Cristian Navia

Hi, I'm Cristian Navia, husband of a beautiful wife and father of three beautiful children. 
I am passionate about technology and have driven organizations for over 20 years.

Helping organizations in their digital transformation leading large multidisciplinary teams through the consolidation and integration of agile frameworks.

Specialties: Digital Transformation, Product Development, Business Strategy, Envisioning, Cloud, AI, ML, CX, UX, E-Commerce, Agile Development, IT Management, Team Building, and Innovation.

Dev.Pro (US)                                                                                                                                                                   April 2022 – Present

Delivery Manager

• Consistently maintained a 40% profit margin by successfully revenue management and handling expenses efficiently
• Established of professional services in LATAM to drive business growth up to 100 contractors in the US Market
• Implemented Agile workflow successfully (Scrum/Kanban) to increase productivity and reduce waste hours in 30%
• Maximized productivity through regular stakeholder interaction via health-check issues metrics reports
• People & resource management in terms of morale and talent (hire/dismiss/change team structure)
• Close interactions with internal/external stakeholders - Dev teams, Product, QAs, PMs.
• Client Communication on deliverables - Estimates, Timelines, Quality and managing client expectations

GLOBANT (US)                                                                                                                                                        May 2019 – April 2022

Program Delivery Manager

• Directed roadmap execution at steering level on 3 major clients coordinating 60 people spread around the globe
• Program Delivery Operations, identified engagement with partners and clients
• Extended business contracts through analysis of customer needs generating new Amendments and SOW
• Generated POD strategy through agile framework practices such as SAFe, Scrum or Kanban
• Consolidate P&L with over achievement goals, Project Managers and Team performance assessment

Consultant                                                                                                                                                                           Sep 2015 – Present

Software Delivery Manager

• Led delivery operations and P&L of different offshore software products
• Managing communications and reporting to geographically distributed stakeholders
• Generated team motivation, fostering retention and mentoring across team members

ZKTeco Inc. (LATAM)                                                                                                                                                Sep 2015 – Jun 2018

CTO/Product Development Director

• Directed business development strategies and roadmaps on products like: ZKBioSecurity, ZKTime Web, ZKLogger, ZKVisitor, ZKAccess 3.5, ZKTime.Net 3.0, ZKTime.Net, ZKBioLock, ZKBioPack, WDMS, and SDKs
• Coordinated POC and MVP solutions to validate new architectures and solutions
• Orchestrated multiple development teams under planning, scoping, and creation of technical solutions, through to continuous delivery to production
• Improved report and metrics to C-Level, executive board and headquarter stakeholders
• Planned, designed, and executed a multimillion-dollar master plan by serving +1k client needs, prioritizing requests within budget and contract guidelines

Kapsch TrafficCom (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Poland)                                                            Jun 2012 – Jul 2015

Product Development Manager

• Conducted regional coordination and planning with Argentina, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Poland & Austria
• Defined product technology and services strategy over toll solutions, implementation of agile frameworks
• Facilitated Interaction with Regional Partners to identify opportunities for immediate and future collaboration, synergies, and standardization initiatives
• Led development teams prioritize scope and delivery solutions
• Achieved milestones in regional projects fulfilling external audits compliance

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Computer Information Technology                                                                                                                                                       2018

Brigham Young University–Idaho