Hello There, I'm
Dave Texidor.

Engineering leader building high-performing teams and AI-powered product delivery at scale.

18+ years growing engineering orgs from startup velocity to enterprise maturity.

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Engineering leader building high-performing teams and AI-powered product delivery at scale.

18+ years growing engineering orgs from startup velocity to enterprise maturity. I bridge the gap between emerging technology and production-ready systems, building teams that ship AI features to deliver scalable platforms across global markets, while driving AI adoption and automation into everyday engineering work.

Expertise: Global Scale Product Development, AI-Powered Product Delivery, AI Adoption and Automation, IoT and Streaming Platforms, FinTech, Identity and Access, Internationalization and Localization, Organization Design, Technical Leadership, Hiring and Talent Development.

My core attributes include:

Technical Acumen

I take a measured approach in actively participating in technical decisions to ensure teams have a strong technical foundation. "Future Now" — My goal is to establish a point-of-view in which we can build and scale our capabilities to successfully drive business value, while planning for future roadmaps and scale.

Fostering Talent

Through a collaborative approach built on trust, shared vision, and open communication, I work hard to help people drive growth and progress in their professional journeys. Knowing why we are doing something and having the confidence and assurance to take action are key in achieving individual and organizational success.

Delivering Results

Driving smooth execution of complex deliverables is a common challenge across any organization. My approach leverages agile principles and iterative delivery to ensure teams are setup for success while continually seeking improvement in driving better autonomy and results that are metrics driven and help us shape how we move forward.

Engaging Culture

I establish a productive and engaging culture through a foundation of trust and openness, fostering different points-of-view and experimentation, and through recognition across roles and organizations. My goal is for people to recognize the important value they have as individuals and as contributors towards our shared success.

Resume

Dave Texidor, Director of Engineering

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Profile:

  • Delivers customer-focused, scalable solutions that drive business outcomes across B2C, B2B, and SaaS markets
  • Leads organizations across front-end, full-stack, backend, and mobile technologies building multi-regional engineering teams
  • Fosters an engaging and collaborative culture where high-performing teams thrive

Achievements:

  • Launched Arlo's largest product release in history—nine new devices across its full suite of camera offerings
  • Replaced a manual localization process with AI-powered translation, cutting turnaround from 2–3 weeks to under a day, with consistent quality and UX achieving significant cost-savings per annum
  • Improved device onboarding through product and UI optimizations that reduced churn by 14% and reduced time to onboard by ~30%
  • Accelerated Arlo's Web platform releases from monthly to weekly supporting millions of devices and users
  • Delivered 150k in segmented growth and new customer leads via Procore's free accounts experience
  • Improved Procore's core service SLA from 538mins to 1.1mins, reduced daily errors from 3k to under 50
  • Led PayPal's platform strategy for EU PSD2 SCA compliance, ensuring ~$35B in annual regional TPV
  • Delivered $35M in revenue lift in PayPal's Checkout experience on $1B increased TPV

Experience:

ARLO Technologies | October 2024 – Current

Director of Engineering, NPI Smart Home, Partner Solutions, Client Platform10/2024 – Current

Leading two strategic areas expanding Arlo's product ecosystem and driving market growth.

AI Adoption and Automation – Leveraging AI in everyday engineering work.

  • Drive AI adoption across 28 engineers in daily delivery: specs, coding, test automation, PR reviews, bug triage, and process improvements
  • Optimizing AI usage via harness improvements, model routing, tool and MCP audits, and iterative best practices
  • Replaced a manual localization (L10N) process with AI-powered translation: on-demand in a day or less, down from a 2-3 week cycle, with consistent quality and UX
  • Leading automation-focused rollout of agent triage and orchestration for bug intake and triage delivering improved ticket quality and MTTR
  • Coordinated and co-led org first AI workshops to ensure a consistent baseline across engineering teams

NPI, Smart Home (New Product Introductions) – Partnering across engineering, hardware, firmware, product, and go-to-market strategies to deliver differentiated user experiences, extend Arlo's competitive advantage, and accelerate adoption across consumer and enterprise channels.

  • Launched Arlo's largest product release in history (Sep. 2025)—nine new devices across its full suite of camera offerings
  • Improved device onboarding through product and UI optimizations that reduced churn by 14% and reduced time to onboard ~30%

Partner Solutions – Lead technical partnership with Arlo's top strategic partner in EU, delivering tailored software solutions unlocking new subscription and revenue opportunities.

  • Ramped Arlo's newest product platform across EU and LATAM regions
  • Delivering custom solutions across streaming, AI capabilities and cross-platform integration, increasing customer engagement

Previously, Client Platform – Directed core client platform, partner, and web initiatives.

