Summary
Alejandro Ramírez is a seasoned technology executive and CTO based in Barcelona with 25+ years in software development and 15+ years scaling engineering organisations across SaaS, marketplaces and e-commerce. He combines board-level strategy with hands-on delivery—architecting cloud-native platforms, driving AWS/Snowflake cost optimisations, and embedding AI/ML and MLOps into product workflows. Known for leading teams from 5 to 60+ engineers, he has a track record of post-merger platform consolidations, observability improvements, and turning complex technical debt into reliable, measurable outcomes. As an independent technology advisor and occasional interim CTO since 2014, he helps companies align product, data and engineering roadmaps to business goals. An early educator in web and game technologies, he brings a rare mix of academic grounding and practical systems experience that informs his talent-first leadership style.
10 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
IEC, Electrical Engineering (Electronics and Telecommunications), IEC, Electrical Engineering (Electronics and Telecommunications) at Tecnológico de Monterrey
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science and Digital Communications, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science and Digital Communications at Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Spanish, Catalan, English