Work Experience

Accenture

Principal Director

Delivered digital transformation projects generating $10M-$500M in client revenue across automotive, healthcare, energy, and financial services.
Recovery Specialist: Repeatedly selected by leadership to rescue troubled engagements—restored financial health and client satisfaction across 15+ turnaround situations in energy, healthcare, automotive, and government sectors.
Hands-on development of production LLM systems including prompt engineering, fine-tuning, and agentic AI architectures.
Led cross-functional team combining ML engineering and enterprise security domains.
Nearshore Leadership: Grew team to 200+ engineers and $20M+ commercial portfolio serving automotive and MedTech clients.
Co-invented patented software solution that developed $100M+ in sales pipeline (USPTO-9,959,507/9,792,557; China CN105787801B).
Served as delivery lead for ~15 engagements ($250K-$10M each), managing multiple scrum teams of ~30 engineers, designers, and product managers.
Created solutions using design thinking and agile methodologies to deliver products in 4-6 months, with some products serving 10M+ users.
Achieved consistent record of on-time delivery and excellent client ratings.

Multiple Entrepreneurial Ventures

CTO/Co-founder, VP of Business Development

Miami, FL | San Francisco, CA | Ann Arbor, MI

Secured $2M+ for a startup through the development of the first product iteration.
Provided technical leadership and drove operational execution to create technical platforms for startups in the fin-tech, telecommunications, and social networking spaces.
Attracted top technical talent to build products and worked with senior executive teams to articulate the strategic plan.
Acted as spokesperson in trade shows (ITEXPO), with published articles. Achieved membership at a leading industry association (TEMIA) for one of these ventures.

Baxter International

Director of Strategy and Business Development

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Drove the regional strategic process for Latin America, improving regional revenue from $990M (7.8% in 2009) to $1.7B (12.1% in 2011).
Gained deep exposure to healthcare technology ecosystems, regulatory frameworks (FDA compliance), and clinical workflows.
Led cross-functional teams across medical device product lines including renal, medication delivery, and surgical care.
Consolidated regional strategy and governance processes across 20+ countries.
Led the 2009 and 2010 Strategy Summits for regional strategy definition.
Re-launched business development function across LATAM; established regional BD Council and obtained Board approval for major investment in Renal Centers.

General Motors

Business Development Manager, Finance Manager, Global R&D

Shanghai, China | São Paulo, Brazil | Detroit, MI

Led portfolio of 22 growth initiatives for Asia-Pacific region achieving ~$3B in revenue, including joint ventures and new in-house business development.
Created portfolio of advanced mobility and electrification strategies for GM and OnStar senior leadership—early exposure to connected vehicle and software-defined automotive concepts.
Generated and tracked revenue growth initiatives across Asia-Pacific region with target of $7B revenue.
International experience across Shanghai, São Paulo, and Detroit in finance, R&D portfolio management, and strategic planning.
Leveraged cross-functional teams, resources, and processes to drive projects to completion across diverse cultural and regulatory environments.

Netsoft Colombia

Partner | Co-founder

Bogotá, Colombia

Started and developed a profitable firm which provided I/T consulting and services.
Designed the Y2K-compliance plans for a major financial corporation, led the client's I/T team (30+ people) in the implementation. Client did not have any Y2K-related business disruption.
Developed Executive Information, Decision Support and Work Management Systems for Colombian National Road Agency to support the administration of a US$200 million budget to maintain the national road infrastructure.
Managed a US$ 0.5 million contract with the Colombian government to provide on-line Internet presentation of electoral statistics and results during National Presidential Elections of 1998.

Apple Colombia (CDM)

Product Manager (MarCom)

Bogotá, Colombia

Supported dealers and key customers after new product launches
Rapid progression from initial role as support engineer to a public-facing role with responsibility for product launches

Let's discuss your challenge

Whether you need strategic leadership, technical architecture, or someone who can do both—I'm interested in complex problems that require crossing traditional boundaries.

Particularly interested in: Healthcare AI, digital transformation recovery, and building high-performance engineering organizations.

Stay Connected

[email protected]

+1 (954) 205-6824

© 2007-2026 Juan C. Méndez