Rui Santos

Experience

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  Universidad Simón Bolívar

  Oct 1998 - Apr 2000

  Teaching Assistant

  Teaching assistant for:- Database modeling and design- Databased administration- Programming languages- Algebra

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  Bizta Corporation

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2003

  COO / Founder

  Bizta was an ERP/CRM solution for small and mid-sized businesses that operated on-line with a subscription based model. Responsible for the online product operations, pilot runs, deployments and infrastructure.

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  Movida Movil, C.A.

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2005

  QA Coordinator / Technical Product Manager

  Quality assurance for mobile text/SMS products.Product definition/designThe company was focused on developing applications on top of the SMS platform with all the mobile operators in Venezuela. Applications included: chat, dating apps, information apps, premium content and giveaways

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  Smartmatic

  Aug 2005 - Sept 2020

  Responsibilities: - Understanding clients' requirements, needs, and pain points and coming up with solutions based on the firm's current portfolio. - Collecting insights that could lead to the development of new products. This required being up to date with an ever-changing and heterogeneous market and learning the sociopolitical context of every client to contribute to the generation of effective proposals that fulfill our customer's needs while contributing to the desired outcomes for our organization. Show less Responsibilities:- Understanding clients' requirements, needs, and pain points and coming up with solutions based on the firm's current portfolio. - Collecting insights that could lead to the development of new products. This required being up to date with an ever-changing and heterogeneous market and learning the sociopolitical context of every client to contribute to the generation of effective proposals that fulfill our customer's needs while contributing to the desired outcomes for our organization.Focused on the Americas region. Show less

  • Business Product Manager - Global

    Mar 2020 - Sept 2020

  • Program Manager

    Jan 2016 - Mar 2020

  • Business Product Manager

    Jun 2012 - Dec 2015

  • Product Manager

    Feb 2006 - Jun 2012

  • Product Analyst

    Aug 2005 - Feb 2006
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  Freelance

  Jan 2021 - now

  Electoral Consultant

  Consulting on Elections software: authentication, voting, tally and results transmission.Consultino on remote on-line voting solutions.Consulting on other Elections related topics, technical writing, and speaking engagements.

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  Plus 351

  Jan 2021 - now

  Managing Director
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  500Historias

  Nov 2021 - Aug 2023

  Director of Technology