Chandler, Arizona, United States
With decades of experience in the technology industry, I am a seasoned leader, coach, and mentor for innovative, distributed, and diverse technical teams. I have held executive roles as CTO, SVP, CIO, and CPO at established product companies and startups, covering a wide range of products and technologies, from enterprise software to healthcare IT to AI solutions. Currently, I am the President of Kruger Technology, a consulting firm that helps companies accelerate their results, enhance their morale, and deliver beyond expectations. I am also the Chief Product Officer and Advisor at Almaden AI, a Silicon Valley startup that leverages AI and deep systems knowledge to provide digital experience management solutions that ensure user productivity and satisfaction. I am passionate about creating value for customers, empowering teams, and driving innovation and growth. I am also a mentor, a published author, and a Lions Club International member. I am proficient in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Technical leadership, coach, and mentor for individuals and teams. Decades of experience driving development, QA, and product management teams for startups and mature companies. Proven skills to substantially accelerate results, enhance morale, and enable teams to deliver beyond expectations. Distributed, multi-cultural, and multi-lingual teams are a specialty. Fast time to value is a hallmark.
In charge of product definition and lifecycle management, development, QA, DevOps, UX/UI, and hiring for Employee Digital Experience Management (DEX) and IT Asset Management (ITAM) products. Introduced agile discipline with rapid deployments and feedback loops, and introduced use of generative AI into the products. Began as strategy and technology advisor with role expanded to oversee distributed team, primarily located in Brazil. Created and landed the DEX product in first-ever Forrester Group and Gartner Magic Quadrant and Solution Guides, in less than 2 years. Participant in the securing of investment funds.
Assist with strategy, technology, and product leadership of a Silicon Valley startup providing Digital Experience Management solutions which leverage AI and deep systems knowledge, correlated with user insights, to ensure maximum user productivity and job satisfaction. Located in the US, Brazil, and the UK, Almaden Collective IQ ™ enables IT Operations teams to effectively perform their roles while ensuring security and privacy compliance.
Plato (www.platohq.com) connects individual contributor engineers and managers of all levels for mentorship by experienced technical leaders from across the globe. The community was sunset in December 2025 following an acquisition the year prior.
Responsible for development, test, delivery, and support for AI/ML-based, leading-edge IT Service Management (ITSM) products in the cloud and on premise. Revamped agile processes, and instituted discipline and tools which resulted in predictable timelines and a significant increase of revenue, customer engagement, and caliber of customers. Drove innovation and delivery of features based on artificial intelligence and machine learning to enable enhanced ease-of-use and novel capabilities that lowers cost of ownership while increasing utility for IT staff and end users. Active participant in the formation and execution of corporate and product strategy leading to company acquisition.
Formed out of the Alchemist Accelerator, Evolute addresses containers in the private cloud space. This includes container provisioning, management, and integration at scale for enterprises and service providers.