Hi, I'mJoão Granja

French multichannel retailer founded in 1837, known for ready-to-wear fashion and home decor.

• Defined and owned the technology strategy for a leading European e-commerce platform serving 10M+ active customers across 26 countries
• Led platform modernization initiatives supporting the company's transformation to 90% online sales, including cloud adoption, data platforms, cybersecurity, and AI-enabled customer operations
• Drove organizational and technical transformation by breaking down silos, aligning product, engineering, and business teams
• Led and scaled high-performance engineering organizations operating mission-critical, high-traffic platforms

Leading e-commerce platform in Africa. Appointed to lead multiple high-growth business units as Portfolio CTO across Payments, On-Demand, Marketing, Travel, and Marketplace within a NYSE-listed environment. Built and scaled core infrastructure across 35+ countries under high regulatory and operational complexity.

Technical leadership on global e-commerce and operations web applications development. Interfacing business requirements and technical execution. Refining and optimizing the software development process.

• Lazada Group — Operations across Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Backed by Tesco, Temasek, J.P. Morgan, and Rocket Internet
• OMS (Order Management System) — Warehouse and order management platform serving 35 countries. Used by Lazada, Zalora, and Jumia
• Bamarang — Design-focused company transferred to WestWing

Dynamic startup focused on building enterprise-level frameworks across various business sectors.

• Built enterprise-level frameworks and custom platforms across multiple industries
• Led teams, defined technical architectures, and owned delivery timelines and quality
• Developed strong client-facing execution and system design foundations

Founded, defined, built, and commercialized a proprietary multi-tenant digital infrastructure designed to eliminate operational friction in complex, high-pressure environments.

• Defined and owned a core platform architecture with multiple applications, enabling reusable deployments across sports federations, public institutions, and large-scale international events
• Built a mission-critical system that transformed fragmented logistics and human coordination into predictable, automated, and scalable operations
• Successfully operated the platform across international events, supporting 900+ athletes from 26 countries
• Coordinated teams, delegations, transport, accommodation, competition frameworks, and operational staff through a single unified system
• Provided strategic technical leadership and custom infrastructure to various organizations