Daniel Gamboa
CFO at Backtest
Texas, United States
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Top SchoolDaniel Gamboa is a CFO and entrepreneurial operator with 13 years of cross-disciplinary experience spanning finance, engineering, product, and energy, now focused on building centralized water infrastructure at Teal. He blends earlier investment banking and energy M&A experience with hands-on product and engineering roles at Figment and Divvy Homes, bringing both deal-level rigor and technical fluency to operational finance. A founder and startup builder, he co-founded an edtech platform and co-hosts Backtest to explore pivotal market stories, reflecting a curiosity for narrative-driven learning. Deeply curious about AI, Daniel actively prototypes AI-enhanced workflows and product ideas, treating the intersections of tech, finance, and energy as the most fertile ground for innovation. Based in Texas and trained as a mechanical engineer, he combines structured quantitative thinking with a maker’s mindset to turn complex systems into scalable businesses.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship at Acton School of BusinessBS, Mechanical Engineering, BS, Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University
English, Spanish
Stackoverflow
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macos
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Github Skills (26)
solidity9
blockchain9
macos9
rust8
node-api8
github-api8
aws8
typescript8
aws-lambda8
lambda8
mongodb7
serverless7
web-development6
solana6
polkadot6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
dgamboa/writing-stage
Oct 2021 - Nov 2021
Contributions:85 commits, 1 PR, 30 pushes in 1 month
figment-networks/wallet-tutorial
Sep 2021 - Nov 2021
Contributions:1 review, 159 commits, 15 pushes in 1 month
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