As Qontigo’s Chief Technology Officer, Nico Kicillof heads the Engineering Division that handles software development, analytics, and information technology. In this role, Nico focuses on ensuring delivery, consistency, and scalability across all technology and design efforts.
Nico was previously Head of Software Development Lifecycle at Two Sigma, the technology-driven institutional investor, since 2015. Before that, he was with Microsoft Corporation for nearly eight years, where he held a number of engineering positions, most recently Principal Program Manager Lead, Operating Systems Group. For six years before that, he was a professor of computer science at the University of Buenos Aires, where he also served as Deputy to the Computer Science Department Chair, and entrepreneur.
He holds an MS in computer science and an undergraduate degree from the University of Buenos Aires. He also studied at ESLAI (Escuela Superior Latino-Americana de Informática).