Cristian Ames
Sr Techincal Product Owner at Pearson
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Top SchoolCristian Ames is a senior technical product owner with 12 years of experience building and scaling product-focused engineering teams across education, finance, and logistics. He led the end-to-end launch of Versant by Pearson, managing two teams (~16 engineers) and tailoring the product for global markets while implementing SAFe and advanced roadmapping. Known for combining hands-on technical ownership with organizational agility, he serves as a primary technical contact for stakeholders and drives measurable improvements through metrics and KPIs. Previously he increased sprint velocity consistently and converted short engagements into multi-year partnerships by aligning delivery, architecture, and commercial goals. He has deep experience migrating monoliths to microservices on AWS, orchestrating complex integrations, and coaching engineers into leadership roles. Based in Barcelona, he’s passionate about products that improve wellbeing and brings a rare mix of delivery rigor, technical depth, and organizational maturity.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Grado en Ingeniería Ingeniería de sistemas, Grado en Ingeniería Ingeniería de sistemas at Universidad Tecnológica Nacional
Spanish, EnglishGithub contributions (5)
MendezBruno/intelligent-semaphore
Jul 2016 - Sep 2016
Contributions:69 commits, 16 PRs, 57 pushes in 2 months
tesissemaphorescongestion
cristianames/odinNode-project
Dec 2015 - Sep 2016
Contributions:16 pushes, 1 tag in 8 months
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