Francisco Meza

San Francisco, California-​ ​▪​- linkedin.com/in/fmezas​ ​ ​▪​ h ​ ttps://github.com/fmezas​ ​▪​ h ​ ttp://stackoverflow.com/users/387279/fco Francisco Meza Engineering Leader 10+ years’ success leading innovative large-scale engineering initiatives for rapid growth start-ups, business technology infrastructure, and commercial app development. Repeated success guiding global technology initiatives that achieve maximum operational impact with minimum resource expenditures. Talent for launching programs, providing and communicating organizational vision, and creating a cohesive team culture. Demonstrated track record building, motivating, and leading highly effective, diverse, geographically dispersed teams of engineering talent in a variety of industries including biotechnology, SAAS, e-commerce, mobile, and energy​. ​Hands-on proficiency with current and emerging technologies including cloud infrastructure and enterprise application integration. Highlights of Expertise ● ● ● ● Collocated & Dispersed Teams Multitier Architecture Strategic Infrastructure Planning Full Life Cycle Project Management ● ● ● Performance Metrics Rapid Prototyping Testing, Debugging & Optimization ● ● ● Transformational Leadership Team Building Cross Team Collaboration Career Experience Consultant Consulting on topics related to architecture, design and implementation of distributed software CLIENT: CLEARLABS, MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA​ (2018) Built (from scratch to first production ready version) the system that glues together a robotic liquid handler, scanners and a DNA sequencer, allowing maximum automation with minimum human supervision for the process that takes food samples and converts them to DNA sequences in the cloud. This system will be a key piece of the food safety product offered by ClearLabs (https://www.clearlabs.com/) Invitae, San Francisco, California Accountable for identifying, planning, and leading enterprise business technology solutions for a global genetic information company specializing in diagnosing hereditary disorders. SENIOR DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING​ (2016 to 2018) Guide legacy systems modernization and automation of non-laboratory systems for client services, billing, sales, marketing, and company clients. Lead and grow highly successful, geographically distributed teams of 20+ engineers spanning six facilities in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Focus on business scaling and profitability. ● Achieved a 40% reduction in client service call times by redesigning the integration of the Laboratory Information System with Salesforce CRM. ● Attained a 30% (and growing) increase in billing collections by integrating the Laboratory Information System with Xifin billing platform. MuleSoft, San Francisco, California Provided technical leadership for MuleSoft Anypoint, ​a leading i​ntegration platform for connecting applications, data, and devices within and between organizations via API-led connectivity.​ DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING​ (2015 to 2016) Defined and executed the production roadmap for critical products of MuleSoft’s Anypoint Platform: ​user and client management, authentication/authorization, API management, online API editor, and API portal editor. Recruited, mentored, continued… Francisco Meza Page 2 and managed 15 engineers (two engineering teams in ​San Francisco and one engineering team in ​Buenos Aires, Argentina)​. Led development efforts for​ Enterprise, SOA, SaaS, and API integration platform including ● Released platform support for RESTful API Modeling Language (RAML) version 1.0​. LinkedIn, San Francisco, California Built the mobile development team for Slideshare.net. Developed and launched SlideShare Mobile, the Android and iOS apps for ​the world's largest professional sharing community within one year. ENGINEERING​ ​MANAGER​ (2013 to 2015) Oversaw the content distribution team, responsible for one of the largest Ruby on Rails deployments worldwide. ​Grew the mobile development team from one to eight engineers. Successfully led development of slideshare.net Android and iOS mobile apps. ● Over 2M Android downloads and growing with comparable iOS growth. ● 70M unique visitors per month with close to 200M page views per month. ● Featured on Google Play and the App Store. OPENLANE, Menlo Park, California Built and managed development teams that brought B2B marketplaces for auctioning of automobiles online. SENIOR MANAGER, ENGINEERING​ (2006 to 2013) Hands-on Senior Manager; defined OPENLANE’s enterprise application development methodology based on extreme programming and agile methodologies. ● Created architecture for OPENLANE’s web based auction marketplaces generating over $1B of revenue annually. ● Successfully delivered key application features including inventory management, open auction marketplace, and marketplaces for private auctions. Consultant ​ (2005 to 2006) ​▪​ ThoughtWorks, Chicago, IL / San Francisco, CA Systems Architect​ (2000 to 2005) ​▪​ Chevron Corporation, San Ramon, California IT Consultant​ (2000) ​▪​ Cotelligent, San Ramon, California ADDITIONAL INDEPENDENT CONSULTING EXPERIENCE Realtime Online Auction (2015) ​▪​ RMS Automotive, Atlanta, Georgia Single Sign On authentication (2015) ​▪​ bit2bit Americas, Lima, Peru Contract Workflow Manager (2005) ​▪​ bit2bit Americas, Lima, Peru Education & Credentials Pontificia Universidad, Catolica de Peru, Lima, Peru BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Technical Proficiencies: Windows, Mac OS, ​Java (Spring, Hibernate), JavaScript (KnockoutJS, JQuery, Prototype), Python (Django, CherryPy), Postgres, HTML/CSS (Bootstrap),​ Python, Ruby, C#, Agile, SaaS, ​Android/iOS SDKs, SAML​, Linux, Node.js (folktalejs), Oracle, MySQL, OOP, Functional programming Bi-Lingual English and Spanish, oral and written.