# Daniela Collaguazo > Technical Program Manager | $1M - 3M Program Delivery in AI & EdTech | PMP & AWS Solutions Architect Certified Location: Washington DC-Baltimore Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/danielacollaguazo I’m a Technical Program Manager with over eight years of experience guiding complex, cross-functional programs from early planning all the way through delivery. My sweet spot is leading multi-team initiatives that demand both technical depth and strategic thinking — bringing engineering, product, design, and executive stakeholders together to ship on time and on budget. A few highlights: I led the delivery of a bilingual EdTech product that reached more than 1.5 million students, built an AI-powered enterprise platform for a 3,000-person international organization, and put together the business case that saved an institution millions by swapping out a proposed enterprise acquisition for a leaner, purpose-built solution. The thing I hear most from people I work with is that I’m equally comfortable in both worlds. I’ll dig into architectural tradeoffs with engineers in the morning, then brief executives on program status that afternoon. I’ve been pushing AI adoption in enterprise settings since 2017 — long before it was a buzzword — and I stay focused on where AI and ML actually solve organizational problems, not where they just sound impressive. I’m PMP certified and AWS Solutions Architect certified, with a Master’s in Technology and Innovation Management. I’ve managed vendor relationships, steered teams through organizational change, and consistently delivered results in environments where ambiguity was the default. ## Work Experience ### Technical Lead, Senior Software Engineer @ Amplify Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 Led the execution planning, prioritization, and delivery of a Spanish-language reading product projected to reach 1.5M+ students across the U.S. Collaborated with a senior architect to define the technical roadmap, incorporating input from product managers, designers, content teams, and executives. Identified critical delivery risk by tracking sprint velocity against the annual timeline and escalated resource gaps to leadership — securing additional engineering headcount and scaling the team. Facilitated architectural decisions for a legacy codebase refactor, translating complex dependencies into actionable plans. Proactively created onboarding documentation for incoming contractors, reducing ramp-up time by ~90%. Delivered the product on schedule. ### Technical Program Coach @ Laboratoria Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile (Remote) Managed a 6-month technical bootcamp for a cohort of 30 women, tracking program health against historical completion benchmarks and achieving a 9% improvement in completion rate over prior cohorts. Identified retention risks through regular 1:1 check-ins and removed blockers by escalating resource needs to leadership. Led partner engagement with international corporations including EY and Falabella, serving as the primary Laboratoria liaison — gathering business requirements, translating them into scoped MVP challenge briefs, and designing the execution plan for a multi-team hackathon with 3–4 teams delivering prototypes within a 4-day sprint. ### Technical Lead, AI/NLP — Software Consultant @ Inter-American Development Bank Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 | Washington DC-Baltimore Area Led a cross-departmental initiative to build an AI-powered employee expertise search tool ("Knowledge Locator"), coordinating across the Knowledge & Learning sector, IT, and HR to deliver an application serving 3,000+ bank employees. Managed 3 vendor relationships end-to-end, overseeing the bank's first serverless cloud deployment while navigating significant stakeholder resistance around cloud security and data governance. Built the business case against a proposed IBM Watson enterprise acquisition, researching capabilities and presenting a cost-effective alternative architecture that saved the bank millions while meeting knowledge management objectives. Negotiated data access with HR stakeholders, defining acceptable usage policies to unblock the project while addressing security concerns. Oversaw multiple AI/ML proof-of-concept initiatives, including a topic modeling solution using LDA and AWS Comprehend that informed a blog content restructuring and improved SEO. Refactored Smart Reader, a text analytics tool built by the Institute for the Future, migrating from Python 2 to 3 ahead of the January 2020 end-of-life deadline — making it the most visited tool in the Code for Development Catalog. ## Education ### Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Technology and Innovation Management Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 ### B.A. in Bachelor of Arts in Multimedia Programming Universidad San Francisco de Quito Jan 2003 – Jan 2009 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/danielacollaguazo - GitHub: https://github.com/dcollaguazo --- Source: https://flows.cv/danielacollaguazo JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/danielacollaguazo/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-23