Leonardo Arias Email and Phone Number

In my role as Vice President of Technology at Globant, I have managed multidisciplinary teams across various regions for end-to-end digital transformations in the Middle East. I have successfully built teams from scratch, delivered high-level implementation plans, and implemented solutions for clients. I have led Directors of Technology, Data/AI, Product, and Design to drive successful project outcomes. • Managed teams for digital transformations on some of the giga-projects• Built teams from scratch and delivered high-level implementation plans• Led Directors of Technology, Data/AI, Product, and Design to ensure successful project outcomes

Manage off-shore, near-shore and onsite teams in USA, Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, France, Romania and India. The teams consist of Web UI developers, Java developers, manual QA, SDETs, BAs, Tech Managers, Product Manager, Business Strategists, Project Managers and Program Managers. Over 200 people in total.- Capacity planning of offshore teams, deciding where to hire people depending on circumstances- Coordination of business objectives with client's leadership and development of strategies of grow offshore teams- High level design of software solutions to meet clients needs- Working closely with client's product and business teams- Strategic planning to grow scope

- Managed off-shore teams in Argentina, Colombia, Mexico and India. The teams consisted of Web UI developers, Java developers, manual Quality Assurance, automation developers, Business Analysts and Project Managers. Over 100 people in total.- Capacity planning of offshore teams, deciding where to hire people depending on circumstances- Coordination of business objectives with client's leadership and development of strategies of grow offshore teams- High level design of software solutions to meet clients' needs- Working closely with client's product and business teams- Lead and design new APIs of Globant Framework

- Focal point for dev teams working on Disney's B2B platform- SME of the plaftorm, performing estimations of new projects- Capacity planning to ramp up teams- Coordination of offshore teams in Argentina and Colombia- Working closely with client's product team to scope new projects

Technical Leader of a Studio of 9 developers in the re-design of WDPRO's e-commerce platform; a site with an annual revenue of 1.7B USD. Built using a LAMP stack under Zend Server, jQuery, HTML5, CSS3 and a Java REST Service layer using Apache CXF.

Technical Leader of a team of 7 developers working on several projects within WDPRO's e-commerce platform, namely:- development of Disney's e-commerce site for their new resort "Aulani" in Ko Olina, Hawai'i. Involved in architectural decisions and the whole development life-cycle.http://www.disneyaulani.com-Disney Air Procurement, adding Secure Flight Information to WDPRO's e-commerce platform complying with current standards and laws.-World Online Check In improvements, adding functionality to WDPRO's e-commerce platform.http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/-"Aulani" in Ko Olina, Hawai'i Online Check In, the idea was to include Online Check In functionality to Disney's new resort.http://www.disneyaulani.comI was involved in the architectural decisions and responsible for the whole development life-cycle, including deployment and hyper-care. All projects were delivered on time, under budget and bug free.