Summary
Rigo Castro is a seasoned technology leader and founder with 12 years of experience building and scaling product-driven engineering teams across Latin America. Currently Co-founder and CTO of utomata, he blends hands-on full-stack architecture (React, Flutter, Node, Go, Serverless, GraphQL) with operator experience from roles at Kavak, iVoy and multiple startups. He’s known for shipping resilient, user-focused systems that optimize operations—often in high-throughput marketplaces and logistics—and for mentoring cross-functional teams through OKR-driven management. Rigo combines entrepreneurial training from MIT’s Becoming an Entrepreneur with a High Impact Manager certification from Tecnológico de Monterrey, a mix that informs both strategy and execution. Based in Mexico City, he prefers pragmatic, cloud-native stacks (AWS/GCP, Hasura, Prisma) and has a track record of moving quickly from prototype to production.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
High Impact Manager Business Administration and Management General, High Impact Manager Business Administration and Management General at Tecnológico de Monterrey
Becoming an Entrepreneur Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, Becoming an Entrepreneur Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Systems Engineering, Systems Engineering at Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia
Ignite Mentoring Program Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management, Ignite Mentoring Program Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management at Lidr.co | Training great Tech Leaders
Spanish, English