Jason Ricardo

A results-driven Vice President of Software Engineering with extensive experience in end-to-end design and implementation. Recognized for delivering strategic business solutions across the full technology stack aligned with organizational objectives. Proven success in hiring and leading fully distributed (onshore and offshore) agile remote teams of 20+ developers, with a track record of remote team management predating the COVID-19 pandemic. Proactive leader with an analytical mindset, adept at identifying opportunities to reduce costs, enhance efficiencies, optimize workflows, and effectively allocate resources, all while maintaining high-quality applications and services. Excels in prioritizing tasks and managing schedules in a remote engineering environment. Collaborative mentor and servant leader with a history of driving projects to successful completion on time and within scope. Skilled in fostering a culture of motivation, accountability, and professional growth, elevating team members from junior to senior levels. Operates with a philosophy of assuming positive intent at all levels. Client-focused communicator with exceptional interpersonal skills, adept at building rapport with culturally diverse clients, cross-functional teams, and stakeholders. A creative problem-solver fluent in English and Spanish, with a strong ability to resolve issues and ensure satisfaction. Core technical strengths include expertise in a wide array of languages and technologies, such as MarTech Technologies, GA4, Azure Cloud Services, RedHat OpenShift, TypeScript/JavaScript, NestJS, NUXT, NextJS, Angular, Ionic Framework (V1-V6), C, Java Spring Framework, NodeJS (Express/Fastify), Swagger, GraphQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and CI/CD pipelines.