# Ben Orozco - Resume VP Engineering / Director of AI Engineering Β· Technical Generalist Β· AI Product Strategy Monterrey, MX πŸ‡²πŸ‡½ ## Contact - Email: [benoror+cv@gmail.com](mailto:benoror+cv@gmail.com) - Website: [benoror.com](https://www.benoror.com) - GitHub: [github.com/benoror](https://github.com/benoror) - LinkedIn: [linkedin.com/in/benoror](https://linkedin.com/in/benoror) - Blog: [blog.benoror.com](https://blog.benoror.com) - Resume URL: [resume.benoror.com/recruitedge-global](https://resume.benoror.com/recruitedge-global) ## About Executive-level engineering leader with a hands-on software foundation and repeated experience owning product, engineering, architecture, and AI strategy in SaaS environments. Built and led organizations from early-stage startup teams to 140+ engineers, partnered closely with CTOs, CEOs, product, and go-to-market leaders, and stayed close to delivery, architecture, and quality with a strong generalist mindset. Particularly relevant for senior AI engineering leadership roles: AI-first product architecture, agentic workflow enablement, globally distributed team leadership, and measurable business impact across high-growth environments including 10MM+ end users, Series-C scale execution, 100MM+ ARR context, and practical AI adoption that improved productivity by 10% while reducing code review time by 60%. ## Core Skills - Leadership: 100/100 (11y) - Product: 100/100 (11y) - AI: 85/100 (4y) - Backend: 100/100 (17y) - Frontend: 90/100 (9y) - DevOps: 80/100 (8y) ## Experience ### [Apptegy](https://www.apptegy.com) _2020 - Present (5yr) - Little Rock, AR πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ_ High-growth SaaS platform serving 6,000+ school districts and 10MM+ users across the U.S. and Canada. Executive leadership scope spanning product delivery, engineering scale, architecture evolution, and AI enablement during scale-up toward Series-C and 100MM+ ARR. #### VP of Engineering _Apr 2021 - Present (Monterrey, MX πŸ‡²πŸ‡½)_ Executive engineering leader owning organizational scale, delivery quality, architecture direction, and AI enablement across a distributed engineering organization in a high-growth SaaS environment. Achievements: - Helped hire, shape, and lead an engineering organization of 140+ engineers across multiple regions, strengthening manager quality, team health, and delivery performance. - Partnered on organizational restructuring, planning frameworks, and operating rhythms as the company matured toward Series-C scale and 100MM+ ARR complexity. - Led AI enablement initiatives across engineering, driving adoption of tools such as [Cursor](https://resume.benoror.com/recruitedge-global#ai-tools), [Claude](https://resume.benoror.com/recruitedge-global#ai-tools), [CodeRabbit](https://resume.benoror.com/recruitedge-global#ai-tools), and [Gemini](https://resume.benoror.com/recruitedge-global#ai-tools), resulting in a 10% productivity increase and 60% reduction in code review time. - Sponsored and shipped high-impact platform and product initiatives with consistent cadence, reliability, and scalability for millions of end users. - Advocated architecture simplification and cost reduction by evolving a gRPC-based microservices landscape and internal frameworks around clearer domain boundaries and more sustainable delivery. Key skills: Leadership, Management, Hiring, Mentoring, Agile, Architecture #### Lead Software Engineer _Mar 2020 - Abr 2021 (Monterrey, MX πŸ‡²πŸ‡½)_ Technical leadership role spanning platform architecture, infrastructure, product delivery, and team growth during rapid company expansion from roughly 500 to 2,000+ districts. Achievements: - Led platform and infrastructure engineering across internal and customer-facing products, combining hands-on development with architecture leadership and delivery ownership. - Built and scaled core services including identity, alerting, translation, data pipelines, forms, learning management, and real-time communication capabilities. - Drove engineering quality through architecture reviews, code reviews, testing discipline, and team mentorship across a growing organization. - Owned delivery across AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and release management for a service-oriented platform supporting