Eduardo Silva

Eduardo Silva is the VP of Engineering at Optimal Dynamics. Eduardo has held this position for 4 years and 5 months. Prior to their current role, Eduardo was the Platform Lead and Senior Platform Developer at KBS (kirshenbaum bond senecal + partners) for 3 years and 11 months. Eduardo is responsible for writing code and driving system architecture, as well as representing the group to management, vetting plans for features delivery, and dealing with details of the project management process. Eduardo has also been responsible for identifying bottlenecks in the process and roadblocks to success for their team, as well as identifying high-value projects and keeping the team focused on these projects. Additionally, they have partnered closely with the product lead to manage the project scope and ensure the technical deliverables are met. Eduardo has also led the hiring process for the Platform team and is responsible for providing guidance and mentorship to entry-level engineers. Some of their notable achievements include architecting and implementing high-performance web services and applications using Python, C#, and Java, as well as creating and documenting internal load testing procedures. Eduardo has also architected and implemented a web service to consume data from a major German automobile manufacturer's Super Bowl campaign, which was capable of handling 3,000+ concurrent users and consumed 1.7M+ transactions per hour. Another one of their notable achievements includes leading the load testing efforts to find the bottlenecks for a major home furnishing store's web service consumed by an iOS app. After implementing changes to the tiers creating the bottlenecks, they were able to decrease web service response time by 95%. Prior to their role at KBS, Eduardo was an Application Developer at Tribal DDB / TracyLocke for 11 months.

Eduardo Silva has a Bachelor of Science from Dallas Baptist University in Computer Science from 2007-2010. Eduardo also has an AWS Certified Solutions Architect certification from Amazon Web Services.