Portrait of Jose Tarodo, CTO at Cocunat
CTO at Cocunat · Valencia, Spain

Technology that performs,
because people do.

I'm Jose. For thirteen years I've built online stores, and the teams behind them. I care about two things equally: products that are genuinely fast, and people who actually want to build them.

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About

Computer engineer by training, eCommerce obsessive by choice. For over a decade I've built and led the technology behind online stores. Today I'm CTO at Cocunat.

I care about two things, equally: products that are genuinely fast, and teams that actually want to show up. The second is what makes the first possible. A lot of my job is just removing the obstacles, so the good work can land.

Sixteen years in tech taught me one thing for sure: speed wins, and culture is what actually ships the work. So I lead the way I'd want to be led. Close, present, and allergic to friction that doesn't need to exist.

Based
Valencia, Spain
Role
CTO, Cocunat
Focus
Performance & people
In tech since
2009
Computer Engineering Degree Engineering leadership eCommerce platforms People-first teams Web performance
Adobe Certified Expert, Adobe Commerce
PRINCE2 Certified
ITIL Certified
Google Analytics Certified
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0+ projects
shipped, idea → go-live
02
0+ brands
online stores I've built
03
0+ retreats
co-run worldwide
40%
of people leave a site that takes more than three seconds to load. Speed isn't a detail. It's the business.
Something I've watched cost real money, more than once.
Selected work

Some of the brands I've helped move faster.

And these are just some of them, from a decade of building online stores and the teams behind them.

Cocunat
CTO · 2025-now
Druni
Technical Product Owner · 2017-2020
Inditex
Marketplace Integration Technical PO · 2020-2021
Pepe Jeans & Hackett
Technical Product Owner · 2017-2020
Sesderma
Digital Platform Manager · 2020
Career

The path so far.

13+ years

More than a decade in tech and eCommerce. Here are the stops that shaped it.

2025-now
Chief Technology Officer
Cocunat
2021-2025
Technical eCommerce Product Owner / Team Lead
PHPro / Xplore Group
2020-2021
Marketplace Integration Technical Product Owner
Corunet
2017-2020
eCommerce Project Manager / Technical Product Owner
Onestic · Druni, Pepe Jeans, Hackett
2009-2016
IT, Systems & Service Management
Service Manager at Bull, plus monitoring, database administration and systems roles across several companies. A decade in the trenches, building the foundations.
Education
Computer Engineering Degree
Universitat Politècnica de València
Ideas

Ideas I've shared on social.

Notes on commerce, performance and leadership. Plus the odd lesson from life.

Web Performance

Most stores are leaving money on the table

I audited Spain's 50 most-visited online stores. Only 22% passed all three Core Web Vitals. The rest are losing customers before the first product even loads.

eCommerce 2026

Simplify the foundations

AI and agentic commerce get the headlines. The real edge is duller than that: the teams who simplify their foundations move faster than the ones still admiring their own complexity.

Leadership

Not their manager. Their person.

I borrowed the line from Ancelotti. I build teams on real human connection, not hierarchy. The proof? In years, nobody has left. Culture, taken seriously, is performance.

On effort

The real ROI of effort

The real return on effort isn't applause or recognition. It's the quiet pride of knowing you held nothing back. A lesson I keep relearning, on and off the pitch.

See more on LinkedIn →
Speaking & Publishing

On stage, and in print.

Talks, panels, and the odd published piece.

eCommerce in 2026 Web performance as a growth lever Core Web Vitals & revenue Agentic commerce Omnichannel reality People-first leadership
PanelShopify Connect in Madrid
12 Feb 2026 · Madrid

Shopify Connect: Innovating Commerce Together

Panel: “Local Success Stories, Global Impact.” How strong local brands read the market and turn it into real growth.

Host · Shopify
TalkUpcoming Shopify stage
2026 · TBC

Another Shopify stage

Another talk with Shopify lined up for 2026. Details to be confirmed.

Host · Shopify
Coming soon · placeholder
InterviewCocunat success story on Shopify
2025 · shopify.com

The Cocunat success story

An interview I did with Shopify on how we run technology and growth at Cocunat, published on Shopify's site.

Host · Shopify
Read it →
Voices

What it's like to work with me.

Every one of these is a recommendation written on LinkedIn.

Beyond the code

Leadership I practice, off the clock.

For eight years now, my wife Jennison and I have run yoga retreats around the world. She's the yoga teacher, with more than fifteen years of practice. My role is unofficial and unglamorous: make sure everyone is looked after. Honestly, it has taught me more about leadership than any framework.

Tuscany
Greece
Croatia
Portugal
Spain
Morocco
California
40+ retreats · 8 years
Yoga retreat
Yoga retreat
Yoga retreat

“Take care of the people, and the rest takes care of itself.”

Yoga retreat
Yoga retreat
Yoga retreat
Yoga retreat
Yoga retreat
Yoga retreat
Yoga retreat
Contact

Let's talk.

Commerce, web performance, a talk, or just to say hello. My inbox is open.

Based in Valencia, Spain.