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Daniel
Villanea
Data & Analytics Manager · Procter & Gamble
Cloud and data engineering leader building systems that scale globally — from infrastructure to insights.
About
I'm a cloud and data engineering leader with 10+ years building global, high-throughput systems at scale. Based in Heredia, Costa Rica, I lead cross-functional teams across the US, UK, India, Spain, and beyond — currently driving data and analytics strategy at Procter & Gamble.
Experience
2021 – Present
Data & Analytics Manager
Procter & Gamble
- Leading data and analytics strategy across global business units.
- Building scalable data platforms and pipelines on AWS.
- Driving cross-functional alignment between engineering, product, and business stakeholders.
2021
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Experian
- Led SRE observability strategy integrating Dynatrace and ServiceNow — improved MTTR by 30%.
- Spearheaded OpenShift-to-EKS migration reducing operational costs by 60%.
- Oversaw multi-region deployments coordinating teams in UK, USA, India, and Spain.
2020 – 2021
DevOps Principal Engineer
Syniverse
- Led migration of top revenue-generating SMS exchange platform from on-prem to AWS/EKS.
- Managed multi-regional contractor teams across US, Ukraine, and India.
2019 – 2020
Senior DevOps Engineer / Consultant
Gorilla Logic
- Developed secure cloud-based solutions using Terraform, Jenkins, and containerization.
- Implemented CDN/WAF configurations enhancing global content delivery and security.
2008 – 2019
Multiple Roles — Cloud, SRE, DevOps, Systems
Intel Corporation
- 11 years across Cloud Engineering, SRE, DevOps, and Systems Programming at 30K+ server scale.
- Drove Akamai CDN selection and adoption, guiding multi-million dollar contract negotiations.
Skills & Stack
Cloud & Infrastructure
Observability
Automation & CI/CD
Security
Key Achievements
Cost reduction via OpenShift-on-prem → EKS migration
MTTR improvement through observability strategy
Years leading globally distributed engineering teams