John Ernest Ramos
Tech Executive | AI Consultant
Manila, Metro Manila
Summary
Technology executive with 10+ years driving digital transformation and engineering excellence across aviation, fintech, and social media industries. Proven track record scaling engineering organizations from 3 to 300+ engineers while architecting platforms supporting 20M MAU and 2B+ monthly transactions. Led $40M funding success through technical feasibility and infrastructure optimization. Expertise spans enterprise architecture, AI/ML implementation, cloud migrations (Azure/AWS/GCP), and building high-performance distributed systems. Recognized for reducing operational costs by 60%, improving deployment velocity by 99.7%, and modernizing legacy systems with 80% technical debt reduction. Combines strategic vision with hands-on technical leadership (70% coding involvement) to deliver transformational business outcomes.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certifications
Timeline
AI First Software Engineer Lead
Trilogy
01.2025 - Current
Post Graduate Certificate - Leadership and Management
Asian Institute of Management
01.2023 - 01.2024
Packaged App Development Manager / Software Architect
Accenture Inc - Qantas Airways
10.2022 - 08.2025
Principal Software Engineer
Digital Spring Marketing (LYKA)
01.2021 - 09.2022
Senior Software Engineer and Team Solutions
Digital Spring Marketing (LYKA)
08.2019 - 01.2021
Senior Software Engineer
ERNI
01.2019 - 08.2019
Professional Software Engineer
ERNI
11.2017 - 12.2018
Innovations Team Lead, Senior Software Engineer
E-Science Corporation
04.2017 - 09.2017
Founder & CEO
Healthyfied LLC (US)
06.2016 - Current
Software Engineer II
E-Science Corporation
01.2016 - 03.2017
Software Engineer
E-Science Corporation
09.2014 - 12.2015
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
De La Salle University
04.2010 - 01.2015
Work History
AI First Software Engineer Lead
Trilogy
01.2025 - Current
- Established foundational AI/Next.js architecture for the CloudSense platform transformation, architecting enterprise TypeScript/Next.js applications with multi-tenant SaaS capabilities, serving global telecommunications leaders, including Liquid, Maxis, and Newsday.
- Pioneered the company's first AI-powered health check analysis system, transforming manual three-week processes requiring five-person teams into instant self-serve automated results, reducing operational costs by over $1.4 million annually.
- Created a comprehensive RAG development workflow covering customer onboarding through maintenance, accelerating client-specific AI deployments from 3 months to 1 day—establishing a new company standard for AI initiatives.
- Built a foundational RBAC system with real-time analytics dashboards, RESTful APIs, and enterprise authentication, now the core platform infrastructure.
- Led transformative Next.js 15 migration, establishing a modern technical foundation, and designed scalable PostgreSQL schemas, enabling dynamic AI application registration across all business units.
Founder & CEO
Healthyfied LLC (US)
06.2016 - Current
- Founded and managed a US-based LLC, handling all aspects of business operations, including legal setup, tax compliance, and technology infrastructure.
- Built and maintained a full-stack digital platform combining content management, e-commerce, and community features serving health-conscious consumers.
- Oversee the complete business lifecycle from product development to marketing, demonstrating end-to-end entrepreneurial capabilities.
Packaged App Development Manager / Software Architect
Accenture Inc - Qantas Airways
10.2022 - 08.2025
- I served as the Android Technical Lead for Qantas Airways' mobile platform, serving millions of travelers globally and driving the Server-Driven UI initiative.
- Spearheaded the Android architecture transformation from Dagger to Hilt, with Jetpack Compose adoption, reducing technical debt by 80% and cutting development cycles by 40%.
- Optimized CI/CD infrastructure via GitHub Actions, reducing build times by 50%, and enabling a 5x increase in deployment frequency.
- Delivered mission-critical features, including Australian Digital Declaration Form integration, enabling the timely release of the feature that helped to be the first implementation in partnership with the AU Government.
- Led cross-functional teams, achieving 1% month-over-month MAU growth through strategic feature development and performance optimization.
