Luis Vásconez

IT Architecture Director

Versoix, Geneva, Switzerland

About

I am an Enterprise Architect and experienced manager. I enjoy solving puzzles, to solve complex problems with technology. I have worked most of my career in growing companies where technology is not an enabler, it is the product or a fundamental piece of the product.

Experience

  • Verisure (Full-time · 4 yrs 6 mos)
    • Group IT Architecture and Infrastructure Director
      Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

    • Group IT Architecture Head
      Jan 2022 - Dec 2024 · 3 yrs

      Leading Group IT Architecture, reporting to the Group CTO

  • Securitas Direct by Verisure (Full-time · 9 yrs 8 mos)
    • Head of IT Platform Services and Solutions Department
      Nov 2019 - Apr 2022 · 2 yrs 6 mos

      Reporting to the CIO for the South Europe and LATAM platform (8 countries) Managing devops platform. Functional and Solutions Architecture teams Leading devops transformation under the Agile Transformation Program Defining strategy and solution for the key IT initiatives both on Product & Services and IT support platforms. Analyze As-Is and define To-Be architecture to handle the fast growth of the company in terms of portfolio, innovation and service level

    • Information Technology Architecture Manager
      Sep 2012 - Nov 2019 · 7 yrs 3 mos

      Reporting to the CIO for the South Europe and LATAM platform (8 countries) Reference architecture for the introduction of microservices in Product & Services Platform (IoT). The architecture evolution grants the massive signal processing and customers alarms handling. Development architecture and best practices for CI/CD that increases quality and efficiency on development projects. Create and lead a service oriented platform, covering from technologies to governance. Leads transformation projects on systems, network and DataCenter to modernize architecture. From infrastructure risks to redundant homogeneous architecture providing HA, DR and supports target service levels.

  • Buongiorno (8 yrs 9 mos)
    • Chief Architect
      Jan 2010 - Sep 2012 · 2 yrs 9 mos

    • Global Products and Platform Manager
      Jan 2007 - Dec 2009 · 3 yrs

      Global Product and platform focuses on core platform, global products and new business developments. In this position I lead the GPP team in Madrid. Major projects including: - New web and mobile-web platform. Web and Mobile internet B2B (Nokia, Motorola and all major mobile operators world-wide) - Blinko-PeoppleSound mobile 2.0 social network - Motorola application store for Android applications - Responsible of the messaging platform in B! (millions of SMS daily) - Digital push email&SMS marketing interface - Support to regional business and regional tech departments to launch new products and key projects - International and corporate projects worldwide: India to US

    • Team Manager
      Jan 2004 - Dec 2007 · 4 yrs

      Manages a core platform development team. Responsible of the messaging platform creation, evolution and maintenance

  • Business advisor and entrepreneur at AlphaSIP
    Jun 2008 - May 2012 · 4 yrs

    Supporting technology and business development in AlphaSIP. AlphaSIP is a Diagnostic Lab on Pharma Industry and Medicine with new cutting nanotechnology tools from Nantero & Harvard University in a Joint Venture with AlphaSzensor Inc. Group. to develop a biosensor diagnostic kit of one minute dolar as alternative to ELISA method point of care.

  • Team Leader at MyAlert
    2001 - Dec 2003 · 3 yrs

    Manage a small team of software engineers. Working on the first version of the messaging platform and SMS gateway