Summary
Ricardo Rodríguez is a seasoned entrepreneur and engineering leader with 17 years building web and AI-enhanced products, currently co-founder and CTO at Moonshot Partners. He blends deep Ruby on Rails and full-stack experience with research-driven interests in AI, NLP and automatic questionnaire generation for e-learning, and is completing advanced studies in AI and a PhD in Information and Knowledge Engineering. Ricardo has repeatedly scaled startups—from founding teams accelerated by Wayra to CTO roles at Metric.la and Sunlight Technologies—shipping production systems that span APIs, real-time features, search, and DevOps on AWS. He brings hands-on expertise in Ember.js, Elasticsearch, ActionCable and payments integrations, and recently expanded into blockchain, DApps and DeFi. Known for mentoring teams and speaking at free software events, he pairs pragmatic product focus with academic curiosity and an appetite for tackling complex, interdisciplinary problems.
17 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant, Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant at Asochef's - Punto Fijo
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Information and Knowledge Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Information and Knowledge Engineering at Universidad de Alcalá
Engineer's degree Electronics and Computer Science, Engineer's degree Electronics and Computer Science at Universidad Yacambú
CCNA System Networking and LAN/WAN Management/Manager, CCNA System Networking and LAN/WAN Management/Manager at Cisco Networking Academy
Master's degree Artificial Intelligence, Master's degree Artificial Intelligence at Universidad Internacional de La Rioja
Music Performance General, Music Performance General at Academia Latinoamericana de Violín
Spanish, English