large-scale usage. - Interviewed and onboarded backend and full-stack engineers while partnering closely with product on sequencing and agile execution. Key skills: Technical Leadership, Agile, System Design, Architecture, Code Review, Unit Testing ### [HealthTree](https://www.healthtree.org) _Jan 2019 - Mar 2020 - Salt Lake City, UT πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ_ Mission-driven health technology platform for cancer patients and caregivers. CTO role combining product strategy, engineering execution, team formation, and operational maturity. #### CTO CTO responsible for engineering leadership, product execution, hiring, and technical strategy across web, mobile, APIs, and data workflows. Achievements: - Built the engineering team, delivery processes, and technical operating model across backend APIs, React-based clients, and data-oriented systems. - Defined technology strategy and architecture aligned with product vision, balancing delivery speed, reliability, and user impact. - Introduced DevOps, CI/CD, analytics, and support tooling that improved release quality, customer insight, and operational visibility. - Established product development workflows and coaching practices that improved team execution, quality, and cross-functional collaboration. - Recruited and retained strong engineers in a competitive U.S. market while keeping the team aligned to mission and outcomes. ### [Ecaresoft](https://www.ecaresoft.com) _2016 - 2019 - Austin, TX πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ_ Healthcare SaaS and hospital systems business operating across Latin America and the Middle East. Executive scope across international expansion, product development, engineering, and operations. #### CTO _Jan 2018 - Jan 2019 (Monterrey, MX πŸ‡²πŸ‡½)_ CTO role focused on technology strategy, software delivery, operations, and cross-functional alignment as the business expanded into new international markets. Achievements: - Owned technology strategy and architecture decisions supporting expansion into Argentina and the Middle East, including APIs, microservices, and serverless capabilities. - Improved availability and resilience through stronger cloud architecture, CI/CD, automated testing, containerization, and DevOps practices. - Aligned product development, operations, and performance management using SCRUM, Kanban, OKRs, reviews, and one-on-one coaching. - Worked closely with Product, Sales, and Support leadership to align roadmap priorities, customer feedback, and execution against business goals. #### CTO - [Nimbo](https://www.nimbo-x.com) _Feb 2016 - Jan 2019 (Monterrey, MX πŸ‡²πŸ‡½)_ CTO for Nimbo, leading product and platform scale from MVP to product-market fit across physicians and clinics in Latin America. Achievements: - Scaled the platform to thousands of MAUs and growing ARR by aligning engineering execution with product quality and user experience. - Defined system architecture and launched reliable APIs, microservices, and supporting infrastructure across Ruby, Java, PostgreSQL, Redis, and Sidekiq. - Delivered specialized capabilities including drug interaction workflows, full-text search, and a machine learning prediction and classification service in [Python](https://resume.benoror.com/recruitedge-global#backend-other) and [Tensorflow](https://resume.benoror.com/recruitedge-global#ai-product-features). - Improved team effectiveness through better recruiting, coaching, and lean product delivery practices. ### [BaseQL](https://www.baseql.com) _2020 - 2024 - Miami, FL πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ_ Founder-led SaaS product turning cloud data sources into a GraphQL access layer; built from zero to acquisition. #### Founder Founder and product builder responsible for end-to-end strategy, architecture, product execution, and shipping until acquisition. Achievements: - Built and launched the product hands-on across backend, frontend, infrastructure, and product decisions using [Node.js](https://resume.benoror.com/recruitedge-global#javascript), [React.js](https://resume.benoror.com/recruitedge-global#react), [Next.js](https://resume.benoror.com/recruitedge-global#next.js), and [Tailwind CSS](https://resume.benoror.com/recruitedge-global#react). - Took the