Summary
Cristina Tobón is a founder and CEO with 11 years of hands-on experience blending product management, software engineering and people-first leadership to help startups and scaleups build profitable, humane tech products. She leads Code Sherpas to assemble diverse, inclusive teams that deeply understand business vision and deliver continuously using pragmatic, Lean and biomimetic approaches. A former backend and platform engineer (SEAT:CODE, Altran) and product manager, she bridges building the right thing with building it right—favoring TDD, DDD and cloud-native practices. Cristina also teaches legacy system management at La Salle BCN and mentors women in tech, reflecting a commitment to education and systemic change. Based in Barcelona, her background in environmental engineering and big data informs a “green thinker” perspective that seeks resilient, nature-inspired business designs.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc Environmental Science, Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc Environmental Science at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Postgraduate Degree Digital Transformation, Postgraduate Degree Digital Transformation at EAE Business School
UPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Master's degree Big Data: Data Management Data Analytics and Business Intelligence, Master's degree Big Data: Data Management Data Analytics and Business Intelligence at UPC School (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)
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English, Spanish