Cristina Buenahora
VP, Strategic Initiatives
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCristina Buenahora is a seasoned software leader with a decade of experience driving engineering excellence and operational maturity for teams at enterprises such as ASML, Canva, Blackstone, Xero, Skyscanner, and Grammarly. As VP of Strategic Initiatives at Cortex—after roles from founding engineer to Director of Engineering—she focuses on reducing incidents and MTTR while lowering developer friction through centralized visibility, ownership, and automated scorecards. She founded Braintrust to connect CTOs, VPs, and Directors of Engineering globally, turning day-to-day conversations with leaders into a community that accelerates shared learning. Her background spans hands-on engineering at Bridgewater and product-facing internships at Microsoft, giving her a rare blend of executional rigor and community-driven strategy.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Informatics, Informatics at The University of EdinburghRye High SchoolBachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science and Systems Science & Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science and Systems Science & Engineering at University of Pennsylvania
English, Spanish, French
Github Skills (33)
plugin9
jclouds9
launchdarkly9
rest-api8
api8
rest8
java8
api-client8
get-started7
java-client7
cortex7
continuous-integration7
bitbucket6
feature-flags6
integrations6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
cortexapps/backstage-plugin-extensions
Jan 2022 - Feb 2025
Extensions to the Cortex backstage plugin
Contributions:15 reviews, 3 PRs, 9 pushes in 3 years 1 month
cortexpluginextensionsbackstagebackstage-plugin
cortexapps/eslint-config-oss
Feb 2022 - Jul 2024
Contributions:2 reviews, 3 PRs, 4 pushes in 2 years 6 months
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