María Inés Frias

Head of Delivery

Whitespectre

Jan 2022 - Current (4 years 6 months)

As Head of Delivery, I lead and oversee end-to-end delivery across Whitespectre's globally distributed Engineering and Product organization with 70+ members, setting strategic goals and best practices to ensure high-quality outcomes. I have a proven track record in project management, successfully leading remote, multicultural, and agile teams. In recent years, I have provided guidance on digital transformation and strategy efforts for a key account in the plant-based industry, facilitating the shift from fragmented systems to a seamlessly integrated digital ecosystem, improving their data collection, infrastructure, product insights and marketing initiatives. I also managed the efforts during the assessment and integration of a third-party

Data, Applied Machine Learning (AML) and Visualization Manager

Mercado Libre

Jan 2021 - Jan 2022 (1 year 1 month)

I led the Data and Visualization teams in the planning and execution of the digital strategy for the Proximity Marketplace project in Sao Paulo (Brazil) and Buenos Aires (Argentina). This involved collecting geolocated competitor data and generating enriched insights, enabling the business to establish clear expansion priorities and define a long roadmap. During this time, I led the development and deployment of machine learning models that enhanced data products and recommendations within the Food Marketplace application and Mercado Pago's wallet features. For MercadoPago (MercadoLibre's Fintech BU), I spearheaded the design and implementation of data-driven insights and analytics dashboards for Business and Product teams. These solutions

Senior Delivery Manager

Whitespectre

Jan 2016 - Jan 2021 (5 years 1 month)

As a Senior Delivery Manager I coordinated fully remote teams of 50+ engineers, driving performance, fostering collaboration, and optimizing delivery processes while implementing agile best practices. Over this period, I worked with 8+ clients across the food, retail and travel industries, successfully managing the end to end delivery of multiple web and mobile projects. I ensured seamless alignment with business objectives, client requirements and technology best practices. One of my most significant contributions was leading the delivery for a major US-based retail company, overseeing five engineering teams in scaling their microservices platform, enabling a 4x increase in load capacity. Additionally, I played a key role in maintaining cl

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Project & Delivery Manager

Kapsch TrafficCom

Jan 2012 - Jan 2016 (4 years 1 month)

As a Lead Project Manager for the tolling software development, I led the software delivery stream within the SANRAL (South African National Roads Agency) Gauteng e-toll project - a large-scale, multi-country initiative, with a team of 50+ engineers and an overall budget exceeding €100M for the technology and operations component. I successfully managed the integration efforts across distributed teams from Sweden, Austria, and South Africa. By fostering collaboration across multiple time zones and cultures, I ensured 100% on-time delivery in a highly complex environment. Additionally, I played a pivotal role in the image processing system for the Transport for London (TfL). I contributed to the contract development and later took leadership

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Project & Delivery Manager

Travelocity

Jan 2010 - Jan 2012 (2 years 1 month)

Delivered End-to-end Cars Line of Business (LoB) projects both internally to Travelocity and for its external clients. Planned and executed the redesign of the Flights shopping path and implemented the Flights LoB for the Royal Bank of Canada. Implemented A/B testing and SEO improving both LoB conversion rates.

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