Ariel PerezAP
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Ariel Perez

@arielperez

Experienced product leader and engineer driving growth through technology.

Spain
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What I'm looking for

I am seeking a role that allows me to leverage my product and engineering expertise in a dynamic environment, focusing on innovation and team empowerment.

I am a seasoned engineer and product leader with over 20 years of experience across startups, scale-ups, and Fortune 50 companies. My expertise lies in bridging product and technology to drive growth, accelerate release cadence, and create impactful products. I thrive in building high-performing, adaptive organizations that deliver exceptional business results.

Currently, I serve as the Head of Product & Technology at Tinybird, where I lead the development of enterprise-grade data infrastructure for real-time analytics. My leadership has transformed engineering culture, improved platform stability, and significantly increased business profitability. I am passionate about fostering autonomy and clarity within teams, enabling them to take ownership of their outcomes and initiatives.

Throughout my career, I have consistently delivered results, from cutting lead times for data-intensive features to architecting platforms that enhance product responsiveness. My commitment to operational excellence and innovation has not only saved millions in operational costs but has also driven substantial improvements in product delivery and customer satisfaction.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

TI
Current

Field CTO

Tinybird

Jul 2024 - Present (1 year)

As Tinybird's first Field CTO, served as the technical bridge between the company and the market, working with global customers, prospects, partners, and internal teams to communicate complex real-time analytics solutions as tangible business value. Led DevRel and Sales Engineering teams, tripling high-quality technical content production while significantly increasing win rates.

TI
Current

Head of Product & Technology

Tinybird

Nov 2024 - Present (8 months)

Led the product and technology organization in building enterprise-grade data infrastructure that enables real-time analytics at scale while simplifying the developer experience. Transformed engineering culture by ensuring teams consistently had clear strategy, vision, context, and themes, enabling autonomous decision-making and increased ownership of outcomes and initiatives.

SS

VP of Engineering - Measurement & Learning

Split Software

Jun 2022 - Jun 2024 (2 years)

Led a high-performing engineering team in building real-time data pipelines, consuming over 100 GB of data per day from hundreds of customers. Re-platformed the big-data analytics infrastructure, migrating 100s of TBs of data to a real-time streaming data platform in under a year, saving over $1.2M annually in licensing and operational costs, while accelerating innovation and delivery.

JC

Head of Digital and Communications Platforms

JP Morgan Chase & Co.

Jan 2022 - Jun 2022 (5 months)

Led the strategy and development of the native mobile and web platforms, graphql backend-for-frontends, and cross-channel communications platform, enabling product, marketing, and engineering teams to efficiently and effectively deliver Chase UK. Architected platform to facilitate bi-weekly releases of the mobile app on both Android and iOS platforms, enhancing product responsiveness and feature d

JC

Head of Product & Engineering - Dark Canary

JP Morgan Chase & Co.

Sep 2017 - May 2019 (1 year 8 months)

Conceived, built, and launched JPMC's first full-stack feature-flagging platform for progressively delivering features to Chase’s 65MM+ active digital users. Built an autonomous, cross-functional team to take a scalable, cross-platform, user-friendly feature-flagging platform from concept to implementation in under 9 months.

JC

Head of Core Web Engineering and Solution Architecture

JP Morgan Chase & Co.

Apr 2017 - Dec 2018 (1 year 8 months)

Led expert teams responsible for shared components, platform-level non-functional requirements, hybrid web & native integrations, and solution architecture for Chase Online. Improved average page load time by 4.25 seconds by reducing JS bundle sizes through systematic identification and removal of redundant and obsolete code, and increasing cache hit rates.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

University of Pennsylvania logoUP

University of Pennsylvania

Bachelor of Science, Computer & Cognitive Science

Studied Computer & Cognitive Science with a minor in Mathematics and Economics. Focused on the interdisciplinary aspects of computing and human cognition.

Tech stack

Software and tools used professionally

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