David B.
Technical Project/Program Manager
About
I’m a systems engineer with an MBA, certified in ITIL, Amazon Cloud Adoption, and a Scrum Master. With over 18 years of tech experience, I’ve enjoyed leading complex IT projects, managing onsite and offshore teams, and implementing cutting-edge systems and infrastructures. Throughout my leadership journey, I’ve tackled everything from performance tuning and change management to building companies' tech stacks from the ground up and overseeing the support of complex infrastructures. I’ve fully owned the application lifecycle, ensuring smooth deployments while consistently meeting executive goals. I thrive on challenges—whether it's opening new markets, leading application support teams, or driving innovation through process and application improvements. Under pressure or in new opportunities, I’m known for staying focused, delivering results, and leading with dedication and discipline.
Experience
- January 2025 – Present
Founder
itsdavidg.co · Houston, Texas, United States
Helping businesses scale with expert IT strategy, cloud solutions, and project management.
At itsdavidg.co, I provide technology consulting, project management services, and cloud strategy advisory to businesses looking to optimize operations and drive efficiency. Leveraging 16+ years of IT experience, I help companies implement AWS solutions, streamline IT processes, and execute high-impact projects.
Services include:
✅ Cloud Consulting: AWS adoption, architecture, and cost optimization
✅ Project Management as a Service (PMaaS): End-to-end execution with a senior PM approach
✅ IT Strategy & Digital Transformation: Aligning tech with business goals
✅ AI-Powered Insights & Automation: Using AI to improve operations and decision-making This is an independent venture I manage alongside my role as General Manager at Redux, allowing me to bring enterprise-level solutions to more businesses.
Want to collaborate? Let’s connect! - August 2022 – Present
General Manager / program manager
Redux · Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia
- August 2020 – Present
Project Manager
Redux · Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia
- December 2019 – August 2020
Project Manager Scrum Master
Ideaware · Atlántico Area, Colombia
Responsible for the correct management and support for the Call of Duty League website.
• Objectives were to accomplish schedule, scope and quality for each delivery.
• Accountable for the correct execution of the agile methodology as a Scrum Master.
• Implemented league page along with the teams and all integrations with CMS.
• Standardized the deployment process under the agile scrum framework.
• Leader of a multidisciplinary (QA, Tech Lead, Product Manager) team located in different timezones (US - West Coast, Colombia, Russia).
• Completed project deliverables in a proactive and timely manner.
• Successfully established client related third party relationships and has integrated - April 2019 – December 2019
Entrepreneur / Technology Consultant / IT Project Manager
Self-employed · Atlántico, Colombia
- July 2016 – April 2019
Project Manager
Trafigura · Colombia
Responsible for the correct management and support for the different SaaS platform implemented. Always on track with budget, schedule, scope and quality.
• Accountable for the resource management.
• Implemented a CCTV security system on Barrancabermeja’s port in order to meet the standards set by the government.
• Implemented the KRONOS system for employee time control.
• Standardized system for the management of HSEQ processes.
• Leader on seven different sites; Huelva – Spain, Burnside – USA, Manzanillo
– Mexico, Barrancabermeja – Colombia, Lima – Peru, Oruro – Bolivia and Antofagasta – Chile. - August 2013 – July 2016
Tech lead
Grupo Bancolombia
Responsible for the control and support of the applications on the different areas.
• Payments – Transfers and transactions. Transactions and inward / outward swift messages.
• Liabilities – Control of term deposits, current accounts and savings banks accounts.
• Loans – Control of the commercial loans and retail loans.
• Trade finance – Control of documentary credits, bank guarantees and inward / outward bills.
• Operations – Control of the processes of end of day and beginning of day.
• Report – Generation of reports.
• Along with the support to the 24/7 operation, the control of the estimation hours for the different short term projects develop for the solutions of various applications bugs and initiatives raised from the users. - August 2013 – July 2016
Tech lead
Grupo Bancolombia
- December 2008 – July 2013
Systems Engineer
Sophos Solutions
Manage the different implementations executed with Bancolombia and Interbolsa.
• Leader of functional and technical teams on the different developments for Bancolombia.
• Deliver a complete set of solutions so that the bank had the opportunity to choose between different possible implementations.
• Generated a set of reports (around 500) that were delivered on time using the best of the technologies involve like jasper reports.
• Deliver a model to be used by the applications to complete the integration with the other solutions like the SAP CRM and the Oracle ERP.
• Used of Oracle technologies in order to have tables updated every 5 minutes.
• Deployed infrastructure to be used in different load balancers in order to have the HA (high availability) along with the IBM cluster and the Oracle SCAN to have more than 2 servers connected on WAS, application server and DDBB.
Education
- 2011 - 2013Universidad Escuela de Administración y Finanzas y Tecnologías — Master of Business Administration (MBA), Business Administration and Management, General
- 2018 - 2018Professional Skills Institute — AWS Practitioner, Information Technology
- 2008 - 2008IT Certification Institute LLC — ITIL V3 CERTIFICATE, Information Technology
- 2001 - 2006Universidad del Norte — Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Systems Engineering
- 2020 - 2020Scrum Institute — Scrum Master, Management Information Systems, General
Certifications
- Google Cybersecurity Professional
- Certificate V2
Languages
- Spanish (Native or Bilingual)
- English (Native or Bilingual)
Core skills
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Oracle
- English
Availability and price calendar
Open fractions and the price per fraction for engagements starting in each month. The price on your start date is locked for your whole term.
Working setup
- Time zoneUTC−5 — about 8 of 8 working hours overlap with US Eastern business hours
- DeviceOwn device (MacOS 27), encrypted and screen-locked under the JoboFlex device policy
- ContractEngaged through Nexora Technologies, Inc.; you sign one US order form
- Capacity8 fractions per day in total