Fernando Cruz

Fernando Cruz is the current Chief Technical Officer at Rappi. Fernando has also previously worked as the Director of Engineering for Apple Online Store. At Apple, Fernando was responsible for helping to provide direction to the company's engineering teams worldwide. Fernando was also tasked with overseeing a series of complex challenges that included the overall improvement of one of the world's most valuable and respected internet properties.

Under Fernando's leadership, the team at Apple Online Store became stronger and more focused on quality and dedication. Fernando also encouraged the team to adopt agile methodologies and CI/CD in order to optimize the team's performance. As a result of Fernando's efforts, the team was able to reduce software quality issues by more than 50%, speed up market delivery times, and expand the company's global presence to countries like China, Russia, and Eastern Europe.

Fernando Cruz studied mathematics at Florida Atlantic University, Universidad de Los Andes, San Bartolomé, La Merced, and Stanford University.

Fernando Cruz works with Sebastian Mejia - President & Co-Founder, Felipe Villamarin - Co-Founder, and Caroline Merin - COO. Fernando Cruz reports to Simón Borrero, Co-Founder & CEO. Pablo Saavedra - VP, Engineering, Alejandro Correa Bahnsen - Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer, RappiBank, and Mardoqueu Vieira - VP, Software Engineering - RappiBank report to Fernando Cruz.