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Nito Buendia

Solutions Engineering Leader in Singapore

About Me

Leader with a balanced technical, consulting, business and people manager skill sets. A strong performer and problem solver, with 12 years of experience in the Tech industry and in multiple areas from Solutions Engineering to Product Management and Technical Program Management.

Professional Summary

Strong PerformerStrong Performer

Strong manager and individual contributor performance with most ratings on the top 25% of the company, with half of those being on the top 4%, and getting promoted on average every 2 years. As a leader, 100% positive feedback on the manager survey across all areas including coaching the team, defining strategy and delivering work.

Leadership and Management (3 years)Leadership and Management (3 years)

Managed a team of senior Engineers and Product Managers who led and develop technical solutions and API integrations with the largest partners in APAC leading to a portfolio growth worth USD$X00s millions. Defined the team strategy and objectives (OKRs) aligning with the business and organizational goals. Hired, coached and managed the team fostering inclusion and career progression, while meeting business results.

Software Engineering (16 years)Software Engineering (16 years)

Developed applications as a software and customer solutions engineer. Developed and open sourced solutions in multiple languages including Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, SQL, HTML and CSS. Leveraged frameworks like Next.js, React or Django. Reviewed code as an official Google reviewer for JavaScript, Python and SQL, where I mentored other engineers on best practices in the code base and coding languages.

Software Architecture (7 years)Software Architecture (7 years)

Architected and developed software using Google Cloud including SQL and NoSQL databases, multiple forms of compute like containers or cloud functions and leveraging multiple other products to connect them. Designed and developed data pipelines in the Cloud working with Apache Beam and Apache Airflow.

Product Management (6 years)Product Management (6 years)

Built and led roadmaps to launch and improve API integrations with the largest APAC Tech partners (like Alibaba, Shopee or Lazada). Launched 0 to 1 products to market. Went from prototype to launching Performance Max for Marketplaces as the first Google Ads product for marketplaces, worth USD$Xs billions. Launched a new course platform to increase the product catalog and revenue of an online business school.

Technical Program Management (6 years)Technical Program Management (6 years)

Project managed the execution of roadmaps with the largest APAC Tech partners through their Product and Engineering teams. Tasks involved defining and aligning the roadmaps and timelines, project managing them through execution and adding governance structures to ensure timely delivery. Led Agile-like reviews with engineering, quarterly business reviews with C-levels and unlock roadblocks through cross functional collaboration. Managed developer teams to build and launch tech solutions in the advertising and cloud ecosystems.

Developer Advocacy (3 years)Developer Advocacy (3 years)

Worked with developers to encourage them to leverage products, systems and APIs. Published and maintained open source solutions and guides to showcase the use of cloud products. Updated documentation of key products like Apache Beam or Cloud Composer. Delivered technical talks to both developers/engineers and business audiences on varied topics like Machine Learning, BigQuery, automation or e-learning.

Partnerships and Technical Consulting (10 years)Partnerships and Technical Consulting (10 years)

Led consulting engagements with business and technical stakeholders, including C-level executives. Worked with companies of all sizes from Enterprise for Cloud adoption and API partnerships, to small and larger customers on the advertising ecosystem. Worked across industries including but not limited to Retail, Marketplaces, Gaming, Finance, Apps or FMCG.

Recent Work Experience

Cloud Solutions Architect, Google CloudCloud Solutions Architect, Google Cloud

- (11mo) at Google (
Singapore
)

Cloud Solutions Architect specialized on data analytics, databases and AI.

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HighlightsHighlights

  • Architected cloud solutions to enable business opportunities or migrate existing applications. Engaged with enterprise C-level, and other business and technical stakeholders, to pitch solutions and unlocked multiple deals worth USD$X0s millions through the provided designs.
  • Designed, built and open sourced Google Cloud solutions used by tens of enterprise customers, adding value to their cloud adoption. Updated key technical documentation to facilitate the usage of cloud products including open source technologies like Apache Beam.

