Francisco Ovalle-Martínez

About Francisco Ovalle-Martínez

I am a strategic Engineering Executive with over 24 years of experience scaling technology organizations across diverse sectors, including Real Estate, Social Media, AdTech, Music Streaming, Disaster Recovery, and Biotech. As VP of Engineering, Consumer at Realtor.com, I align business strategy with technical execution, leading an organization of 270+ staff responsible for a platform serving 70 million unique users and contributing to $540M+ in annual revenue.I combine architecture judgment with product thinking to build scalable and secure systems that drive developer velocity, innovation, and revenue growth. My focus on execution reliability has led to the implementation of operational standards, drastically reducing technical debt and ensuring high availability for mission critical consumer platforms.Defined by my ability to make things happen, I build high performance environments grounded in trust, alignment, and accountability. I focus on empowering leaders to step up, creating a multiplier effect where everyone can scale and innovate. Whether navigating M&A integrations or shifting technical paradigms, I foster resilient, diverse teams that deliver results without compromising on culture or quality.

Experience

1. VP of Engineering

   Realtor.com

   Aug 2022 — Present · Santa Clara, CA, US

   Leading all Consumer tech areas including Web, Mobile, Services, Platform, SEO, Buyers, Owners, Sellers, Search, Listing, Finance, Media, moving,com and UpNest. Led Customer Engineering teams for a year, overseeing experiences, mobile, dashboards, and toolkit.Products Metrics:70.2 million Unique Users (UU), 3.38 visits per UU. 8.16 million Mobile app Monthly Active Users (MAUs).21% of visits are logged in.Media revenue $80.5 million, lending revenue $31.6 million, Moving.com revenue:$8.3 million.LSR of 0.6%, contributing to a total revenue of $540 million.Tech Modernization and Strategic Planning:Developed a 2-year tech modernization plan in collaboration with tech leaders, aiming to drive gains across revenue, KTLO reduction and audience growth. Key driver and shared ownership of Company-wide OKRs, focusing on organic search, mobile app users, downloads, leads submission rates, and various revenue streams.Diversity and Inclusion Advocacy:Leadership sponsor of the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color employee resource group.Advocated for inclusivity, actively contributing to improving technical language and supporting women in tech.Tech Innovation and Collaboration:Contributed significantly to the definition of RDC\'s FY24 strategy, focusing on priorities and resource needs.Expanded mentoring efforts, fostering growth in various individuals across Engineering and Product.Actively engaged in resolving PDP indexation issues, optimizing SEO knowledge.Accelerated tech paved paths adoption. Actively engaged in Product Reviews, identifying areas of improvement, providing mentorship, and supporting peers\' growth.

Education

• Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

  Telecommunications Engineer, Telecommunications Engineering

  1997 — 2001

• University of Ottawa

  MSc, Computer Science

  2003 — 2005

• Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

  Graduate Diploma, Information Security

  2007 — 2007

Skills

• Security
• Enterprise Software
• Jquery
• Web Applications
• C
• Programming
• Virtualization
• C++
• Agile Methodologies
• High Performance Computing
• Graph Theory
• Apache
• Scalability
• Software Engineering
• Networking
• People Skills
• Javascript
• Cloud Computing
• Open Source
• Web Services
• Technical Leadership
• Reliability Engineering
• Leadership
• Xml
• Rest
• Information Security
• Vmware
• Git
• Subversion
• Systems Analysis
• Mysql
• Distributed Systems
• Django
• Software Development
• Python
• Scrum
• Team Leadership
• Linux