John Cuellar

John Cuellar is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Lumena Labs, and has been with the company since March 2023. John is responsible for Lumena’s Research & Development, Development Operations, and Information Technology (IT) teams and works with the executive leadership team in developing and executing Lumena’s Technodelics product vision and strategy.

John’s professional background includes the co-founding of SyncHR and leading the company through its early growth stage. John then served as CTO of SyncHR for 10+ years.  Prior to co-founding SyncHR, John was the CEO of Harbor Technology Group, since acquired by Mellon Financial Corporation – a systems integration company focused on web-based solutions that automated HR processes for fortune 500 companies.

Before Harbor Technology Group, he spent an internship with the Swiss Bank Corporation in their derivatives pricing and trading group and worked as a senior manager for the US Navy.

John received his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of California at Santa Barbara, and his Master of Business Administration from the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley.