Summary
Ricardo Garcia is a seasoned engineering leader and founder with 11 years of experience building product- and AI-driven platforms across AdTech, PropTech, and consumer web. He blends hands-on development with strategic leadership—solo-building an AI-native Shopify app and MCP server, while as CTO and VP he scaled teams and products from prototype to platforms handling tens of millions in transactions. At Google/YouTube Ads he led developer tools efforts that combined low-level C++ work with multi-year strategic roadmaps to improve developer velocity and UI quality. He routinely ships AI-first tooling (RAG agents, Claude Code integrations) that accelerates teams—once doubling PR throughput via AI-assisted processes—and coaches engineers through promotions and cross-team alignment. Based in Los Angeles, he favors 0→1 product building and operational scaling, and brings an uncommon mix of product instinct, systems design, and practical AI application to internal workflows.
11 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science and Engineering, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science and Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
English, Spanish, Portuguese