
Manuel Sotelo
@manuelsotelo
Technology leader at PagoDirecto advancing fintech governance, delivery, and AI-first engineering.
What I'm looking for
At PagoDirecto, I lead Technology Governance and Delivery Management initiatives, aligning Technology, Engineering, Security, Operations, and business. I strengthened the IT governance model and designed a delivery approach spanning planning, releases, risks, and traceability.
I also led the digitization of client onboarding and integration, including APIs, sandbox environments, partner provisioning, and client portals. At Evolbit, I directed technology strategy and operations for a software factory, while advancing AI-assisted development and specification-driven practices.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
• Led Technology Governance and Delivery Management initiatives at a payment fintech, aligning Technology, Engineering, Security, Operations, and business functions.
• Strengthened the IT governance model by establishing policies, procedures, roles, RACI matrices, MOF frameworks, KPIs, and monitoring mechanisms; managed budget planning, vendor relations, licensing, and SLAs.
• Developed the Tech
Worked as Executive Technology Advisor at Evolbit.
• Liderazgo de iniciativas de Technology Governance y Delivery Management en una fintech de medios de pago, articulando Tecnología, Ingeniería, Seguridad, Operaciones y negocio.
• Fortalecimiento del modelo de gobierno TI mediante políticas, procedimientos, roles, RACI, MOF, KPIs y mecanismos de seguimiento; participación en planificación presupuestal, proveedores, licenciamiento y SLAs.
• Desarro
• Dirección de estrategia y operación tecnológica de una software factory, liderando equipos multidisciplinarios de desarrollo, QA, diseño y producto.
• Gestión end-to-end del ciclo de proyectos tecnológicos, desde discovery, estimación y definición de solución hasta arquitectura, desarrollo, QA, deployment, soporte y evolución.
• Liderazgo de proyectos y productos digitales para clientes de los s
Worked as Tech consultant at Evolbit.
Worked as Consultor de tecnología at Evolbit.
Para la empresa, desarrollando estrategias para incrementar la operación y preparar la empresa para ello, gestionando el talento humano, presupuesto de la empresa y proyectos, mejorando los procesos y procedimientos, tomando el control de parte de la gestión comercial. Para los proyectos gestionándolos y desarrollando para algunos de ellos.
Participación por proyectos para Pacífico Seguros eCommerce y Sistema de gestión de pedidos Vicky para Delosi.
Actividades principales:
o Gestión de equipos de trabajo en base a proyectos haciendo uso de metodologías ágiles.
o Elaboración de análisis y plan de trabajo.
o Seguimiento de las actividades.
o Desarrollo de estimaciones y cotizaciones en conjunto con los equipos de tecnología y diseño,
Parte del área de EOC & ECM, encarga del catálogo de productos y gestión de órdenes para la orquestación de plataformas. (Julio 2017 – Mayo 2019).
o Proyecto AMX1 – Claro Perú: Proyecto Fullstack que tiene por finalidad migrar las principales plataformas que soportan las operaciones de Claro y además parte de las plataformas que soportan el negocio. Dentro del proyecto cubrí las siguientes funcion
Teacher in IT department for IT Development degree, teaching courses of analysis and software development, databases and server operative systems in IDAT institute, part of Intercorp group.
As part of parameterization area, performing analysis and documentation of execution for platform Altamira (OCS - Online Charging System) projects of Telefónica Movistar group.
Functions:
Negotiation and analysis definition according to customer requirements.
Technical development of requirement based on dealed scope. Including database operations and platform processes.
Making of operatio
Performing analysis through created software checking, documents and meetings with internal customer, developing new tools and improvements to implemented and created software to get a better performance of company user areas, providing a better management of information. Development made mostly in PHP language with PostgreSQL database.
Achievements:
Improve in performance and functionalities
Correct management of the area, managing informatic resources and IT staff, provide monitoring and continual support to activities and projects executed by company staff with the purpose of fulfill stablished target and goals.
Functions:
Hiring of staff according to area needs.
Research to creation of new services to provides to company, optimize services provides from company to customers.
Area management, besides monitoring of staff activities to achieve traced results. Internal and exetrnal customer projects development, informatic resources and IT staff management, coordination with company staff of technical support and software development, making of area plan and work schedule of the area.
Functions:
Supervise and support in analysis and development software, software that
Developing a platform of análisis and evaluation of performance and working environment, using ASP .NET server application and C# language and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 database. Backoffice software development using POO PHP and MySQL database.
o Achievements:
Performance and working environment software análisis and development, used on multiple client customers Projects. Using PHP POO and M
Analyzing and deveopment of peruvian ERP Navasoft modules using PHP language and Microsoft SQL Server database, implemented on Windows Server (IIS) and Linux (Apache).
Achievements: Development of annex system of ERP Navasoft, system purpose is getting of customer orders.
Developer
Asgard Technologies
Apr 2011 - Jun 2011 (2 months)
Openbravo ERP developer, ERP based on Java platform and implemented with PostgreSQL database.
Achievements: Reports development using open source tools, developed reports were mostly about accountant area.
Development and selling of Servers, Storage, Data Center, Networking and Services solutions.
Achievements: Trend technology in big companies domain (Data Center, Software Licences, Servers, Security, Networking and Personal Computers), besides to get seller knowledge. Excelent customer treatment and exhibition of designed solutions exposition, solutions based on client requirements.
Network design and implementation and technical support.
Achievements: Implementation of new network structure, besides Active Directory Services implementation in Windows Server 2003 Server and join of clients, directives configuration according to company areas and rule business. Technical Support to end user.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola
Engineer, Business and Systems Engineering
2015 - 2018
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Auditoría de sistemas
Jan 2014 · Expired Dec 2014
TECSUP
Oracle 11g
Aug 2011
TECSUP
Bachiller técnico, Redes y comunicaciones de datos
2006 - 2010
CertiProf
Scrum Foundation Professional Certificate (SFPC)
Cibertec
Java Advanced
Oct 2013
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
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