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Maria José González Antelo

Maria José González Antelo

CPO / ICT Project Director20+ years

"Senior Product Architecture and AI Expert | 19+ Years of Experience"

Kulcho
20Years Experience
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Experience & Impact

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CPO / ICT Project Director

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KulchoMay 2023 – Oct 2025London Area, United Kingdom
At Wick Entertainment — later rebranded as Kulcho — I served as CPO and ICT Project Director across two successive AI-powered creator platforms, owning everything from product vision to technical architecture, compliance, and go-to-market execution.Defined product strategy and roadmap for two platforms targeting the creator economy, aligning engineering, design, legal, and marketing teams around a shared delivery vision.Delivered two full MVPs in under 4 months each using Scrum and Kanban, managing cross-functional teams with Jira, Notion, and Slack.Architected and managed AI integration workstreams including OpenAI-powered generative features, AWS Rekognition automated content moderation, and AI chatbot/messaging agents.Designed headless microservices infrastructure on AWS (Lambda, CloudFront, Firebase) with Next.js/React frontend, coordinating both hands-on technical work and external team management.Built and led a comprehensive compliance programme covering GDPR, the UK Online Safety Act, and the Digital Services Act, including age verification systems and sensitive content access controls across international markets.Managed full project governance: project charter, risk register, RAID log, vendor contracts, and Statements of Work throughout the lifecycle.Onboarded 2,000+ creators within 2 months through B2B partnerships and automated payout management, improving operational efficiency by 90%.

CPO / ICT Project Director / CTO / IT Director

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MicoletDec 2021 – Apr 2023Vask Country, Remote Barcelona
Led product strategy, AI/ML integration and ICT project delivery for a high-traffic sustainable fashion e-commerce platform, managing cross-functional teams across engineering, data science, design and operations. AI/ML product roadmap: Google Cloud AI personalisation engine · recommendation systems · ML-driven search optimisation. Agile delivery: Scrum + Kanban · Jira · Notion · Slack · cross-functional team leadership. Automated logistics pipeline: Amazon Seller APIs · 5,000+ monthly operations. Scalable headless e-commerce architecture: hands-on technical contributions + external team management. GDPR compliance: sensitive user data handling · consent management · data retention policies across EU markets. Project governance: project charter · risk register · RAID log · stakeholder communication plans. Grew platform to 1M users and 30,000 monthly garment sales through data-driven product decisions.

CEO, CTO/CPO and Founder

PiSlowJul 2015 – Dec 2021Barcelona and surroundings, Spain
PiSlow was my first venture as founder — a fashion rental marketplace that I built from zero to a fully operational platform, managing every dimension from product strategy and technical architecture to operations and B2B partnerships. Led the full product lifecycle from concept and MVP definition through technical delivery, growth and operational scaling. Managed agile delivery using Scrum and Kanban with Jira, Trello and Notion, coordinating cross-functional teams across engineering, marketing and operations. Designed data models for logistics and demand forecasting, building automation pipelines that reduced operational costs and improved platform efficiency.Validated and expanded B2B partnerships with major fashion brands, managing vendor contracts and technical integration dependencies. Actively contributed to the Solidus open-source eCommerce framework (Ruby on Rails), customising backend commerce logic and collaborating with the international developer community on architectural decisions. Selected for Conector Startup Accelerator in 2017 — one of Spain's leading startup acceleration programmes.

Signature Projects & Case Studies

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Solidus Colaboration (Open source, Spree Commerce)

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Solidus Colaboration (Open source, Spree Commerce)
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CVChatly — AI-Native Professional Identity Platform

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CVChatly — AI-Native Professional Identity Platform
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Education & Credentials

Education

Master in business mobile, Business management and management
IEBS20152016
Maths Degree, Statistics and Operations Research
Universidad de Santiago de Compostela20002006

Certifications & Licenses

Product Owner PSPO 1 Scrum
Become a Product Manager | Learn the Skills
SAP HR
Product Owner Certification

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Key Highlights

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9 Companies
Diverse industry exposure
Adaptable & well-rounded
Versatile
63+ technical skills
Full-stack capabilities
Data-Driven
Focus: AI/ML integration, personalization, product scaling, and data-driven decision-making.
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Leadership & Decision-Making

Senior-level impact and strategic influence

Strategic Decisions

Defined strategy and roadmaps as CPO / Product Manager Director / Technical Product Manager at Kulcho

Strategic Decisions

Defined strategy and roadmaps as CPO / Product Manager Director / Technical Product Manager at WICK ENTERTAINMENT LTD

Strategic Decisions

Defined and led the AI/ML product strategy for a high-traffic e-commerce platform specializing in sustainable fashion.

Skills & Expertise

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Other Skills

a/b testingaccessibilitychange managementfirebasegit

Product & Leadership

agileleadershipproduct strategyscrumstakeholder management

AI & Data

aigenerative aillmmachine learningdeep learning

Programming & Development

angulargorailsreactruby

Cloud & Infrastructure

awsaws rekognitiongcpgoogle cloud platform (gcp)ci/cd

Soft Skills

collaborationclient presentationcommunicationcreative directionproblem solving

Databases & Storage

postgresqlredissql

Personal Interests

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Books

Generative Deep Learning, Teaching machines to paint, write, compose and play. David Foster.Transformers for MAchine Learning, A Deep Dive. Uday Kamath, Kenneth L. Graham, Wael Emara.

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I’m passionate about shaping the next generation of AI-driven products — where intelligent systems amplify human creativity, operational efficiency, and business value.