Wander Smelan
Senior Director, Technology (IDL) CTO Latin America
Greater Chicago Area United States
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Top SchoolWander Smelan is a senior technology executive with 20+ years of international experience leading large-scale digital transformations across Retail and CPG in Latin America. As Senior Director/CTO for McDonald’s Latin America and former CTO of Unilever Marketplaces, he has delivered complex ecommerce re-platforms and omnichannel programs that drove double-digit GMV growth and material cost savings. He combines product-minded engineering leadership with vendor and global-team orchestration, scaling cross-functional teams and delivery centers across Brazil, India and the U.S. Fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese, he pairs strategic rigor from Northwestern and MIT Sloan executive education with hands-on delivery experience stretching back to Accenture and Fujitsu. Outside work he channels triathlete discipline into persistent, outcome-focused leadership.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Executive Program Strategy and Innovation, Executive Program Strategy and Innovation at MIT Sloan School of ManagementMaster of Science - MS Information Technology, Master of Science - MS Information Technology at Northwestern UniversityAngel Investor Program, Angel Investor Program at School of Economics, Business and Accounting at the University of São PauloBachelor of Science - BS Information Systems and Technology, Bachelor of Science - BS Information Systems and Technology at Faculdades Associadas de São Paulo
English, Portuguese, Spanish
Github Skills (197)
python-markdown10
python10
emoji10
odoo10
pip10
erp10
markdown10
autobahn10
python-development10
django10
latex10
rest10
management10
wamp10
site-generator10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
a358003542/yaogua2
Sep 2020 - Oct 2023
Contributions:1 release, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 2 months
a358003542/fenci
Sep 2018 - Mar 2022
Contributions:15 commits, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 6 months
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