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Pedro Gustavo Torres

VP of Technology and Architecture @ Centric Software

I’m a low-ego leader, biased towards action, and passionate about building and scaling high-performing engineering teams across startups, scaleups, and enterprise organizations.

I focus on creating environments where teams thrive through clarity, competence, and autonomy.

With 25+ years of experience across North America and Europe, I’ve led and coached hundreds of engineers and contributed to the growth of three unicorns, including two successful exits.

💥 Impact-driven leader focused on people, technology, and product
🚀 Advocate for AI, Agile, Lean, DevOps, and SRE practices that enable high-performing teams
🧙‍♂️ 15+ years in leadership roles across blue-chip companies, startups, and scaleups (200+ engineers)
🖥️ Software engineering background

I’m also an international speaker, community co-founder, and podcast co-host, actively sharing insights on leadership, engineering culture, and scaling organizations.


Talks and workshops