Fernando Engelmann

Chief Technology Officer at SoftExpert

United States

About Fernando Engelmann

Fernando Engelmann is Chief Technology Officer at SoftExpert. Location: United States.

As the CTO of SoftExpert for nearly two decades, I bridge the gap between complex business requirements and cutting-edge technological solutions. I lead a multidisciplinary division of 120+ professionals spanning Cloud Operations, IT, Solution Architecture, and UX, fostering a culture where technical excellence meets business agility. My focus is on the continuous evolution of our Enterprise suite. I champion initiatives in software modernization, cloud-native architecture (AWS), and Information Security. I am passionate about translating strategic corporate goals into robust technical roadmaps that deliver competitive advantages while maintaining the highest standards of data protection and regulatory compliance. To ensure our technology strategies remain world-class, I maintain a strong pulse on global trends through annual participation in premier industry summits like AWS re:Invent and RSA Conference, bringing the latest in cloud innovation and cybersecurity governance back to SoftExpert. ๐‚๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ: โ€ข ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐œ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ: Managing large-scale distributed teams and fostering a culture of security-first development. โ€ข ๐†๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž & ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž: Aligning technology strategy with global compliance standards (SOC, ISO) and corporate governance frameworks. โ€ข ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Guiding architecture decisions for a suite of 35+ products (Monolith to Microservices/SOA evolution). โ€ข ๐‚๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ & ๐ˆ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Driving cloud adoption, AWS strategy, and R&D in new technologies. โ€ข ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐€๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ: Ensuring technology investments directly improve P&L and customer satisfaction. โ€ข ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ: Driving secure cloud adoption (AWS) and overseeing the organization's cybersecurity posture.

Skills

  • Technology Leadership
  • Management
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Additional experience

  • Software Analyst

    SoftExpert

    May 2001 โ€“ August 2006

Education

  • MBA, FGV - Fundaรงรฃo Getulio Vargas
  • Bachelor, SOCIESC