Principal Software Engineer
Digital Spring Marketing (LYKA)
01.2021 - 09.2022
- Promoted to a technical leadership role overseeing the complete technical strategy, infrastructure management, and engineering standards for a social media platform.
- Partnered with the executive team, dividing responsibilities; owned all technical implementation while supporting $40M funding rounds with feasibility assessments.
- Scaled the engineering organization from 3 to 300+ engineers through robust technical architecture and leadership development programs.
- Architected distributed systems supporting 30 million MAU, 10 million DAU, 240,000 concurrent users, with a 99.95% uptime SLA.
- Led three cloud migrations (Azure to AWS, to Private Cloud, and back to AWS), optimizing costs by 60% while improving performance by 3x.
- Implemented a full serverless microservice architecture that helps process over 2 billion monthly transactions.
Senior Software Engineer and Team Solutions
Digital Spring Marketing (LYKA)
08.2019 - 01.2021
- Transformed a legacy e-commerce platform into a marketplace solution, generating over $1M in revenue in the first month, with over 1M monthly active users.
- Directed 68 cross-platform initiatives spanning iOS, Android, Web, and AWS infrastructure modernization.
- Designed microservices architecture templates adopted company-wide, reducing development time by 45%.
Senior Software Engineer
ERNI
01.2019 - 08.2019
- Led a distributed team of engineers delivering features for Swiss private banking applications under strict GDPR/ISO compliance.
- Standardized development practices for 100+ engineers, reducing onboarding time from 3 months to 3 weeks.
- Launched a leading telco's campaign feature, generating over 80,000 engagements in 2 weeks, and driving a 25% user growth.
Professional Software Engineer
ERNI
11.2017 - 12.2018
- Developed innovative passport scanning POC with ML/OCR technology for Swiss bank client onboarding, solution became foundation for company's modern identity verification product line
- Served as primary technical liaison for Swiss clients, managing SLAs and reporting to France business unit leadership
- Served as AWS migration expert consultant, mapping Azure and Java Spring legacy systems to equivalent AWS services while maintaining 100% regulatory compliance
Innovations Team Lead, Senior Software Engineer
E-Science Corporation
04.2017 - 09.2017
- Promoted to a lead role after successfully delivering multiple high-stakes projects ahead of schedule.
- Revolutionized mobile inventory management architecture, delivering within a 3-month deadline, despite a 40% scope increase.
- Introduced a rapid prototyping methodology, reducing client change requests by 70% and project costs by over $500,000.
Software Engineer II
E-Science Corporation
01.2016 - 03.2017
- Mentored three product teams in implementing Agile transformation, improving delivery velocity by 60%.
- Co-created the AWS Lambda framework, adopted across the organization, reducing serverless development time by 50%.
- Designed and implemented pixel-perfect Material Design UIs for enterprise mobile applications.
Software Engineer
E-Science Corporation
09.2014 - 12.2015
- Developed innovative offline messaging platform using Bluetooth mesh networking, featured at Apple WatchKit Lab Hong Kong
- Integrated AWS Mobile Analytics and Crashlytics reducing bug resolution time from days to hours
- Established Git version control standards improving team collaboration and code quality metrics by 40%
Education
Post Graduate Certificate - Leadership and Management
Asian Institute of Management
Makati City, Philippines 01.2023 - 01.2024
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
De La Salle University
Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines 04.2010 - 01.2015
Skills
Languages: TypeScript, JavaScript, Java, Kotlin, Swift, Python, SQL
Certification
Certified SAFe 4 Practitioner, Scaled Agile Inc
Core Competencies
- Leadership & Strategy: Engineering Organization Scaling, Technical Roadmap Development, Stakeholder Management, Vendor Management, Board Presentations
- Technical Excellence: Enterprise Architecture, Microservices | Cloud Infrastructure (AWS/Azure/GCP) | AI/ML & RAG Systems | DevOps & CI/CD | Mobile & Web Platforms | API Design | System Modernization
- Business Impact: Cost Optimization, Revenue Growth, Risk Management, Compliance (GDPR/ISO), Digital Transformation, Product Strategy, Operational Excellence