Raphael Villas is an engineering manager and mission-driven technology leader with about 13 years of progressive technical and leadership experience across startups, enterprise products, and government digital transformation. He has led product engineering teams at director level and now manages engineering at XOi, combining cross-functional leadership across engineering, product, and business domains. His background includes founding roles at 18F and a Presidential Innovation Fellowship, where he helped modernize public servicesโexperience that informs a pragmatic, user-centered approach to product delivery. Technically grounded in Ruby and JavaScript with a civic-tech bent, heโs comfortable balancing hands-on development, UX concerns, and agile/lean delivery. Colleagues describe him as a practical change agent who brings mission focus to complex organizational and delivery challenges. Located in Spring Hill, TN, he pairs enterprise-scale execution with a startup mentality.
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