Julian Castro Olivera

Im a software engineer with experience working as Sr Product Manager in different industries including airlines, health and industrial automation. Passionate about understanding people pain points, and identify opportunities. Currently learning and working on Metaverse and Web 3.0 initiatives. I have experience in the different phases of Product life cycle, including Discovery, User research, MVP definition and implementation. Always looking for my next opportunity to change the world :D

Globant. Product Manager Sr. 2015 - Present

• Metaverse and Web 3.0 products lifecycle
• Agile scrum master including sprint planning and definitions
• Project discovery, user research and user testing sessions
• MVP and Roadmap definition
• SAFe cluster lead
• Analyze business requirements submitted by Subject Matter Expert (SME).
• Review and manage change requests.
• Requirements sizing specification and testing phases.
• Backlog prioritization and user stories definition
• Provide information to the SME as necessary for the elaboration of business cases and RFP responses.
• Elaborate functional specifications and User Stories
• Carry out the functional walk-through of the product with the Development team and SME team.
• Test product in order to ensure compliance of the delivered functionality and system integrity, and perform functional sign off.
• Ensure production integrity by validating and prioritizing reported problems.
• Interface with customer during PI planning, Sprint planning, functional specification, testing and initial implementation phases as necessary
• Bugs management

Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Master of science in Software Engineering. Thesis completed 2021.

Duke University.Introduction to Machine Learning. 2021

Certified SAFe 5 Product Owner/Product Manager. 2020

Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. Advanced web developer - Full stack develeoper. 2016

Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. Project Manager. 2011

Universidad Gastón Dachary. Software Engineering. 2003.