G A B R I E L

         J I V A

   352 219 6971

  mail@gabrieljiva.com

 Sarasota, FL

Hi, I'm an engineering leader who enjoys both the technical and human aspects of the job. I have 19 years of experience in mostly leadership roles, including 9 years in management, where I've grown & matured organizations, crafted the technical vision, and consistently driven teams to meet challenging goals along the way.

The problems I love are the hard ones, and my passion is creating an environment in which brilliant problem solvers can thrive, and supporting them to succeed.

B A C K G R O U N D

Leading highly technical teams
Cultivating collaborative culture
Architecture, APIs & system design

Organizational efficiency

Recruiting, retention & mentorship

E D U C A T I O N

MASTER OF SCIENCE

Electrical Engineering

Focus areas: Machine Learning, Statistics, Networks

University of Florida

2003-2004

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

Electrical Engineering

University of Florida

1998-2002

P A T E N T S

Connection-Oriented Messaging and Signaling in Mobile Health Networks
Patent #9,749,825, awarded 2015

Remote Healthcare Management
Publication #2022/0310248, pending

SENIOR ENGINEERING MANAGER
Toast | Remote | 2022-2023

The modern restaurant platform. Leader of its takeout & delivery org.

  • Teams cover Android point-of-sale and integrations with major ordering & delivery partners
  • Doubled team size and mentored managers through growth
  • Addressed scaling & execution gaps in team norms & processes
  • Championed adoption of end-to-end automated testing
  • Member of hiring steering group; wrote interview guidelines

HEAD OF ARCHITECTURE
Hillrom | Remote | 2019-2022

A major med-tech company, which acquired Voalte. Led enterprise architecture for the ~150 developer medical communications division.

  • Managed the senior technical staff
  • Owned the architectural roadmap, APIs, and technical initiatives for the 4 major product lines
  • Established distributed communication norms, expanded guilds, and organized summits to improve collaboration
  • Led creation of video communications platform, migration to containers and other initiatives spanning multiple departments

PLATFORM ENGINEERING LEADER
Voalte | Remote | 2013-2019

A VoIP and mobile chat startup for hospital staff. I reported to the VPE, and led platform, integrations & enablement. Engineering tripled from a dozen developers when I started, until it was acquired.

  • Created and managed multiple platform and product teams
  • Developed client architecture and protocols
  • Led backend overhaul to drastically improve performance

SOFTWARE ENGINEER III  | SRI International | 2007-2013

STAFF SOFTWARE ENGINEER | MRSL | 2004-2007