Summary
Emiliano Arango is a seasoned technology executive and CTO with 13 years of experience leading engineering organizations across Latin America, including strategic leadership roles at Frubana, Rappi and Globant. He excels at building and scaling high-performing, geo-dispersed teams—having grown restaurant tech and ops teams to hundreds of people and helped Rappi scale valuation from $500M to $3B. Emiliano combines product and operational leadership with a strong focus on data-driven decision making, using KPIs and OKRs to steer hypergrowth and measurable outcomes. As an active advisor and angel investor across multiple startups, he brings hands-on experience in mentoring early-stage companies while running product-led engineering functions. Currently CTO at Fanki, he is reinventing fan and sports experiences while maintaining roles across fintech and marketplace ventures, reflecting a breadth that spans B2B, consumer and payments. Notably, his background blends large-scale startup scaling with deep architecture and R&D leadership—allowing him to move fluidly between strategy, execution and talent development.
14 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Universidad de Palermo
English, Spanish