regional/city expansion in existing markets. 3. Competitive analysis. 4. Tool & Statistical model building. 5. Market Greenlighting: on-the-ground research in markets of interest. Particularly unit economics, TAM, profitability potential, legal/business/operations barriers etc. 6. Launching new markets including operations, hiring for all functional roles, training and… Show more Role: 1. Analysis and strategy of global expansion markets. 2. Strategy, tool-building, and metrics for regional/city expansion in existing markets. 3. Competitive analysis. 4. Tool & Statistical model building. 5. Market Greenlighting: on-the-ground research in markets of interest. Particularly unit economics, TAM, profitability potential, legal/business/operations barriers etc. 6. Launching new markets including operations, hiring for all functional roles, training and instilling company culture, managing team productivity & engagement in high uncertainty, and working with an amazing team of 800+ in our Barcelona HQ who made all of that possible. 7. Supporting country operations, strategy & KPI achievement around the world, fitting into different roles as needed to solve problems. Achievements: 1. Launched a country (Kazakhstan) within a month of joining Glovo. 2. Helped hire and lead an amazing team of <20 from 0-5000 on-demand orders per day in less than 6 months. 3. Solved a myriad of operational, management and process design issues to maintain growth curve and remove roadblocks to market capture. Show less



Hammock Studio

• Technology, Information and Internet

• CEO / Co-Founder

  • Jun 2014 - Dec 2019

  Colombo Hammock Studio was a boutique software development firm based in Sri Lanka. Specializing in cross-platform brand development & native software development for web and mobile. What we did: PHP, Javascript, Laravel, Node, Angular, AI, Machine Learning, Go and more applied to scalable SPA's, cross-platform apps and particularly, bespoke Business Management Systems.



Foodie Global

• Sri Lanka
• Technology, Information and Internet

• Co-Founder

  • Mar 2015 - May 2019

  Colombo, Sri Lanka Bootstrapped on-demand food delivery company from scratch in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Restaurant Systems. Last-mile food logistics, efficiency and waste reduction. - Grew to be country's leading food delivery company on customer satisfaction & technology within 1 year, capturing majority of online and app sales in made-to-order restaurants. - Built an in-house, custom logistics & delivery management platform from scratch (cloud-based) which allowed Foodie to be the only Sri Lankan… Show more Bootstrapped on-demand food delivery company from scratch in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Restaurant Systems. Last-mile food logistics, efficiency and waste reduction. - Grew to be country's leading food delivery company on customer satisfaction & technology within 1 year, capturing majority of online and app sales in made-to-order restaurants. - Built an in-house, custom logistics & delivery management platform from scratch (cloud-based) which allowed Foodie to be the only Sri Lankan company with reliable <40min delivery times from point of order. - Spent ZERO marketing/advertising and grew to a high LTV user base of 80,000 in target niche (expats and high income Sri Lankans) purely on word of mouth. - Built close partnerships with restaurants, vendors and other associates in a laggard market that was, at the time, resistive to technology and new processes. - Built and managed operations teams for Rider captaining, management, payroll, training etc. - Handled all operational issues & solved problems in a tough market with little to no resources, investment capital or leveraging and generally very low small-business support. - Created profitability at small scale by allowing riders to do multiple orders at once while still guaranteeing on-time deliveries. - Automated all processes to run highly lean. - Survived a myriad of problems both small and large in 4 years of bootstrapping (that felt like 14). Show less



Designer Primer

• Founder / Lead Trainer

  • Jun 2011 - Jun 2013

  Singapore - Deliver fun, engaging training on a wide variety of software and programming languages. - Courses conducted for young teens as well as adults.



10 Dimension Design

• India
• Design Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder / Lead Designer + Coder

  • Oct 2010 - Jun 2013

  Sri Lanka 10DD designs and develops Brands, Websites and Apps for Start-ups and SME's all over the world. From simple websites to complex stand-alone Cloud Applications, 10DD helps businesses grow, capture new customers, and tell their story more effectively. - Delivered web, mobile and brand design solutions in digital and print media. - Services clients from all over the world, managing up to 20 parallel projects at a time. - Hired, trained and managed a team of 15 across Sri Lanka and… Show more 10DD designs and develops Brands, Websites and Apps for Start-ups and SME's all over the world. From simple websites to complex stand-alone Cloud Applications, 10DD helps businesses grow, capture new customers, and tell their story more effectively. - Delivered web, mobile and brand design solutions in digital and print media. - Services clients from all over the world, managing up to 20 parallel projects at a time. - Hired, trained and managed a team of 15 across Sri Lanka and Malaysia. - Involved heavily in design, planning and coding on all projects. - Completely bootstrapped with zero debt. Show less



Epicentre Pte Ltd

• Training Manager (Apple Products + HR Training)

  • May 2009 - Oct 2010

  Singapore - Evangelized Apple products for new retail Staff and Customers. - Attended multiple training programs at Apple Singapore for products/software. - Developed syllabus and conducted training programs for Staff and Customers. - Trained over 150 staff for Retail, Trade shows and Apple Support ('Geniuses'). - Trained well over 1500 retail customers on various Apple software. - Automated workflows by self-building and implementing end-to-end training booking system (website). The… Show more - Evangelized Apple products for new retail Staff and Customers. - Attended multiple training programs at Apple Singapore for products/software. - Developed syllabus and conducted training programs for Staff and Customers. - Trained over 150 staff for Retail, Trade shows and Apple Support ('Geniuses'). - Trained well over 1500 retail customers on various Apple software. - Automated workflows by self-building and implementing end-to-end training booking system (website). The system automated over 45 hours of admin time each week. - Created all training syllabi, materials and training assessments for the company. - Assisted with new Apple Store launches, planning and media liaising in Singapore. Show less



Leo Burnett

• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graphic Designer

  • Mar 2008 - Aug 2008

  Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Graphic design in Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Premiere Pro, After Effects and InDesign. - Technical production for print, including packaging/offset. - Participated in multiple communications projects. - Created over 1000 artworks in 6 months working parallel under 3 Art Directors. - Created copy for advertising in magazines and national print campaigns. - Worked on client portfolio’s valued at over USD8m in revenue for the firm. - Work also included digital… Show more - Graphic design in Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Premiere Pro, After Effects and InDesign. - Technical production for print, including packaging/offset. - Participated in multiple communications projects. - Created over 1000 artworks in 6 months working parallel under 3 Art Directors. - Created copy for advertising in magazines and national print campaigns. - Worked on client portfolio’s valued at over USD8m in revenue for the firm. - Work also included digital painting, VFX for TVCs, and Interactive Display (Kiosks). Show less



Freelance

• Egypt
• Human Resources
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance Designer

  • Jul 2000 - Jul 2007

  Global - Freelancing in graphic design, 3D, web design, motion graphics and more. - Huge range of projects for clients all over the world. - All done on contract-base, part-time and while studying.



CUTCO Cutlery

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Direct Sales Executive

  • Nov 1999 - Mar 2000

  Sydney, Australia - Aged 16 at the time. - Conducted full-feature product demonstrations in homes of clients. - Developed own leads through extensive client referrals and cold calls. - Completed the highly regarded Cutco personal sales training program.