AWS Certified · Barcelona
Daniel Aguayo
Solutions & Platform Architect
AWS-certified Solutions Architect with nearly three decades turning business needs into scalable, high-availability platforms. A telecommunications engineer who moved into software, I think in systems end to end: from devices and networks through edge, cloud and SaaS to the end user.
- End-to-end systems thinkingSeeing how the pieces fit together and where they will break.
- Hands-on builder and modernizerFrom proofs of concept (PoCs) to production, building products from zero and modernizing legacy platforms while they kept running.
- Curious and pragmaticProactively exploring new technologies, choosing the right one for each problem and documenting decisions through ADRs.
- Strong communicationBridging business and engineering, as an architect, corporate trainer and guest lecturer.
Experience
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2020–2025
Sant Pere de Ribes (Barcelona)AKO Group · Head of Software
AKO designs and manufactures electronic controls for commercial refrigeration and the cold chain, and was shifting from selling hardware to selling connected services. I was responsible for all its software: the IoT cloud platform, the edge gateway and the mobile apps. Delivered the software side of the €7M PERTE project and grew the team from 2 to 5 internal engineers, up to 14 people with an external software factory.
Full detail · Case studies: IoT platform · Edge gateway
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2018–2020
BarcelonaIndependent Product Development
Two years building products of my own, fully hands-on: POLx, an interaction layer for live online events that was later acquired, and a community platform for trainers.
Full detail · Case study: POLx
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2005–2018
Sant Cugat del VallèsInfoavisos (Grupo Intercom) · CTO
Full technical direction with hands-on development at a digital messaging company for businesses: an enterprise SMS platform evolved over 13 years, the Montatuapp SaaS, 50+ client projects and early adoption of AWS and Docker.
Full detail · Case study: Montatuapp
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1999–2004
BarcelonaTecnics Enginyeria de Software · Senior Developer
A two-person software studio where I took client projects from analysis to delivery, including the first access control system of Tick Tack Ticket (later acquired by Ticketmaster) for events such as Palau Sant Jordi, FIB and Sónar.
Case studies
Decisions, constraints and outcomes
Scaling an IoT platform for the cold chain
From 15k to 32k+ connected devices, with six new device types integrated through a unified protocol.
AKO Group · 2020–2025 02Making an IoT edge gateway remotely maintainable
Containerized processes and remote OS updates with safe rollback for gateways in the field.
AKO Group · 2020–2025 03Montatuapp: native mobile apps configured from the web
Configuration-driven native apps: many changes made on the web reached users on the next launch, with no new store release.
Infoavisos · CTO 04POLx: an interaction layer for live online events
Chat, polls and live layout control around the video stream, owned by the event, not the platform.
Independent product · 2020Projects
Skills & credentials
Core stack: AWS · Node.js · MQTT · RabbitMQ · TimescaleDB · MongoDB · Docker · CI/CD · OpenTelemetry · Angular · Vue.js
Certified: AWS Solutions Architect – Associate · AWS Developer – Associate
Languages: Spanish, Catalan (native) · English (C1)
Communication & Teaching
Explaining complex ideas simply is part of the job.
I’m a certified Getting Things Done (GTD) trainer by the David Allen Company, working with organizations such as Intermón Oxfam, Nike Ibérica and Roca; a guest lecturer in the Master in Web Projects at Elisava/UPF; and the author of Du Tudú, a blog on productivity and GTD running for 18+ years. I also host “Equipos sin oficina”, a YouTube channel on remote teams.
Contact
- linkedin.com/in/daniaguayo
- Location
- Barcelona, Spain