Felipe Diaz

Senior Engineering Manager  ·  Platform Delivery  ·  People & Org Leadership

felipediaza@outlook.com 305.778.8778 Plantation, FL felipediaz.netlify.app

Engineering leader with 17+ years of experience building and scaling software organizations — consistently trusted to take on broader scope, manage managers, and deliver across multiple workstreams simultaneously. Known for building high-performing teams, developing leaders from within, and maintaining strong execution standards without losing sight of the people doing the work. Brings a track record of shipping complex platform programs at scale, owning multi-million dollar budgets, and communicating with clarity at the executive level. Currently leading AI delivery at Warner Bros. Discovery — experienced enough in the space to set direction and drive decisions, while building and trusting the right specialists to execute.

Engineering Org Leadership
Manager & Team Development
AI-Driven Product Delivery
Data Engineering & Architecture
Cloud-Native Platforms (AWS)
Agile Delivery / Product Ownership
Executive Stakeholder Communication
Budget & Vendor Management
Solution & Enterprise Architecture
Hiring & Performance Management
Senior Manager, Software Engineering Oct 2018 – Present
Warner Bros. Discovery

Lead multiple engineering teams across disciplines including AI, data, and platform delivery — managing managers and tech leads across independent project streams with full accountability for delivery, quality, and people development.

  • Manage multiple concurrent workstreams — setting goals, aligning priorities, and holding teams accountable across varied disciplines without needing to be the domain expert in every area.
  • Lead AI delivery including an LLM governance program (AI Intake) and an agentic AI experimentation platform (AI Sandbox) — experienced enough to drive strategy and evaluate trade-offs, while trusting specialists on implementation.
  • Developed managers and tech leads through structured coaching, performance conversations, and deliberate growth planning — multiple reports have moved into expanded leadership roles.
  • Acting Product Owner (2+ years): owned the roadmap, drove prioritization across competing demands, and kept delivery aligned with business goals across stakeholder groups.
  • Delivered HBO Max / HBO GO OTT backend (auth, IAP, subscriptions, UX) and a full analytics reporting suite — shipped to production, presented outcomes to senior and C-suite leadership.
  • Governed architecture decisions across multi-system programs; drove AWS platform adoption (CloudFormation, CodePipeline, CodeDeploy) across delivery teams.
  • Managed multimillion-dollar annual budget; negotiated vendor SOWs/POs; led full hiring, onboarding, and career development lifecycle for all reports.

Manager, Database Engineering & Data Architect Jun 2015 – Oct 2018
HBO Latin America Group

Led BI, EDW, and backend engineering teams across local and remote locations — responsible for both the technical direction and the people executing it.

  • Architected a cloud-based EDW on AWS (Redshift, S3, RDS) consolidating data from Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, and PostgreSQL — powering analytics for ad sales, scheduling, HR, finance, and marketing.
  • Designed and deployed HBO GO backend systems (auth, IAP, subscriptions) serving millions of users across Latin America.
  • Built ETL/ELT pipelines and BI dashboards for broadcasting and content operations; introduced CI/CD practices; mentored engineers on architecture and data modeling.

Database Developer → Team Lead 2010 – 2015
HBO Latin America / Softtek / DeAcero
  • Progressed from individual contributor to team lead — delivered ETL pipelines, BI dashboards, SSAS cubes, EDI integrations, and full-stack .NET applications across media, banking, and manufacturing.

Earlier: ETL Developer — Ford Motor Company  ·  BI Analyst — Bancomer

Master of Business Administration (MBA) 2010
University of Guanajuato, Mexico
Bachelor of Information Technology 2007
University of Guanajuato, Mexico