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Francisco Vila

Francisco Vila

Technology Leadership, Cloud Scalability, Operational Excellence

Location icon Tucker, GA, USA

About

I am a seasoned technology executive with expertise in managing large-scale infrastructures, cloud platforms, and scalable application architectures. I have successfully led diverse teams and championed Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) initiatives to foster innovation. My focus lies in developing resilient systems, driving operational excellence, and creating solutions for complex challenges. By combining leadership, strategy, and innovation, I help organizations achieve transformative outcomes and navigate the evolving technology landscape with efficiency and confidence.

Job Categories

Consulting
Engineering
Executive Leadership
Information Technology
Operations

Industries

Computer & Technology
Media & News

Top Skills

Team Leadership
Infrastructure Management
Project Management

What I Offer

I help technology leaders and organizations facing scalability and operational challenges by leveraging my expertise in cloud platforms, team leadership, and resilience engineering to deliver innovative, scalable, and inclusive solutions.

Executive Consulting

Providing strategic guidance on scaling technology operations and cloud platforms.

Leadership Development

Mentoring engineering leaders to build high-performing teams.

Operational Strategy

Designing and implementing strategies for reliable, scalable digital platforms.

Ask Me About

Cloud Architectures
Infrastructure Scaling
Team Leadership
Operational Excellence
Diversity Initiatives
Site Reliability Engineering
Digital Transformations
Resilient Systems Design
Project Management
Metrics Platforms
DevOps Practices
Application Modernization

Strategic Cloud Consulting

Description
Providing enterprises undergoing digital transformation with guidance to scale cloud operations efficiently, enhancing system performance, cost management, and scalability.
Outcomes
Improved system performance, cost management, and scalability.

Team Leadership Development

Description
Training organizations to develop strong engineering leaders who inspire, manage, and deliver results, fostering cohesive teams and enhanced performance.
Outcomes
Empowered leaders, cohesive teams, and enhanced performance.

Operational Resilience Strategy

Description
Helping companies prioritize uptime and reliability by crafting frameworks for 24/7 operations and performance monitoring, ensuring higher system availability and proactive issue resolution.
Outcomes
Higher system availability and proactive issue resolution.

Data-Driven Decision Support

Description
Assisting organizations in optimizing operations through robust data collection and analytics frameworks, leading to improved resource allocation, operational efficiency, and strategic alignment.
Outcomes
Enhanced operational efficiency, improved resource allocation, and better alignment with business goals.

Wisdom at Work

Notable Roles

VP of Engineering, Slack

Currently leading reliability and cloud infrastructure teams, ensuring high availability and operational efficiency.

Senior Director of Engineering, Intuit Mailchimp

Directed engineering teams to deliver scalable, customer-focused software solutions.

Technical Director, TBS

Built modular monitoring frameworks and scalable systems for major digital media properties.

Areas of Expertise

Cloud Platform Scalability

Expertise in developing scalable and resilient cloud-based architectures for enterprise applications.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Driving DE&I initiatives to create inclusive, innovative, and high-performing teams.

Site Reliability Engineering

Leading operational strategies to ensure 24/7 availability and performance of digital platforms.

Key Achievements

DE&I Advocate in Technology

Led initiatives to foster diverse and inclusive teams across global organizations.

Development of Metrics Platform

Built a cloud-based metrics platform, improving system health monitoring and performance across organizations.

Site Reliability Engineering

Developed and scaled a Site Reliability Engineering framework supporting global digital platforms.

Wisdom is the ultimate knowledge to know you don't know everything.

Summary of Skills

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