Alberto Lopez

Led engineering strategy for a 100+ person organization, driving technology leadership and digitalisation initiatives. Transformed complex systems landscapes by overseeing architecture, cloud infrastructure, and organizational design.

Built an engineering organization and culture centered on autonomous, purpose-driven teams. Allocated salary, capex, and opex budgets, and shaped business strategy through participation in the senior management group.

Owned a product area comprising 3+1 teams of 6-9 members each, driving leadership and collaboration across four engineering managers. Developed team capabilities through technical mentoring and established career development frameworks.

Owned the roadmaps for multiple development teams, translating business strategy into actionable tasks. Reengineered the software development lifecycle (SDLC) processes to improve delivery quality and meet deadlines.

Oversaw team processes and removed impediments to enhance operational efficiency and achieve sprint goals. Combined Scrum Master duties with NodeJS development responsibilities to drive technology change.

Engineered the migration of streaming architecture from on-premise PHP/JavaScript services to a simplified SaaS/IaC model, implementing a NodeJS microservice architecture in AWS. Developed key components and services that enhanced the functionality and performance of the streaming service.

Designed and implemented end-to-end streaming architecture, developing back-end systems and web content management flows. Built a Flash player from scratch, incorporating manifest processing, encryption mechanisms, and buffering techniques.

Developed Web API integrations for business-critical messaging and audio streaming systems. Implemented bulk messaging systems for Telefonica R&D and engineered audio streaming capabilities for Prisa R&D.

Built Web API integrations for two products, enhancing system integration capabilities using PHP.

Contributed to engineering projects at VisualTools. Implemented end-to-end surveillance systems in airports across Europe and other large and state organizations.

Led software development projects and managed cross-functional delivery for consumer devices. Managed the development of set-top boxes for Telefonica O2 in the UK, coordinating engineering and delivery activities.

Delivered part-time web development and systems administration work to support educational platforms and internal tools.

Developed and integrated video surveillance systems and flight simulator visualization components for defense and aviation projects.

Certified ScrumMaster training covering Scrum framework and agile practices.

Conducted doctoral research on robotic perception and autonomous navigation with a focus on sensor fusion and real-time localization algorithms; translated research into working prototypes for indoor navigation and perception robustness.

Thesis project built a streaming pipeline and video player to enable disabled people to attend classes online in real-time and on-demand.

Final project added localization capabilities to robots navigating an area using cameras and distance sensors, employing stereoscopic vision algorithms.