PROFESSIONAL HISTORY // 003
EXPERIENCE_
06/2021 – Present
CEO & Co-Founder
@ HolaTaipei Co., Ltd. (台北歡迎有限公司)
HolaTaipei is a travel agency project founded by Spaniards living in Taiwan and targeting, but not limited to, Spanish speaking customers wishing to come to Taiwan for travel and/or business.
https://www.holataipei.com ↗
LOCATION //
Taipei, Taiwan
- Co-Founded and scaled a travel agency delivering B2C and B2B services for international customers traveling to Taiwan.
- B2B Tech Sales securing international corporate partnerships and managing clients accounts across Europe, LATAM and Asia.
- AWS Cloud Hosting web provisioning and DNS routing (EC2, Cloudfront, S3, Lambda, R53…) to maintain 99.9% uptime
- Led international business operations, managing partner integrations, contracts, and technical requirements across diverse regional regulatory frameworks.
AWS
Cloud Architecture
Automation
B2B Integrations
10/2015 – 12/2020
Lead DevOps & Cloud Solutions Architect
@ Trend Micro (趨勢科技)
Trend Micro is a global cybersecurity company providing enterprise security solutions, cloud security, endpoint protection, and threat detection to protect organizations against evolving cyber threats.
https://www.trendmicro.com ↗
LOCATION //
Taipei, Taiwan
- Architected, deployed, and managed multi-region, scalable, and high-security AWS infrastructure for "Phish Insight"—Trend Micro’s core security awareness SaaS platform.
- Built, trained, and led an SRE and cloud engineering team based in the Philippines; served as primary technical lead for incident response, monitoring, and automated failover strategy.
- Lead cloud migration and CI/CD adoption for 30+ key SaaS microservices across a department of 60+ engineers.
- Standardized enterprise CI/CD workflows using Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI, Octopus Deploy, and SonarQube to improve release velocity and code safety.
AWS
SRE
DevOps
Python
C#
Multi-region Architecture
Microservices
Jenkins
GitLab CI
CircleCI
Octopus Deploy
SonarQube
08/2012 – 07/2015
Lead Software Engineer / Backend Architect
@ Toro Ltd.
Toro Ltd. is a fintech company specializing in digital wallet technology and electronic payment solutions, pioneering digital payment methods before they were widely adopted by major tech companies.
LOCATION //
Taipei, Taiwan
- Architected GlobalPlatform-compliant backend payment and wallet service (similar to Google/Apple pay) using Java, Spring, Apache Camel, MongoDB, and Oracle.
- Engineered secure REST APIs, IPC mechanisms, and credential lifecycle management systems for NFC and mobile payment integrations.
- Designed and built a J2ME interpreter using C# and Java for a Windows Phone 8 NFC wallet architecture.
- Managed technical roadmaps, Agile/Scrum sprint planning, Jira execution, and customer technical support for enterprise partners.
Java
Spring
Apache Camel
MongoDB
Oracle
REST APIs
C#
NFC
Mobile Payments
Agile/Scrum
08/2008 – 07/2012
Senior Software Engineer
@ Altran / Byrom plc (FIFA)
Byrom plc is a UK-based sports event management firm that has served as a primary provider of ticketing, accommodation, and hospitality services for FIFA.
LOCATION //
Barcelona, Spain
- Developed the core FIFA World Cup 2010 Ticketing Administration System (TAS) utilizing C#/.NET, WCF, and SQL Server to handle the full customer journey, from initial reservation and lottery drawings to payment verification and seating assignment.
C#
WCF
SQL Server