Juan Manuel Ortiz

CTO & Co-Founder

Co-founded and led the technical vision for a B2B SaaS platform for short-term rental property managers, including an AI guest-communication agent and marketplace integrations. Architected the full platform on NestJS, MongoDB, and Firestore, and owned payments and integration layers.

NodeJSNestJSMongoDBFirestoreCloud Functions For FirebaseStripeStripe ConnectMastraLLM AgentsAIPrompt EngineeringWhatsApp Business APISendgridFirebase Cloud MessagingMetabaseData ModelingAnalyticsRoadmappingTeam Leadership

Director of Engineering

CLEAR

Led the integration of Whyline's engineering organization into CLEAR after acquisition, managing 4 teams and 20+ engineers. Drove the RESERVE airport reservation product from zero to production, now deployed in 20+ airports worldwide.

Engineering ManagementTeam LeadershipIntegrationArchitectureProduct DevelopmentStakeholder ManagementAgileScrum

Director of Engineering

Recruited and hired high-performing engineers and built the operating rhythm between engineering, product, operations, and sales.

HiringTeam BuildingEngineering ManagementCross functional AlignmentStakeholder Management

Technical Team Lead

Owned roadmap for a full engineering team, introduced Scrum, and ran technical discovery directly with enterprise stakeholders.

Technical LeadershipRoadmappingScrumStakeholder ManagementTechnical Discovery

Node.js Engineer

Built core Whyline applications on the MEAN stack, including real-time queueing, notifications, and multi-tenant venue configuration.

NodeJSExpressMongoDBAngularReal Time SystemsNotificationsMulti tenant architecture

Fullstack Developer

Developed full-stack features for an agtech marketplace, one of LATAM's largest.

Fullstack DevelopmentWeb DevelopmentMarketplace

PHP / Android Developer

Developed PHP and Android applications.

PHPAndroid

PHP Developer

PHP