About

Antonio Viggiano is a seasoned tech entrepreneur with a passion for innovation. He is currently the CTO at R2U Augmented Reality, where he is helping e-commerce stores increase sales by enabling customers to try out products at home with the use of augmented reality. Antonio has a strong focus on team and culture building, drawing inspiration from the best practices of companies like Netflix, Spotify, and Valve. He believes that questioning the status quo and challenging ideas can lead to better results for the company. On the technical side, Antonio is an expert in distributed architectures and big data applications, with over 7 years of experience. He has managed thousands of Node.js servers for RevMob, the largest mobile ad network in Latin America, and developed a real-time columnar analytics database at BelugaDB. He is also proficient in Terraform, a tool used to build a render farm capable of generating one million images per month to train machine learning models for computer vision applications at R2U. Antonio has worked with several companies, including Toptal, where he worked on projects such as Civic Technologies, which used blockchain and biometrics to control and protect identities. He also co-founded several ventures, including an ag-tech startup, a couple of crypto exchanges, a crypto analytics company, a software house, and an app-building platform. Antonio holds a Bachelor's degree in Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering from the Universidade de São Paulo and a Master's degree in Information Technology and Digital Society from the Ecole Centrale de Marseille. He is also a LC2 Fellow in Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurial Studies from Latitud. Antonio's technical skills include senior software engineering, big data, machine learning, computer vision, blockchain, Node.js, JavaScript, mobile development, and decentralized applications. With almost 9 years of relevant experience, Antonio is a valuable asset to any team looking to innovate and grow.