Experience

Rakuten Viki (Singapore) – Engineering Manager (23/05/2022 - Present)

Managing a high-performing team of seventeen that prides itself on customer-centric agile development process through design thinking, writing clean, well-tested code for the development of iOS, Android and Smart TVs applications.

Guiding team development efforts towards successful project delivery through the introduction of Agile ceremonies and KPIs to track team output and velocity contributing to our yearly OKRs, while providing technical leadership to teammates through coaching and mentorship; and encouraging a healthy work environment that’s both supportive and challenging.

Working closely with design, UX, product managers, backend platform teams and executive stakeholders to build consensus and design, develop and deliver a world class streaming product experience across our apps.

Establish and maintain the team’s adherence to modern software development methodologies, such as CI/CD pipelines and TDD.

Tech stack: Swift, Kotlin, Brightscript, Javascript, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Containerized architecture.

Golden Equator (Singapore) – Technical Lead (14/06/2021 - 18/05/2022)

Lead a team of ten for the development of Swish, a B2B application that enables users to connect, chat, and subscribe to like-minded interests.

Lead project delivery, while coaching and mentoring my team to develop a scalable backend system and extendable iOS, Android and Web applications to support projects that are related to the Spectrum ecosystem.

Participating in design reviews, code reviews, development, application debugging and diagnosis.

Technology stack: Swift, Kotlin, React.js, Node.js, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Serverless architecture.

EDF (Singapore) – Software Engineering Manager (02/08/2018 - 11/06/2021)

Lead and manage the full-stack development of the EDF City Platform, which is a 3D complex system modelling platform that enables urban planners, architects and engineers evaluate the impacts of building city scale projects at the master-planning stage, by running and forecasting policies and investment scenarios based on advanced integrated simulation models, within an energy resources, urban environment and mobility context.

Furthermore, I am always looking for opportunities to grow our R&D projects portfolio and have applied for projects in transactive energy microgrids in an urban context, developing an asset monitoring IoT platform reinforced with predictive maintenance algorithms, and demand side management applications for energy and power limited systems.

National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) – Research Associate (20/07/2017 - 31/07/2018)

Development of EdTech and Learning Analytics technology, which integrated into the classroom to enhance student team collaboration and teacher pedagogical practice in collaborative inquiry programs. My responsibilities were to develop, customize and refine a web-based application, including chat applications, data mining, personalized analytics dashboards; and apply machine learning techniques to create a personalised adaptive learning system that improve student’s cognitive abilities.

De Montfort University (UK) – Research Associate (06/01/2014 - 31/01/2017)

The ESCoBox project proposed to develop and test a technology platform for remote monitoring, billing and control of micro-grids powered by renewable energy in developing world applications. I had been conducting research on control theory, ABM and Demand Side Response, and designed, built and tested a suite of hardware and software solutions that can monitor and control the micro-grids and their customers, which we adapted and tested in remote communities across Malawi, Kenya, Gambia and Nepal.

Life Long Energy (UK) – Project Engineer/Manager (1/07/2012 – 31/05/2016)

My role at Life Long Energy was to identify sites, design and project manage systems in Solar PV and Wind Energy up to 2MW. My involvement in optimising clients’ sites began at the initial stages with energy feasibility assessments and carrying planning applications continuing throughout the development, procurement and construction phases of the projects, including the settlement of financial structures that suit our clients’ needs and technical due diligence.

Linkatel Canarias S.L. (Spain) – Technical Consultant (01/09/2009 - 30/06/2010)

This experience served me to work as a consultant in a Vodafone partner. My responsibilities were to manage new and current clients (SOHO and SME) assessing them in the services of Vodafone OneNet and Linkatel's software solutions, from managing inbound calls to visiting customers and progressing the project through to the final infrastructure installation. I developed applications for BlackBerry using Javascript, one of them called iDynamic. This led me to provide technical support for the software, hardware and communications equipment to the client as well as to Linkatel’s offices. I left to pursue my professional and personal objectives in the field of renewable energy.

Kitna, Bath (UK) – Development engineer (10/01/2008 - 31/12/2008)

I held a KTP position as a development engineer in embedded software programming for an energy saving project to produce efficient street lighting. I gained C programming experience for 8 and 16 bit microcontrollers, from writing to testing and design of PIC prototype breadboards. I also assisted the company in any technical support with IT equipment and provided support to clients.

Commercial NTH, Tenerife (Spain) – Various Roles

I have long been involved in my father’s business, which has helped me to develop my entrepreneurial flair. It is a wholesale company dedicated to import-export music products and digital storage solutions. My practical involvement was mainly during the summer months, during which time I covered a wide range of the duties from bookkeeping, IT, and customer care.