    • Sample ProjectsSample Projects

  • Database Archival and Pruning, a solution which allows you to archive and prune data from Google Cloud database products (such as Cloud SQL, AlloyDB, Spanner) into BigQuery. This solution archives and prunes data from Historical Data tables.
  • Dataflow: Apache Avro files to Cloud Spanner with Slowly Changing Dimensions (SCD), a Dataflow Flex Template template which loads data exports in Apache Avro format to Cloud Spanner from a staged Cloud Storage Bucket.
  • AlloyDB and Memorystore Cluster Autoscaler, a Cloud solution to autoscale AlloyDB and Memorystore (Redis/Valkey) Clusters based on time and/or utilization.
  • Dataflow: Google Cloud Storage (CSV and Avro) to AlloyDB and PostgreSQL, a Dataflow Flex Template template that reads data from files in Google Cloud Storage (in Avro or CSV format) and uploads it to a PostgreSQL compatible databases, including: AlloyDB, AlloyDB Omni and Cloud SQL for PosgreSQL.

    • Head of Solutions Engineering, Channel Partners APACHead of Solutions Engineering, Channel Partners APAC

    - (1y 8mo) at Google (
    Singapore
    )

    Managed a senior engineering team of former Engineers and Product Managers. My responsibilities include a mix of people, team and business management.

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    HighlightsHighlights

  • Led the team through a major reorganization with a new leadership and vision. This required building the team from scratch; hiring and ramping up most members, and creating the team’s culture and operational frameworks.
  • Scaled APAC’s operational framework into our global teams to improve productivity, collaboration and best practice sharing among team members across regions.
  • Collaborated with teams across Google to unlock roadblocks for the team and our partnerships. Worked with multiple areas (e.g. Product, Tech Support, Policy, Marketing), to enable cross functional collaboration and reduce or remove roadblocks. Revamped multiple partner-facing development workflows cutting hurdles to launch an API integration by over 60%.
  • Led the Singapore-based Latin Employee Resource Group. Set the strategy working with a team of 4-6 people aiming at fostering Diversity, Equity and Inclusion within the (50+) represented group and at Google.

    • ManagementManagement

  • Defined strategy including defining team’s Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), and shaping the team’s shared vision. Responsible for the team’s success, including setting expectations and individual OKRs, performance management, coaching, and career planning through regular syncs and processes.
  • Responsible for team’s growth and hiring, including promoting the roles, screening and interviewing candidates, preparing interview panels, and onboarding new hires; while focusing on the team’s diversity and inclusion.
  • Worked with multiple areas (e.g. Product, Tech Support, Policy, Marketing), to enable cross functional collaboration and reduce or remove roadblocks.

    • Performance ReviewsPerformance Reviews

  • 1x Promotion
  • 100% Manager Responsibilities score on Manager Survey, including Leading Work, Developing People and Building Community.

    • Tech Lead, Outbound Product Manager, Channel PartnersTech Lead, Outbound Product Manager, Channel Partners

    - (11mo) and - (1y 4mo) at Google (
    Singapore
    )

    Product Manager designing and leading new Products, through complex API integrations with large Tech Partners in the region and globally. Role scope includes Product definition and scoping, UX and persona definition, piloting and validating hypotheses, designing and building the Product and API integrations, testing and launching to market. The Team’s portfolio spans multiple verticals and sectors with high focus on e-Commerce (e.g. store builders or marketplaces) and Lead Generation (e.g. web builders or CRMs), and transforms into a USD$X00M yearly revenue portfolio opportunity. Tech Lead, holding the management responsibilities to the Head of Technical Solutions and roles, but without direct reports.

