DAVID RALECHE

Director, AI Transformation & Governance · IT Director at 4over

Technology and AI transformation leader with 20+ years of experience aligning e-commerce, mobile, API platforms, AI strategy and architecture with operational excellence and scalable growth. Miami, FL.

Technology and AI leadership that delivers measurable results.

$1M+daily commerce supported
10%of transactions generated by mobile
30–40professionals led globally

Leadership. IT Director & AIMS AI Leader at 4over, leading 30–40 onshore and offshore professionals across engineering, QA, data and release operations.

Business impact. Supports an e-commerce platform processing more than $1 million daily. A mobile app built in three months generates 10% of transactions, and USPS direct-mail automation removed manual work and cut operating costs.

AI & governance. Leads AI-powered image recognition and marketing analytics initiatives, and serves as AIMS AI Leader with a focus on AI governance (ISO/IEC 42001).

Track record. More than 20 years across e-commerce, payments, mobile and API platforms. Earlier, architected Facebook payments that grew daily revenue from $100,000 to $500,000.

AI Transformation & Governance at 4over

AI Transformation & AI Governance Leader · Aug 2026 – present

  • Drive enterprise AI transformation with executive leadership, IT, Security, Legal, Finance, Marketing and Operations.
  • Advance the AI Management System (AIMS) aligned with ISO/IEC 42001: governance frameworks, policies, risk assessments and AI Steering Committee support.
  • Lead adoption of Microsoft 365 Copilot, ChatGPT and Claude, with AI training, AI Champions and adoption KPIs.
  • Build Generative and Agentic AI solutions: AI agents, RAG for enterprise knowledge, Python, APIs and MCP.
AI analytics dashboard

IT Director & AIMS AI Leader · 4over

Premier print leader · Sep 2017 – present

  • Lead 30–40 onshore and offshore professionals; manage staffing and AWS budgets for a platform processing $1M+ daily.
  • Built and launched the 4over mobile app (React Native) in three months — now 10% of e-commerce transactions.
  • Automated USPS direct mail with a Symfony REST API integrating USPS PostalOne! and Satori Architect.
  • AI chatbot on Slack with AWS Bedrock, Lambda and Anthropic Claude; AI analytics with QuickSight and Redshift.
  • Led SOC 2 Type 2 work, a digital wallet pick-up card, and a custom Magento 2 REST API.
4over mobile app

Director of Engineering · High 5 Games

New York · May 2013 – Jul 2017
Directed modernization of legacy platforms through PHP framework adoption (Laravel) and scalable database architecture, and established engineering standards across PHP and JavaScript. Architected Facebook payment capabilities that supported daily revenue growth from $100,000 to $500,000, migrated to the new Facebook payment system, and built tools for the Customer Relationship department.

AWSLaravelEloquent ORMPSR-2PerforceJIRAConfluence
High 5 Games

Facebook API & Payments

Facebook API, Facebook Payments and Facebook Authentication. Pioneered a social gift-sharing experience with Facebook headquarters using the Graph API, Facebook Ads and App Insights.

Facebook stories

SEO-SEM Experience · Urban Living NYC

New York · 2010 – 2014
Information architect, project manager, lead developer, server administrator and marketing director (SEM budget over $100K/year across multiple clients). Technical project planning, resource allocation, SOW estimation and translating functional requirements into technical specifications. Senior PHP expert for aptnewyork.com.

AWS EC2 / RDSGitPostgreSQLGoogle AdsSugarCRMWordPress
aptnewyork.com

Strategy grounded in hands-on engineering.

Architecture

E-commerce, mobile, APIs, microservices, serverless and enterprise integrations

Engineering

PHP 8, Python, JavaScript, Node.js, React, Vue.js, Laravel and Symfony

Cloud

AWS, Google Cloud, Lambda, DynamoDB, SQS, Docker and Terraform

Data & Analytics

SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Redshift, Tableau and Amazon QuickSight

AI & Automation

Generative AI, Agentic AI, ChatGPT, Claude, AI governance, automation and image recognition

Security & Delivery

IAM, SSO, MFA, RBAC, PCI DSS, CI/CD, Git, Jenkins, Jira, Agile and Scrum

Enterprise

Magento 2, Adobe Commerce, NetSuite, HubSpot, ERP and CRM

APIs & Payments

REST APIs, Stripe, PayPal, Authorize.net, Google APIs and Facebook Payments

Compliance

SOC 2, ISO/IEC 42001, PSR-4, data privacy and disaster recovery

Lead Generation

Paid campaigns on Google Ads and Facebook to drive qualified traffic

Web & Offshore Delivery

Responsive website creation plus offshore programming with project management

IT Support

Ongoing support for systems, security and performance

Education, credentials & leadership.

Education

Master of Information Systems
Stevens Institute of Technology · Hoboken, NJ · 2008

Master of Computer Science
Epitech · Paris, France · 2007

Leadership & Credentials

Technology Leadership Certificate — Cornell University · 2022

Advanced Developing on AWS — Amazon Web Services · 2023

Google Analytics & Google Ads Certified · 2018

Beyond Technology

Soccer & guitar

Fluent in English and French