Summary
Vanessa Cañete is a technology executive and entrepreneur with 11 years of experience leading software delivery, talent management, and research initiatives across Paraguay and the US. As Managing Director of WillDom Paraguay and former CEO of Codium, she scaled a regional developer network, implemented a proprietary talent-management model, and operationalized Holacracy to launch a software factory serving international clients. She also leads industry-wide strategy as President of CISOFT, where she introduced market-facing pillars including an Observatory of Purchases and programs to internationalize skills. Vanessa combines hands-on technical roots—from telecom provisioning and full‑stack development to AI-driven medical imaging research—with a strong focus on inclusive talent pipelines, co-founding Girls Code and training bootcamps that bring rural and female talent into tech. Certified with an executive MBA and leadership training at Georgetown, she blends academic rigor with practical scaling experience and a proven track record securing research funding and building multidisciplinary teams.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Global Competitiveness Leadership Program, Global Competitiveness Leadership Program at Georgetown University
Ingeniería Informática Informática, Ingeniería Informática Informática at Universidad Nacional de Asunción
MBA. Máster Executive en Administración y Dirección General de Empresas Business Administration and Management General, MBA. Máster Executive en Administración y Dirección General de Empresas Business Administration and Management General at Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio
English, Spanish