Summary
Ricardo Castellanos is a seasoned founder and technology leader based in Madrid with eight years of focused experience building mobile-first products and scaling SaaS platforms end-to-end. As founder of AZBox and former CTO of OWQLO, he combines hands-on fluency in at least five languages (including Dart/Flutter, Swift, Kotlin, Java, Python) with product strategy, go-to-market, and revenue responsibility. He has led teams through crisis—reviving companies during COVID—implemented Scrum and engineering best practices, and digitized legacy organizations with analytics, automation, and retention mechanics. His background spans consumer apps used by millions and niche IoT/gamified training products, reflecting a rare blend of high-scale production experience and experimental R&D. He also teaches a master’s course in AI and pursued Udacity’s ML Nanodegree, signaling a continuous investment in machine learning and data-driven product design. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic architect and coach who resolves complexity with humor and a focus on measurable outcomes.
7 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
IT Sistemas, IT Sistemas at Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Associate Degree IT, Associate Degree IT at School Virgen de Gracia
Machine Learning Engineer Nanodegree Inteligencia artificial, Machine Learning Engineer Nanodegree Inteligencia artificial at Udacity
English, German