I lead engineering organizations that turn technology into a competitive advantage — currently running a 20+ person cross-functional org at Opella (engineering, quality, and platform teams) responsible for the tooling, compliance, and delivery infrastructure the entire business runs on. Before Opella, I built and scaled engineering teams from the ground up at Primer.io and Koa Health. I own the full stakeholder loop — budget, procurement, vendor relationships, and executive alignment — and turn chaotic, ad-hoc processes into predictable, auditable ones. That leadership is backed by two decades of hands-on engineering across infrastructure, cloud, and DevOps, so I can go as deep as the room needs.
- Age
40 years
- Location
Barcelona, Spain
Skills
Languages
Leadership
Engineering
Cloud & Infra
Owned solo as the sole DevOps engineer at Vreasy, and used since across infrastructure at Adevinta, Koa Health, and Primer.io.
Core infrastructure-as-code tool across Vreasy, Koa Health, and Primer.io.
Ubuntu and RHEL server administration since 2011, including a 300-server VMware farm at Telemedicine Clinic.
Git and CICD
Own the GitHub-based DevOps platform and tooling at Opella.
Observability
Work experience
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- Team size
20+
- Sector
Health & Pharma
- Location
Barcelona, Spain
- Leading a cross-functional team of 20+ — engineers, quality experts, and platform owners.
- Own the GitHub-based DevOps platform and the entire tooling stack behind the deployment lifecycle for internally deployed applications and the cloud landing zone.
- Responsible for multiple platforms serving the whole business, including the Atlassian Suite, Microsoft Power Apps, QA.
- Handling procurement, budgeting, stakeholder alignment, people management, and project supervision.
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- Team size
3
- Sector
Fintech / Payments
- Location
Barcelona, Spain
- Managed the DevOps team and owned the software release lifecycle end to end.
- Improved developer experience and delivery efficiency across engineering.
- Advocated for software best practices and standardisation company-wide.
- Maintained internal tooling and shared libraries used across teams.
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- Team size
3
- Sector
Digital Health
- Location
Barcelona, Spain
- Managing a team of 3 engineers.
- Building, maintaining, and monitoring Koa Health’s infrastructure end to end.
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- Scale
~9.5M monthly visits (coches.net)
- Sector
Classifieds & Marketplaces
- Location
Barcelona, Spain
- Taking care of coches.net & motos.net marketplaces infrastructure.
- Guiding developer teams through DevOps principles.
DevOps Engineer
- Scope
Sole DevOps engineer for 13 developers
- Sector
Proptech / Vacation Rentals
- Location
Barcelona, Spain
Responsible for managing the AWS cloud infrastructure entirely solo as the only DevOps engineer inside a team of 13 developers, using Terraform, Vagrant, CloudWatch, EC2, Lambda, OpsWorks with Chef 12, RDS MySQL, S3, SES, SQS, and VPC.
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- Scale
~300 servers
- Sector
Healthcare / Teleradiology
- Location
Barcelona, Spain
- Executed technical implementations with clients (public & private hospitals).
- Administered RIS (Philips Xiris & self-developed) and PACS (Sectra) systems.
- Monitored and maintained a VMware farm of around 300 servers running Microsoft Windows Server and Linux (Ubuntu/RHEL).
- Provided 24x7 emergency weekend on-call support.
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- Sector
Hospitality / Retail
- Location
Barcelona, Spain & Berlin, Germany
In charge of IT operations for the Casa Camper Hotels. Monitored and maintained internal servers and backups located in Barcelona and Berlin, providing 24x7 on-site and remote support of the infrastructure and PMS software.
System Administrator
- Sector
Fintech / Investment Data
- Location
Dublin, Ireland
- Monitored and maintained internal servers and external webfarms; handled daily IT requests spanning hardware, platforms, and software.
- Planned, designed, and implemented disaster recovery procedures for office continuity, supporting ISO 9001 & TickIT compliance.
- Maintained and monitored all server backups, and assisted in organizing and tracking hardware/software inventory.
- Provided 24x7 emergency on-call support.
Field Technician
- Scale
~200 users
- Sector
IT Services
- Location
Girona, Spain
Provided on-site and remote technical support for small/medium companies and colleges of around 200 users based between Barcelona and Girona — solving IT problems, installing new solutions, writing infrastructure reports, and configuring servers, desktops, and UPS systems, cabling, and network backups (switches, routers, Wi-Fi).
References
As a DevOps Team Lead, David led the team in the right direction with pragmatism and focused on getting things done. He made sure that everyone was on the same page and focused on the main goal. His strong technical skills were a great asset either to implement solutions or to have clear communication and understanding within the team. David would be an asset to any team. I definitely recommend him.
If I should use just a word to describe David it would be: talent. He has a natural talent to solve things and, IMHO, he has that 360° vision about the business which is not that obvious within technical people. His enormous capacity to absorb tasks and perform them in a proper way, taking the correct decisions at any time is a great value for any team. I would strongly recommend David for those who want to speed up their teams.
David is a highly skilled and proficient Systems Administrator. He is capable of working on his own or as part of a team and has great troubleshooting abilities. With David, every problem had a solution. Anyone who has the opportunity to work with David will truly appreciate all he is able to do to help them both succeed. He is a great asset to any company and I would have no hesitation in recommending him.
Projects
Ouner
- Role
Co-founder
- Category
Web app, Android app
- Location
Barcelona, Spain
Co-founded Ouner with a friend, building it in our spare time as a worldwide lost & found web and Android app. Featured on Spanish national TV (RTVE) after winning a startup pitch competition.
Achievements
Awarded for the business plan of Ouner, a worldwide lost & found web and Android app I co-founded.
Recognized among the best app proposals for Ouner, a worldwide lost & found web and Android app I co-founded.
Recognized in the Ferrovial Cities open innovation challenge for Ouner, a worldwide lost & found web and Android app I co-founded.