  • Accelerated Web platform releases from monthly to weekly supporting millions of devices and users, improving reliability and partner integration capabilities
  • Drove adoption of analytics and insights frameworks informing product strategy through experimentation, feature ramps, enabling data-driven decision-making across business units

Procore | March 2021 – December 2023

Director of Engineering, Account Onboarding, UI Platform11/2022 – 12/2023
  • Led five teams of 4 managers and 34 engineers (React, NodeJS, Typescript, RoR, AWS, CloudFlare)
  • Built and launched free accounts experience delivering 150k in segmented growth and new customer leads
  • Improved Procore's core service SLA for customer projects from 538mins to 1.1mins, reduced daily errors from 3k to under 50
  • Drove UI tech stack adoption across the entire engineering organization supporting 300+ engineers
  • Migrating from RoR ERB templates (monolith) to decoupled micro front-ends (MFEs) enabling greater flexibility, DevOps, and time to production improvements (1-2 hours to less than 90 seconds)
Director of Engineering, Identity07/2021 – 11/2022
  • Scaled org from 23 engineers to 51 engineers over 8 months, growing four teams to seven across engineering and management experience levels (RoR, React, Typescript, GraphQL, AWS)
  • Delivered Permissions Management platform, User Management, and Authentication capabilities providing authnauth capabilities central to the Procore Platform
  • Established change management, best practices, and process improvements across the division, building an engineering-driven culture, increasing quality, and a customer-first mindset
Director of Engineering, Preconstruction03/2021 – 07/2021
  • Managed seven teams (4 managers, 39 engineers) across US and EU regions with junior to senior Engineering and Management levels (RoR, React, Typescript, NestJS, NodeJS, iOS, Android, AWS)
  • Drove strategic capabilities including Bidding & Estimating, BIM, and Doc Management product lines
  • Established hiring cadence, and best practices, through rapid growth and org transformation

PayPal | 14 Years, 2007 - 2021

Senior Engineering Manager, Identity Experiences11/2018 – 03/2021
  • Responsible for 4 teams (3 managers, 26 engineers) delivering full-stack Authentication and Security capabilities for PayPal globally, across Web and mobile (React, NodeJS, JAVA, iOS, Android)
  • Redefined Security Experiences including new device identification, management, and login notification
  • Led PayPal's platform and technical strategy for EU PSD2 SCA compliance, ensuring ~$35B in annual regional total payment volume (TPV)
  • Represented PayPal as a technology SME with the CSSF (Luxembourg Compliance Regulators) for PSD2 SCA compliance across the EU
  • Led hiring initiatives across the PayPal Identity org growing engineering teams across geo-diverse locations by 50% across management and developer roles
Engineering Manager II, Security Experiences03/2017 – 10/2018
  • Drove PayPal's security mitigations for vulnerable accounts reaching 110% of goal within 12 months
  • Revamped 2FA Login experience to increase security and enhance customer login experience
  • Drove auto-login after password recovery increased login complete rate by ~3-4% contributing towards greater NNA and transaction volume
  • Implemented customer messaging enhancements that reduced customer service call volumes from 8% to 2.6% for ~$400K savings per year
  • Addressed high-profile escalations related to security vulnerabilities and third-party partner integrations including Skype, Kijiji, eBay, and Facebook
Engineering Manager II, Regional Solutions, Merchant Engagement03/2014 – 03/2017
  • Led teams focused on global optimization, expansion, and experimentation across Merchant On-boarding products, reducing friction delivering ~70bps conversion uplift, and achieving a global ramp of 97%
  • Lead global re-stack of Mobile POS App and mobile capabilities for Merchant On-boarding products
  • Drove a large-scale hiring initiative across five managers to build out teams in San Jose, CA and Austin, TX
  • Successfully on-boarded 19 engineers in five months to enable full-stack capabilities and roadmap execution
Engineering Manager I, UI Engineering, Checkout, Global Ops06/2008 – 03/2014
  • Directed collaboration between Technical and Business Stakeholders to reinvent PayPal's Resolution Center
  • Drove long-tail improvements across the PayPal checkout flow for Merchants and eBay globally
  • Delivered $35M in revenue lift in PayPal's Checkout experience on $1B increased TPV (2012)
  • Completed the rollout of new checkout experiences to NA and EMEA markets
  • Built the web development team for PayPal's Global Operations, supporting global customer service applications and customer self-service flows on PayPal.com

Additional Experience:

  • Senior Web Developer, PayPal, 02/2007 – 06/2008
  • User Experience Designer/Developer, Insight, 08/2001 – 02/2007
  • Web Developer, Alliance Consulting, 01/2000 – 07/2001
  • Web Designer II, Insight, 08/1997 – 12/1999

Education:

Grand Canyon University | Phoenix, AZ

Bachelor of Arts, Religious Studies and Psychology double major

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Contact

Let's get in touch and make something great together.

dave@objectforward.com

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