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    HighlightsHighlights

  • Launched a new Google Ads product for marketplaces, for a global opportunity of USD$X billions. Identified and validated the opportunity through prototypes. Built the final product working with Engineering. Launched and landed the first integration with a marketplace, delivering USD$X0 millions in the first year.
  • Designed and aligned product roadmaps for Google Ads API integrations with top Tech companies in ecommerce, and lead generation; focused on improving onboarding rates, reducing churn and increasing overall business. Launched and managed product roadmaps for ~5 product integrations.
  • Managed the delivery of the roadmaps with the partner engineering team as a Technical Program Manager. Prioritized features, aligned key timelines, facilitate delivery, created governance structures and led communications to align and keep deliveries of integrations on time.

    • ManagementManagement

  • Tech Lead role, holding similar responsibilities than as the Head of Technical Solutions, but without direct reports.
  • Launched a team collaboration framework and tackle key team challenges on identity, performance, product and documentation globally. Launched an Awards and Recognition program to further foster collaboration.

    • TechTech

  • Consulted in Systems Design and UX of new Tech Products.
  • Designed and supported complex API integrations
  • Reviewed code in Python and JavaScript.

    • Sample ProjectsSample Projects

  • Performance Max for Marketplaces, a prototype solution of Marketplace Ads with an APAC partner, which was later used as the base to launch the first Performance Max for Marketplaces for Google globally. Designed conversion pipelines for custom marketplace attribution.

    • Performance ReviewsPerformance Reviews

  • 1x Promotion
  • 1x Top 4-25%
  • 2x Top 25-60%

    • Customer Solutions EngineerCustomer Solutions Engineer

    - (2y 2mo) at Google (
    Singapore
    )

    Sales Engineering role providing professional services including technical consultation, as well as designing and developing advanced custom engineering solutions Google's largest advertisers and partners.

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    HighlightsHighlights

  • Led Consulting engagements with C-level executives to deliver key business objectives through Technical Plans worth USD$XX millions. Managed delivery of these plans working with multiple Customer Solutions Engineers and Technical Consultants, ensuring that the plans are implemented and the business goals achieved.
  • Designed and developed custom tech, cloud and data solutions to solve business problems, achieve business OKRs and drive incremental revenue.

    • ManagementManagement

  • Coached and mentored new team members, and provided further Tech coaching to multiple teams as an official code reviewer for Python, JavaScript and SQL.

    • TechTech

  • Designed and built multiple solutions using a range of programming languages and technologies.
  • Most common used languages include Python, JavaScript, and SQL.
  • Deployed apps or data pipelines using BigQuery, Apache Airflow, Google Apps Script, App Engine or equivalent internal tools.
  • Google style code reviewer for Python, JavaScript and SQL. This allows to approve code reviews for Google code base for any teams and code bases on these languages.

    • Performance ReviewsPerformance Reviews

  • 1x Promotion
  • 1x Top 4%
  • 2x Top 4-25%
  • 2x Top 25-60%

    • Web and Data EngineerWeb and Data Engineer

    - (6mo) at Google (
    Singapore
    )

    Rotation (temporary assignment) on a data and web engineering team focused on scaling customer support teams. During this time, my main project was to create a machine learning recommender system to identify help center articles relevant to customer queries to optimize customer support operations.

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    HighlightsHighlights

  • Designed, developed and implemented a Machine Learning model and technical solution to identify relevant help center articles, saving 40,000 hours of work per year.
  • Redesigned and scaled a data pipeline for the management and governance of internal tools.
  • Built data pipelines to monitor and analyse Google’s Technical team internal governance on tool usage.

    • TechTech

  • Built the frontend of the prototype as a Chrome Extension using JavaScript.
  • Built a parser, pipeline and scorer for the backend using Python.
  • Created multiple data pipelines for several projects using SQL and BigQuery.

    • Performance ReviewPerformance Review

  • Top 4%

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    Education

    Licentiate in Business AdministrationLicentiate in Business Administration

    - (4y 10mo) at Universidad Pontificia Comillas (
    Spain
    )

    Licentiate in Business Administration, a 5 year degree program which consists of a first and second cycle with specialization; similar to Bachelor (BSc) + Masters (MSc).

