Summary
Karen Da Cruz is a Senior Technical Product Manager and creative technologist with 13+ years of experience building user-centered digital products across fintech, government, and agency environments. She blends software engineering, design thinking, and agile leadership to lead distributed teams across the Americas, Europe, and Asia from vision to production, most recently founding a fintech startup to simplify USD/PEN currency exchange and now shaping product strategy at Mighty Acorn Digital. Karen’s strengths include AI and emerging tech, UX research, and systems thinking, enabling her to translate complex technical trade-offs into clear roadmaps and measurable outcomes. Beyond product delivery she’s an active community builder—co-founding Women in Technology Perú and HackerKids Perú, initiatives that have trained hundreds and forged partnerships with organizations like Intel and Microsoft. An operator who codes and prototypes, she’s comfortable moving between Figma, prototypes and technical architecture to accelerate learning and reduce launch risk.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Blockchain Bites
Bachelor's degree, Systems Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Systems Engineering at Universidad de Lima
Certificate, Online Marketing, Certificate, Online Marketing at Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas
Spanish, English