Devario J.

Experience

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  iMentor

  Senior Director of Engineering

  Jan 2023 - Present

  iMentor builds mentoring relationships that empower students to graduate high school, succeed in college, and achieve their ambitions. Since 1999, iMentor has connected more than 30,000 students with mentors. In the next 5 years, iMentor will scale to serve even more mentor-mentee pairs. In New York City, Baltimore, Chicago, and the San Francisco Bay area, iMentor partners with public schools to ensure every student in the schools receives a mentor. Across the country, iMentor provides nonprofit partners the tools to run their own high-impact programs in the iMentor model. This includes a technology platform, a research-based curriculum, and program analysis tools.

  • Led the engineering team across all products, enhancing web, APIs, and mobile apps for iOS and Android.
  • Generated $438,920 in organizational savings through strategic optimizations and vendor contract renegotiations.
  • Architected and implemented SOC 2 Type I compliance, aligning with ISO 27001 framework.
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  The Web3 Company

  Chief Technologist

  Feb 2022 - Present

  The Web3 Company is a product studio building creator and community platforms at the intersection of AI and blockchain. We focus on identity, ownership, and portability, giving people control over their audiences, content, and value. Through products spanning social and entertainment, we turn ambitious ideas into durable, future ready systems. Our work blends speed with rigor, using AI to remove friction and blockchain to establish trust so modern platforms can scale without losing integrity.

  • AI layer: defining where automation and intelligence create real leverage, including agent driven workflows, safety and policy guardrails, personalization, content operations, and analytics that translate behavior into product insight.
  • Blockchain layer: designing pragmatic ownership and settlement primitives, including token strategy, wallet and custody considerations, on chain versus off chain boundaries, and future ready identity and access patterns.
  • Platform layer: shaping cloud, data, security, and integration strategy so MVPs can launch quickly without painting the company into a corner on scalability, compliance, or cost.
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  American Kennel Club

  Engineering Manager

  Aug 2017 - Feb 2023

  The American Kennel Club (AKC) is the primary registry and governing body for purebred dogs in the United States. Founded in 1884, it maintains breed standards, manages millions of dog registrations, and oversees thousands of competitive events each year, from conformation shows to agility and working dog trials. Beyond sport, the AKC funds canine health research, sets welfare standards, and represents dog owners and breeders in legislative matters. Today, it operates as both a heritage institution and a large scale digital organization serving breeders, clubs, and dog owners worldwide.

  • Led modernization of core digital platforms serving breeders, clubs, and event organizers, improving performance, reliability, and scalability across high volume workflows.
  • Defined architectural direction for legacy to modern system transitions, aligning engineering execution with long term business and data strategy.
  • Acted as a strategic bridge between product, operations, and engineering, ensuring complex domain requirements translated into resilient, user centered platforms at national scale.