company from side project to successful acquisition, demonstrating founder-level ownership and execution speed. ## Skills - **Leadership** (11y) - Executive-level engineering leadership across product, engineering, architecture, hiring, and AI strategy. Experienced scaling organizations from early-stage teams to 140+ engineers while staying hands-on where needed with a practical generalist orientation.: Technical Leadership: Project scope & sequencing, Delivery management, Ownership & Accountability, System Design Architecture, Code reviews, Mentoring & Coaching, Agile Methodologies, Roadmaps Planning; Strategic Planning: Tooling & AI enablement, Vendor & cost management, Buy vs Build decisions, Team composition & org design, Architecture & design reviews, RFC/RFD technical documentation, Product + Engineering leadership alignment, Resource allocation; People Management: Mentorship, Coaching, Performance reviews, Performance management, Conflict resolution; Recruitment: Talent sourcing, Hiring manager, Interviewing, Technical screening scripts/challenges, Interviewer coaching, Recruitment process; - **Product** (11y) - Product-minded technical leadership with ownership of roadmap trade-offs, delivery strategy, UX quality, and business outcomes in SaaS and platform environments.: Roadmap planning; Resource allocation; Design reviews; UI/UX assessment; Problem solving with business focus; Project management; - **AI** (4y) - AI engineering leadership spanning AI-first product architecture, practical AI adoption, agentic workflows, internal enablement, and production-oriented experimentation.: AI tools: Cursor / CLI, Claude / Code CLI, OpenCode, OpenAI / API, Gemini, CodeRabbit; Multi-agent orchestration: AGENTS.md / CLAUDE.md / .cursor/rules, Git worktrees, MCP / ACP, Agent Skills, Parallel agents, QMD workflows; Workflows: Plan-first for complex tasks, Parallel exploration and execution, Verification-first loops (tests, checks, review), Learn from mistakes via docs/rules updates, Automating repeatable workflows (skills/commands); AI product features: Chatbots, RAGs (Pinecone, pgvector), Context tuning & prompt refinement, Security and privacy guardrails; - **Backend** (17y) - Strong backend and platform foundation across APIs, distributed systems, service architecture, integrations, and scalable cloud systems used as the backbone for product and AI delivery.: Ruby on Rails: Rails 7, Sidekiq, TDD, RSpec, Capybara; Developing APIs: REST API, GraphQL; Serverless on AWS: Python on AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, Amplify, Cognito; Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, NoSQL; API integrations: REST, GraphQL; Other: Node.js, Python, Kafka, Rust, Elixir, Shell, Search engines - ElasticSearch, Solr, Git; - **Frontend** (9y) - Frontend and product-surface experience across React, Next.js, TypeScript, and UX-sensitive delivery, useful when AI products need fast iteration across the full stack.: React: React Testing Library, Playwright, Storybook, Redux, Tailwind CSS, React Query; Typescript; Javascript: Node.js, Jest; Next.js: NextAuth, Vercel; Other: Hotwire & Stimulus, React Native, TailwindCSS; - **DevOps** (8y) - Infrastructure and delivery leadership across CI/CD, cloud architecture, Kubernetes, observability, and operational reliability in growing organizations.: AWS: EKS, S3, EC2, RDS, Lambda, Cloudflare; Docker; Kubernetes: GitOPS - ArgoCD, Kustomize, Helm; Other: Greenfield infrastructure setup, Terraform, CI/CD, CDN, Observability, Distributed systems, Fly.io; ## Education - **MBA International Business Consulting** - [Hochschule Offenburg](https://www.hs-offenburg.de/) - Oct 2012 - Feb 2014 - Offenburg, Germany - University of Applied Sciences Offenburg - **BS Computer Science and Technology** - [ITESM Monterrey](https://tec.mx/en) - Aug 2005 - Dec 2009 - Monterrey, Mexico - Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education ## Languages - πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ Spanish: Native (100/100) - πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ English: Fluent (100/100) - πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ German: Basic (25/100) Based on the print layout content from `apps/resume`, generated from `@workspace/data/resume`.