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Daniele Monaca

@danielemonaca

Technical Product Manager at DevOz, acquired after delivering AI software and integrations for BMW Group, Hilton, Sysco, and MongoDB.

Italy

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What I'm looking for

I'm available as an independent contractor through my Italian VAT / Partita IVA for EU, UK, and US clients, with flexible hours overlapping US time zones (ET / PT).

At DevOz, I founded an AI-focused software company that delivered custom software and integrations for clients including BMW Group, Hilton, Sysco, and MongoDB. The company was acquired.

I owned product strategy and architecture reviews across the SaaS portfolio, with 99.9% uptime SLAs. I also grew an in-house invoicing SaaS to 2,000 paying customers using PostHog analytics, user interviews, and feedback loops.

At Chess.com, I led the rework of a monolithic email delivery system onto Iterable and SendGrid, supporting 50M emails per month. I partnered with the CEO, CTO, board, and CRM stakeholders on technically sound CRM campaigns and hiring/payroll pipelines.

At BMW Group, I managed delivery of 50+ features on bmw.com and mini.com across 24+ international markets. Earlier, at HipSquare GmbH, I developed enterprise web applications and built React and Angular UI implementations, as well as refactored a client's legacy back end to containerisation, microservices, and PostgreSQL.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Founder & Head of Product

Current

DevOz

Mar 2023 - Present (3 years 7 months)

Founded and led an AI-focused software company delivering custom software and integrations for clients including BMW Group, Hilton, Sysco and MongoDB; company acquired. Owned product strategy and architecture reviews across the SaaS portfolio, with 99.9% uptime SLAs.

AI Product Strategy Architecture SaaS PostHog User Interviews Remote Team Leadership

Technical Product Manager – CRM & Email Platform Integrations

Chess.com

Mar 2023 - Sep 2025 (2 years 6 months)

Led the rework of the monolithic email delivery system onto external platforms Iterable and SendGrid, supporting 50M emails per month. Partnered with the CEO, CTO, board and CRM stakeholders to define technically sound CRM campaigns and hiring/payroll pipelines.

Iterable Sendgrid CRM Email Systems Stakeholder Management Product Roadmapping

Technical Product Manager

BMW Group

Oct 2020 - Feb 2023 (2 years 4 months)

Managed the delivery of 50+ features on bmw.com and mini.com, among the most visited automotive websites in the world. Coordinated feature releases across devices and 24+ international markets, aligning product, engineering and market teams.

Product Management Web Platform Cross functional Coordination Technical Recruiting

Software Engineer

HipSquare GmbH

May 2018 - Sep 2020 (2 years 4 months)

Developed and consulted on a large-scale web application for enterprise customers including Allianz SE, ADAC and AWO. Built and delivered UI implementations in React and Angular across multiple projects, working closely with UI/UX design teams.

React Angular UI UX Containerization Microservices PostgreSQL