
Software · Infrastructure · People
Technology with
real-world impact.
I’m Antonio Insuasti, CTO at Kaito Networks. I build technology that connects financial systems and makes global payments more accessible.
At Kaito, I lead technology and engineering for blockchain-based payments infrastructure serving banks, fintechs, and businesses. My work brings together software architecture, cloud platforms, and secure, scalable payment systems.
My background spans consulting, cloud architecture at McKinsey & Company, digital banking, and financial technology. As a Product Owner and builder, I love creating products from 0 to 1, combining hands-on engineering with Agile, Lean, and Kanban. At McKinsey, I also served as a mentor and coach, helping engineers and teams grow.
Beyond technology, I’m a dad of two, a GNU/Linux user, and a motorcycle enthusiast. You’ll also find me reading science, science fiction, management, and literature, exploring new cultures, or spending time with animals.
Expertise
Builder
Consulting has taken me across many frameworks and technology stacks. I connect product thinking with hands-on engineering, choosing tools to fit the problem and building across the full product lifecycle.
- Frontend
- Angular · React · TypeScript · JavaScript
- Backend & APIs
- NestJS · Java / Spring Boot / MicroProfile · Python · Go · Rust · Microservices · OpenAPI / Swagger · Apigee · 3scale
- Mobile
- React Native · TypeScript · JavaScript
- ML & AI
- Python · pandas · Applied artificial intelligence · Machine learning · AI solutions for business processes
- Blockchain
- Solidity · Rust · Blockchain-based payments infrastructure
- Cloud
- AWS · Google Cloud · Microsoft Azure
- Infrastructure & CI/CD
- Terraform · Kubernetes · Ansible · CircleCI · Jenkins · Bitrise · GoCD · Azure DevOps · GitHub · GitLab · Bitbucket · Maven · Gradle · JFrog Artifactory
- Operations
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux · Xen · KVM · Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization · Sendmail · Postfix · Dovecot · SpamAssassin · ClamAV · SELinux · PKI & digital certificates with OpenSSL · Apache HTTP Server · Zimbra
- Testing & quality
- Postman · Cypress · Jest · Katalon · Kobiton
Product & people
I’m also a Product Owner. I love creating products from 0 to 1: shaping an idea, learning what people need, and turning that learning into a working product.
Agile, Lean, Scrum, and Kanban guide how I work with teams. At McKinsey & Company, I served as a mentor and coach, helping engineers grow and teams turn complex challenges into practical solutions.
Experience
- CURRENT ROLEKaito Networks — Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
- Present
- Technology leadership and engineering for blockchain-based cross-border payments infrastructure. Building secure, scalable systems that connect banks, fintechs, and businesses.
- McKinsey & Company, Panama — Cloud Architect
- Previous role · joined 2022
- Cloud Architect. Lead evaluations of core systems for financial companies. Provide support in creating roadmaps for CBS migration. Assist financial companies in making the best decisions, guided by hypotheses and data. Facilitate successful cloud migration for companies. Consulting for implementing artificial intelligence solutions in business processes.
- Mentor and coach for engineers and teams, supporting their growth and development.
- DeUna, Quito — Senior Solutions Architect
- 2022
- Senior Solutions Architect
- Kushki, Quito — Cloud Applications Architect
- 2022
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Cloud Applications Architect
Cloud: Amazon AWS, Serverless Architecture
- Banco Pichincha, Quito — DevOps Chapter Leader, Pichincha Banca Móvil
- Previous role · joined 2019
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DevOps Team Lead
CI/CD: CircleCI, Bitrise, Jenkins, Github, Gitlab and Azure Devops, Jfrog Artifactory Cloud: Google Cloud, Amazon AWS, Linode QA: Postman Katalon and Kobiton for QA teams, Kubernetes , GAE and all Google cloud Developer: Java, Python, Go, and JavaScript (React Native Framework) IDE: IntelliJ, VSCode Eclipse
- SRI — Servicio de Rentas Internas, Quito — Middleware Expert
- 2015 - 2019
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Administration
Jboss EAP 4.x/5.x/6.x/7.x, Apache HTTP and Apache Tomcat, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x/6.x/7.x, Jboss Operation Network (JON), Infrastructure as a code with Ansible and Puppet, GitLab Admin, Monitoring HP Sitescope, Nagios, ELK Stack (Elasticsearch Logstash Kibana) Apache Kafka 10
- Magmasoft, Quito — Red Hat Product Leader
- 2013 - 2015
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Technical Support Team Lead
Support and Consulting on: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, JBOSS EAP, JBOSS BPM Suite, Red Hat Cluster Suite, High Availability and GFS, Jboss EAP with mod_jk and mod_cluster, Jenkins, Gitlab,Jira, Nexus, RedMine
- Innovative Business Solution, Quito — Chief Information Officer
- 2011 - 2013
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Project Management and Planning
Unified Communications, IT Security, IT Services, Open Source Integration with Microsoft technologies, Manage Technical Support
- Palosanto Solutions, Quito — Senior Engineer
- 2009 - 2011
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Project Management and Implementation
Security with OpenSource Software , Enterprise IT Infrastructure, Pymes Services, VoIP Solutions, Technical Support in:, Networking, Virtualization, Security, IT Infrastructure and Hardware, VoIP
- Ministerio de Cultura, Quito — Systems Analyst
- 2008 - 2009
- Deploying and managing Servers: email server, web server, firewall, VoIP Server, Ldap Server. Manage Networking: Switches, Routers, Wireless Network
- Microsoft Ecuador, Quito — SWAT Team
-
2007
Provide support in Microsoft Office System technologies , Microsoft SharePoint Server, Forms Server , InfoPath , Microsoft Office , Windows Vista and Windows 2003 Server
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Certifications
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate - Validation Number: ae864a44afae4bf791a5442e543e6efe
- IBM “Linux System Administrator” S/N ECUSFQ00228
- Elastix Certified Engineer (ECE). S/N 200571804 – S/N 200576560
- Digium Asterisk Certified Professional (dCap): dCap No. 2217
- Red Hat Certified System Administrator. ID: 130-065-634
- Red Hat Certified Engineer ID: 130-065-634
- Red Hat Certified JBoss Administrator ID: 130-065-634
Education
- UEES — Universidad Espíritu Santo
- MSc. in Applied Artificial Intelligence
- Universidad Politécnica Salesiana
- 2024
- Master’s degree in Software with a specialization in System Architecture Design.
- Universidad San Francisco de Quito
- 2011
- Management of Information Technology Business
- Escuela Politécnica del Ejército
- 2004 - 2009
- Bachelor of Science, Major System and Information Sciences
Open source
- Endian Firewall
- Translation Team, year of activity: 2010
- Fedora QA Team
- Fedora in Latin America group until 2018
- Ansible Community
- Ansible Committer on JBoss Grupo until 2018