Spotahome snags former Amazon exec as new tech manager

March 26, 2019

This article was written and published in Spanish and has been translated into English via Google Translate. Click here to read the original article.

This proptech specializing in rental housing has brought on Ángel Azcárraga, a former executive in the user experience division at Amazon.

Azcárraga will take over from Bryan McEire, co-founder of Spotahome, who will continue in the technology team as an advisor.

Previously, the executive was based at Amazon's headquarters in Seattle (United States) where he worked on the technology and product teams of the user experience division. Before that, Azcárraga spent nine years as an engineer at Microsoft.

At Spotahome, Azcárraga will be based in its new London office and will be responsible for developing the technological infrastructure and the company's engineering teams.

"His experience in the design of large-scale software systems and performance will allow Spotahome to take advantage of large amounts of data within the real estate market to promote new and innovative rental experiences for owners and tenants," explained Alejandro Artacho, CEO and founder of Spotahome.

"Despite the rise of the Internet and smartphones, many continue to rent in the same way it's been done more than 30 years ago; the proptech market needs to evolve from images with a phone number to call, to modern, agile and secure transactions," Azcárraga commented in a press release.

The executive joins the other two strategic additions Spotahome has made in recent months: Cleo Sham, former director of Uber operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, as head of operations; and Balaji Nageswaran, former Amazon and Hello Fresh, as product manager.

This article was written and published in Spanish and has been translated into English via Google Translate. Click here to read the original article.

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