
Chris Hallwass
@chrishallwass
Data Product Manager at Raízen who led VERUM, integrating SAP, Salesforce, and Protheus for daily business intelligence.
What I'm looking for
At Raízen, I led VERUM, the Shell Lubricants business data lake, integrating SAP, Salesforce, and Protheus to provide daily business intelligence and support executive decisions.
I also led ROTA, a mobile sales-force automation platform supporting 150 sales representatives and approximately 16,500 customer visits per month. Prioritising route-planning optimisation reduced Google Maps API calls by more than 66%.
At Coca-Cola FEMSA, I established and lead a local software engineering team of six, aligning enterprise application priorities with business stakeholders. I delivered approximately BRL 500,000 in cost avoidance within six months by bringing software development capabilities in-house, and led an invoicing workflow improvement that reduced processing time by 96%.
At Telefônica Brasil (Vivo), I was Product Owner for the credit module of Global Web, a B2B SaaS self-service platform, defining credit rules, requirements, and backlog priorities through MVP validation. I also managed delivery and led QA for Projeto Luiza, coordinating Salesforce integration testing through production release.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
DevSecOps Manager
Coca-Cola FEMSA
Apr 2025 - Present (1 year 6 months)
Established and led Brazil's first local software engineering team of six Full-Stack and SAP ABAP professionals, aligning enterprise application priorities with business stakeholders. Delivered approximately BRL 500,000 in cost avoidance within six months by bringing software development capabilities in-house.
Led VERUM, the Shell Lubricants business data lake, integrating SAP, Salesforce and Protheus to provide daily business intelligence updates and enable data-driven executive decisions. Coordinated cross-functional teams and business stakeholders to translate reporting and operational needs into product priorities, integration requirements and delivery plans.
Led custom enterprise application delivery for financial business processes, coordinating business analysts, engineers and vendors. Defined functional requirements, assessed feasibility, prioritised work, and coordinated testing and deployment across complex corporate systems.
Senior Project Analyst
Telefônica Brasil (Vivo)
May 2019 - Nov 2020 (1 year 6 months)
Product Owner for the credit module of Global Web, a B2B SaaS self-service platform; defined credit rules, requirements and backlog priorities through MVP validation. Project Manager and QA Lead for Projeto Luiza, a B2B/B2B2C digital commerce platform; coordinated delivery and Salesforce integration testing through production release.
Management Trainee, Digital Transformation
Telefônica Brasil (Vivo)
Oct 2017 - Apr 2019 (1 year 6 months)
Supported digital transformation delivery as Scrum Master, facilitating agile rituals, backlog coordination and cross-functional alignment.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
ISCTE Executive Education
Professional Development, Artificial Intelligence
Participated in Artificial Intelligence Immersion at ISCTE Executive Education, expected completion in 2026.
ESPM
MBA, Business Management
MBA in Business Management in Digital Environments from ESPM, completed in 2019.
ETEP
Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from ETEP, completed in 2015.
ETEP
Technical Diploma, Mechatronics
Technical Diploma in Mechatronics from ETEP, completed in 2009.
Udemy
Professional Development, Product Management
Completed Advanced Product Management: Vision, Strategy & Metrics and Product Management Foundations courses on Udemy.
FGV
Professional Development, Product Management
Completed the course Criação, Desenvolvimento e Gestão de Produtos at FGV.
Coursera
Professional Development, Product Management
Completed the course Product Management: An Introduction on Coursera.
CertiProf
Professional Certificate, Scrum
Earned the Scrum Foundation Professional Certificate from CertiProf.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
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