Technology Manager · MBA

Julián Albornoz R

Technology Manager · Digital Transformation & Project Management · MBA

Technology leader with 12+ years of experience —and 8+ heading IT areas and teams— driving digital transformation, architecture modernization and cloud adoption across banking, retail, education and aviation. I've built high-performing multidisciplinary teams of up to 28 people under Scrum, Kanban and hybrid models with CI/CD and DevOps practices. Oracle NetSuite (ERP & CRM) specialist with 6 successful implementations across LATAM, IT governance and cybersecurity. MBA-driven, business-focused strategic vision.

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What I do

Key skills

Leadership & IT Strategy

IT governance, roadmaps, budget, C-level stakeholders

Cloud, DevOps & Architecture

Cloud migration, microservices, APIs, CI/CD, observability

Business Platforms

Oracle NetSuite ERP/CRM (SuiteSuccess), ERP–CRM–Core integrations

Cybersecurity

Information security, risk, compliance, business continuity

Agile Methodologies

Scrum (Certified Scrum Master), Kanban, hybrid, product management

Innovation & AI

AI applied to processes, workflow automation, Design Thinking

Development

JavaScript, Python, PHP, SQL, REST APIs, data modeling

Analytics & Data

Reporting for decision-making, transactional integrations

Measurable impact

Highlighted achievements

60%

Reduction in financial close and reporting cycles

100%

Critical banking migration in 12 months, zero production impact

Oracle NetSuite ERP/CRM implementations across LATAM

People in multidisciplinary teams led

12+

Years of experience in technology

450

Contracts migrated to banking core systems

Career

Professional experience

Engineering Manager · FLYR

Jan 2025 – Sep 2026

Lead two engineering teams (14 people) building Avianca's Members portal.
Delivered 3 of 5 primary portal pages (Personal Data, My Trips, My Elite Status) with prefill in Payments and Personal Data.
Managed product strategy during UAT, aligning the technical roadmap with C-level stakeholders.

Senior Project Manager LATAM · Bring IT

Jun 2023 – Nov 2024

Led Oracle NetSuite implementation (5 modules) for Americas Leading Finance (Puerto Rico, spanning 15 LATAM countries) in 4 months.
Achieved 50% reduction in monthly financial close cycles (from 9 to 4 days).
Digital transformation with Oracle NetSuite at PEGSA LTDA (clean energy) in 4 months, integrating 5 modules.

Director Platform Transformation · Scotiabank Colpatria

Sep 2021 – Mar 2023

IBM Sterling File Gateway migration: 100% completed in 12 months (vs 30% over the prior 24), zero production impact.
Migrated 5 transactional interfaces and 450 contracts to the banking core systems.
Executed critical bank operations migration while maintaining zero production downtime.

Project Manager · Keep It Simple

Jun 2020 – Sep 2021

Led Oracle NetSuite implementation (5 modules, SuiteSuccess) across Innova Schools, Migiva Group (Peru) and Siigo (Colombia and Ecuador).
60% reduction in annual tax reporting preparation time post-implementation.

IT Manager · Color Siete S.A.S

Feb 2016 – Feb 2020

Migrated to Oracle NetSuite (SuiteSuccess) in a record 2-month timeframe, with zero operational impact; trained 90 users.
Reduced monthly financial close time by 40%. Recognized for excellence in IT security and IT governance.

Projects

What I'm building

JobSeekr.co

AI-powered job search for Colombia

A SaaS that analyzes your résumé with AI, aggregates job postings from Colombia's main job boards and computes your Match Score for each role. Product design, architecture and full-stack development end to end — live in production.

Next.jsFastAPIPostgreSQL / pgvectorAI (Claude)Docker

Visit JobSeekr.co

Screenshot of the JobSeekr.co app: landing page and dashboard with jobs and Match Score

Background

Education & certifications

Education

MBA — Master of Business Administration

Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana

2022 – 2024

Specialist in Senior Management

Universidad Nacional de Colombia

2017 – 2018

Systems & Computer Engineering

Universidad del Quindío

2004 – 2012

Certifications

Scrum Master Professional (SMPC)Design Thinking Professional (DTPC)IT Project Management — Indian School of BusinessDigital Product Management — University of VirginiaStrategic Project Management — U. NacionalDigital Marketing Certified Professional (DMPC)

Languages

Spanish (Native) · English (B2)

Contact

Let's talk about your next project

Looking for leadership in digital transformation, ERP or technology modernization? Get in touch.

julian@albornoz.tech +57 310 830 3109 LinkedIn