# Bryan Olandres

> Bryan Olandres is a Senior Technology Lead with 10+ years of experience across fintech platforms, payment gateways, full-stack engineering, and technical delivery.

## Identity

- **Current role:** Senior Technology Lead
- **Current employer:** Payreto Services Inc.
- **Location:** Pasig City, Philippines
- **Experience:** 10+ years across technical operations, engineering, and delivery
- **Primary domains:** fintech platforms, payment systems, internal tools, and artificial intelligence (AI) product work
- **Canonical profile:** https://www.bryisdoinghisbest.com/

## Current scope

Bryan partners with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) on product discovery and technical direction. He leads delivery priorities, risk management, stakeholder alignment, system design, vendor evaluation, and team development while serving as the primary Scrum Master across projects.

## Career history

- **Jun 2026 to Present: Senior Technology Lead, Payreto Services Inc.** Bryan partners with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) on product discovery and technical direction. He leads delivery priorities, risk management, stakeholder alignment, system design, vendor evaluation, and team development while serving as the primary Scrum Master across projects.
- **Jan 2025 to May 2026: Technology Lead, Payreto Services Inc.** Provided technical governance, architecture strategy, and product alignment across payment platforms and internal systems. Guided sprint execution and engineering delivery through a business leadership transition, oversaw the corporate disbursement tool, and drafted the company-wide AI governance policy.
- **Oct 2022 to Jan 2025: Client Solutions Specialist, Payreto Services Inc.** Led internal initiatives including a payment-gateway testing tool, a hiring operations tracker, and high-availability microservices built with Python, TypeScript, and Vue.js.
- **May 2019 to Oct 2022: Payment Gateway Specialist, Payreto Services Inc.** Administered international transaction gateways supporting multi-currency, cross-border accounts and secure vendor integrations. Diagnosed production infrastructure issues to maintain transaction availability.
- **Oct 2016 to May 2019: Network Support Analyst, TELUS International Philippines** Provided network diagnostics, incident triage, documentation, and technical support for field technicians handling telecommunications installations.
- **2011 to 2016: Technical Support, Reporting & Data Management, Convergys** Provided end-user support, diagnosed database and transaction issues, validated data integrity, and audited reports.
- **Summer 2011: Records Officer, On-the-Job Training, Department of Environment and Natural Resources** Organized land titles and official records for accurate filing and retrieval.

## Selected work

- **AI voice and chatbot product:** Led a feasibility assessment and developed a high-level system design for an AI voice and chatbot product using open-source technologies. Evaluated architecture, integration patterns, operational requirements, delivery risks, and external vendors. Scope: Feasibility, System design, Vendor evaluation.
- **Corporate disbursement tool:** Oversaw the delivery of an internal tool supporting high-volume corporate payouts and secure multi-ledger workflows. Provided technical governance and maintained alignment between product requirements and delivery. Scope: Payments, Multi-ledger workflows, Governance.
- **Payment-gateway testing tool:** Led the design and development of an internal testing tool that simplified end-to-end payment-gateway integration. Scope: Integration testing, Payment gateways, Tooling.
- **Centralized hiring tracker:** Architected and launched a centralized tracker that made it easier for Human Resources and technical leads to coordinate applicant workflows. Scope: Internal product, Workflow coordination.

## Technical and leadership range

### Leadership and delivery

Technology strategy, Technical roadmaps, Product discovery, Agile Scrum, Project management, Stakeholder management, Vendor evaluation, Developer mentorship

### Engineering

Python, FastAPI, Flask, Django, TypeScript, Hono, Drizzle ORM, Go, Vue.js, Nuxt.js, PostgreSQL, MySQL

### Payments and operations

Payment gateways, ACI Worldwide, PaymentPlug, CelerisPay, NORBr, SEON, Nethone, DigitalOcean, Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), Test automation

### AI product work

Generative AI, Large language models, Conversational AI, Voice and chatbot architecture, Open-source AI evaluation, AI governance

## Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Bohol Island State University (2013)

## Certifications

- Ultimate Agile Scrum Master Certification, Udemy (2025)
- Python Django: The Practical Guide, Udemy (2024)
- Become a Product Manager, Udemy (2024)
- Figma UI/UX Design Essentials, Udemy (2023)
- Computer Hardware Servicing NC II, TESDA (2010)

## Contact and source files

- **Email:** mailto:bryan.olandres.6247@gmail.com
- **GitHub:** https://github.com/veib6247
- **Structured profile:** https://www.bryisdoinghisbest.com/profile.json

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