Raúl Plata Rico Email & Phone Number

Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, CL

• Professional with more than 25 years of experience in Information Technologies and software industry. As CFO I lead ARKHO operational optimization and scalable growth strategy as a reference company in Latin America.
• Leading the company's growth in a dynamic and challenging market.
• Building a competitive offering in cloud adoption and digital transformation projects.
• Generating a deepening strategy to accelerate cloud adoption, digital transformation and data governance.
• Architecting ARKHO methodological practices to deliver a service of excellence, highly committed to our clients' results.

New York, NY, US

• Software lifecycle owner in the emerging markets derivatives (FX, Options, Swaps) platform for Investment Bank in Latin America. Role in charged of aligning the development process with Bank policies, audits and.
• Planned the process in the adoption of Agile-Lean principles for regional teams. In the Scrum Master role I worked for more than 50 sprints tuning processes and tools to get shippable code by iterations.
• Designed the global settlement platform (Market Adapters) connecting applications with local clearings (Brazil, Chile, Mexico), settling daily transactions for more than US$5 MM.
• Defined the release management and L3 support model with high standard SLAs.

• As manager of the team I was in charged of IT project execution and delivery for important Chilean customers as Finning CAT, Stein, Telefonica and BCI.
• Managed 3 teams of 5 people each, providing software factory services. I defined the development process and agile adoption in the company.
• Worked in pre-sales, planning and project management; I contributed to including BCI Bank as a regular client.

Miami, FL, US

• Technical lead and software architect in IT projects for consulting industry. Pre-sales responsibilities, including technology stack definition and proposal generation. In charged of delivery and customer satisfaction.
• As SOA practice leader, I defined standards and procedures for adopting a new development paradigm in the organization.
• As Java architect, I contributed in the execution of multiple banking projects, focused on payment platform and web interfaces development.

Santiago, Región Metropolitana, CL

• Java application developer working in telecommunications industry IT projects.
• Contributed in the implementation of Entel’s mobile portal using WAP and WEB technologies.
• Designed and developed a contract and document management system for Entel, supporting sales channels.

West Hartford, US

As web Portal developer, I worked in government sector for “Contraloría General de la República de Colombia (TGR)” using RUP and XP methodologies, implementing user interface components and porlets. I was part of the Rapid application development (RAD) team.

Hallandale Beach, Florida, US

As application developer, I implemented a new intranet portal for internal use. I also contributed in the design and development of a VoIP platform (routing and pricing).

Support and maintenance of the extranet services of the company, providing functionalities to the dealer network for cell phone activation.

Bogotá, Cundinamarca, CO

Developer for internal applications in the organization. I designed a ticketing system (issue tracker) used in the call center for attending user requirements.

Postgraduate Degree, Business Administration And Management, General

Diploma Of Education, Data Processing And Data Processing Technology/Technician

Diploma Of Education, Business Administration And Management, General

Engineer'S Degree, Computer Science