Lácides Adolfo Guzmán

Chief Technology Officer at Bamboo Payment Systems

Lácides Adolfo Guzmán has a strong background in technology and engineering, with a range of roles in various companies. Lácides Adolfo currently serves as the Chief Technology Officer at Bamboo Payment Systems since 2022. Prior to this, they worked as an Advisor at Hunty from 2021 to 2022.

From 2020 to 2022, Lácides served as the VP of Engineering at Rappi, where they led the Global Payment Infrastructure Tribe and the Global Customer Experience Tribe, overseeing the development and operation of the RappiPay platform in several countries.

In 2021, Lácides worked as a University Lecturer at Universidad de Los Andes, sharing their knowledge and expertise.

From 2018 to 2020, Lácides was the Chief Technology Officer for Latam at PayU, leading the areas of Software Engineering and IT Operations and playing a key role in developing and operating the payment platform for several Latin American countries.

In 2018, Lácides briefly served as the Engineering Manager at Preo, where they were responsible for the Backend Engineering Team.

From 2001 to 2017, Lácides held multiple positions at Bizagi, including Director of Engineering, Engineering Team Lead, and Software Engineer. During their time at Bizagi, they played a crucial role in releasing new versions of their suite of products and led the development of the Bizagi Modeler.

Lácides began their career as a Software Engineer at Sertisoft S.A.S. in 2000, contributing to the design and development of the Tracking & Management System (TMS). Prior to that, they worked at Infofinanciera.com, where they led the design and development of a financial information web portal.

Lácides obtained their engineering experience and skills as an Engineer in the University Computing Center at Universidad de Los Andes in 1997, where they designed and developed web applications for the University's website.

Overall, Lácides Adolfo Guzmán has a diverse and extensive work experience in technology and engineering, with notable achievements and leadership roles in various companies throughout their career.

Lácides Adolfo Guzmán's education history is as follows:

1. Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from Universidad de Los Andes, obtained from 1994 to 1999.

2. Specialization in Computer Software Engineering from Universidad de Los Andes, obtained from 2004 to 2005.

3. Bachelor's Degree from Colegio De La Esperanza, obtained from 1983 to 1993. The field of study is unknown.

Additionally, Lácides Adolfo Guzmán has obtained multiple certifications, including:

- "FinTech disrupting Financial Services" from Udemy, obtained in November 2021.

- "Python for Everybody Specialization" from University of Michigan on Coursera, obtained in May 2021.

- "AWS: Disaster Recovery" from LinkedIn, obtained in November 2020.

- "Amazon Web Services: Disaster Recovery (2017)" from LinkedIn, obtained in October 2020.

- "The Future of Payment Technologies" from University of Michigan on Coursera, obtained in October 2020.

- "Cryptocurrency and Blockchain: An Introduction to Digital Currencies" from Wharton University of Pennsylvania on Coursera, obtained in September 2020.

- "Gestión Continua de la Calidad del Software con SonarQube" from BD Tech on Udemy, obtained in August 2020.

- "Reactive Architecture: Building Scalable Systems - Level 2" from Lightbend, Inc., obtained in August 2020.

- "Reactive Architecture: CQRS & Event Sourcing - Level 2" from Lightbend, Inc., obtained in August 2020.

- "Reactive Architecture: Distributed Messaging Patterns - Level 2" from Lightbend, Inc., obtained in August 2020.

- "Reactive Architecture: Domain Driven Design - Level 2" from Lightbend, Inc., obtained in August 2020.

- "Reactive Architecture: Reactive Microservices - Level 2" from Lightbend, Inc., obtained in August 2020.

- "DevOps Essentials" from Linux Academy on Udemy, obtained in July 2020.

- "FinTech: Foundations, Payments, and Regulations" from Wharton University of Pennsylvania on Coursera, obtained in July 2020.

- "Reactive Architecture: Introduction to Reactive Systems - Level 2" from Lightbend, Inc., obtained in July 2020.

- "DevOps Foundations: Going Cloud Native" from LinkedIn, obtained in June 2020.

- "Fifteen Great CTO Leadership Hacks" by Mark Farragher on Udemy, obtained in June 2020.

- "Microservices: Designing Highly Scalable Systems" by Sean Campbell on Udemy, obtained in June 2020.

- "Leading in Crisis" from LinkedIn, obtained in May 2020.

- "AWS Essentials" from Linux Academy on Udemy, obtained in April 2020.

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Timeline

  • Chief Technology Officer

    October, 2022 - present