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    HighlightsHighlights

  • Majored in Marketing.
  • Achieved exceptional academic results including: 6 Dean’s List and 17 Outstanding grades, Top 5/300 student ranked by GPA and foreign language level, and the Grant of Excellence of Madrid for high achieving students in collaboration with Business Management department.
  • Class Prefect and Faculty Cloister member.

    • GPAGPA

  • 8.5 / 10 (B+)

    • Finance et Gestion, ExchangeFinance et Gestion, Exchange

    - (7mo) at Universite Catholique de Lille (
    France
    )

    European international exchange program (ERASMUS) at la Faculte Libre des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion de Lille. Semester abroad studying in French.

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    GPAGPA

  • 14.04 / 20 (A)

    • Business Administration and Management, ExchangeBusiness Administration and Management, Exchange

    - (1y) at University of Sydney (
    Australia
    )

    International student exchange program at University of Sydney, Australia. Year abroad in Sydney studying in English.

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    HighlightsHighlights

  • Top 1 in Unit: INFS1000 – Digital Business Innovation.

    • GPAGPA

  • 79.25 / 100 (A)

    • Professional Skills

    Leadership skillsLeadership skills

    Team building and management, Strategy planning and delivery, Cross functional collaboration.

    Business skillsBusiness skills

    Problem solving, automation, quick learning.

    Cloud certificationsCloud certifications

    Cloud Architect, Data Engineering, Database Engineering and Digital Leader,

    Coding languagesCoding languages

    Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, SQL.

    LanguagesLanguages

    Spanish, English, French, Catalan.

    Recent Projects

    Database Archival and PruningDatabase Archival and Pruning

    Solution which allows you to archive and prune data from Google Cloud database products (such as Cloud SQL, or AlloyDB) into BigQuery based on per-table configurations with configurable retention periods.

    Technologies: Python, Apache Airflow, Composer, Cloud Run Function, Cloud SQL, AlloyDB, BigQuery

    Dataflow: Apache Avro files to Cloud Spanner with Slowly Changing Dimensions (SCD)Dataflow: Apache Avro files to Cloud Spanner with Slowly Changing Dimensions (SCD)

    Dataflow Flex Template template which loads data exports in Apache Avro format to Cloud Spanner from a staged Cloud Storage Bucket.

    Technologies: Java, Apache Beam, Dataflow, Google Cloud Storage, Cloud Spanner, Cloud Build

    Memorystore Cluster AutoscalerMemorystore Cluster Autoscaler

    A Cloud solution to autoscale Memorystore (Redis/Valkey) Clusters based on time and/or utilization.

    Technologies: JavaScript, Cloud Functions, PubSub, Terraform, Memorystore

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    Recent Blog Posts

    How Grab increased their conversion rate by 30% with Marketing AutomationHow Grab increased their conversion rate by 30% with Marketing Automation

    Growing the digital economy with Shopee: launching Google Ads with ShopeeGrowing the digital economy with Shopee: launching Google Ads with Shopee

    The Impact of AutomationThe Impact of Automation

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    Speaking

    Using BigQuery for Large Data ProcessingUsing BigQuery for Large Data Processing

    at GDG Cloud Singapore

    Company workshop on innovation, technology and machine learningCompany workshop on innovation, technology and machine learning

    and at letgo

    Personalized learning with virtual reality, xAPI and the Internet of ThingsPersonalized learning with virtual reality, xAPI and the Internet of Things

    at EXPOELEARNING

    Things I Enjoy

    Tech hobbiesTech hobbies

    Coding, gaming, home automation.

    Other hobbiesOther hobbies

    Coin collecting, Muay Thai, scuba diving.

    International experienceInternational experience

    Lived in 7 cities, 5 countries and 3 continents.