IVAN SOSA
Digital Strategist.

Email:
contact@ivansosa.com

Website:
www.ivansosa.com

LinkedIn:
@ivansosaprieto

PROFILE

I am a digital strategist, speaker, blogger and entrepreneur at heart.

I've built tech based companies for the last 13 years.

I have been involved on every phase when it comes to building a digital product or service: Developer, Lead Developer, CTO, CEO, Business Development, Project Manager, Product Owner; and worked with dozens of entrepreneurs and brands on over 100 software projects of all kinds.

EXPERIENCE

PRODUCT OWNER / PROJECT MANAGER

Scrummers LLC (September 2020 – present)

  • Managing the software development team for one of the American clients of Scrummers
  • Interact with stakeholder on the US and Poland to build new features for their software platform.
  • Define the product roadmap with the US based client.
  • Advise the company’s senior management team on recruiting, training and retention efforts of software development personnel.

ASSOCIATE PARTNER

Pitaya Content (August 2019 – August 2020)

  • Lead the internal shift of business focus to differentiate the company from competitors
  • Design and implement a growth strategy to double revenue in 12 months
  • Create a company culture based on results and measurable metrics.
  • Train key team members on Growth and Content Marketing

DIVISION DIRECTOR

Rokk3r Labs (January 2016 – February 2019)

  • Manage all requirements and team management requests from HQ (Miami, FL)
  • In charge of acquiring and converting leads into customers for the SCALE (custom software development) division
  • Lead all projects and manage all clients of the SCALE (custom software development) business unit.
  • Select, hire, train and on-board all the in-house development team
  • Ensure the company had a steady pipeline of vetted resources to scale production teams as quickly as possible

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER / CO-FOUNDER

Bakata Group (January 2012 – November 2015)

  • Directly responsible for all company revenue
  • In charge of the business operations at the US office (Miami, FL)
  • Managing and retaining relationships with existing clients
  • Increasing the client base

CTO / CO-FOUNDER

HI Media Digital (November 2008 – December 2011)

  • In charge of the whole internal operation of the company
  • Leading a 20+ development team
  • Building over 50+ software projects (apps, websites, casual games, etc)

PROJECT MANAGER

Wunderman (November 2005 – October 2008)

  • Lead the internal Front-end Development team
  • Recruiting new developers
  • Managing the relationship between the client and the internal technical team at the agency,

FRONTEND DEVELOPER

Gaming Culture (July 2002 – October 2005)

  • Creating web based casual games on ActionScript and JavaScript
  • In charge of organizing the local World Cyber Games Tournament (2.003 and 2.004)

EDUCATION

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

Universidad de los Andes. Bogota, Colombia

1.997-2.000

AWARDS AND CERTIFICATIONS

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

Universidad de los Andes. Bogota, Colombia

1.997-2.000

2012 Blackberry Elite Developer

2010 Forum Nokia Champion

2008 Adobe Certified Professional