Summary
Gilbert Mena is a seasoned technology leader with 13 years of experience building and scaling cloud-native systems, currently serving as Fractional CTO and tech/product advisor at motivQ. He has led engineering teams across diverse domains—from matchmaking platforms to pioneering automated drone traffic control at AirMap and scaling calling and wireless services at TextNow to expand affordable cellular access. A hands-on architect and operator, Gilbert has driven migrations to containerized microservices, moved platforms from AWS to Azure, and re-architected legacy services into Go/gRPC while defining SLAs, HA/DR strategies and observability practices. He pairs technical depth in backend, mobile and infra with a people-first leadership style, a love of storytelling, and an unusual career arc that spans predictive analytics, transportation safety, and consumer social products.
13 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Spanish, English