Bachelor in Computer System Engineering

Master

- Architected and led the transformation of a monolithic application into a distributed, event-driven microservices platform using Golang, Kubernetes, Kafka, and CockroachDB, resulting in 3x faster response times and 200% increased capacity for concurrent users.
- Led a high-performing team of engineers, fostering a collaborative culture that resulted in increased productivity by 50%.
- Implemented robust security measures, including full end-to-end encryption and data access policies, which played a vital role in achieving the PCI certification.
- Served as a key liaison between product, business stakeholders, and engineering. Effectively communicated technical feasibility, business needs, and product vision, leading to collaborative decision-making and successful project execution.

Chief Technical Architect

- Led the architectural design and development of a cloud-native, microservices-based platform using Kubernetes, Java, and SQS, replacing a legacy monolith application for improved scalability and performance.
- Established best practices for Kubernetes deployments and CI/CD pipelines, leading to a reduction in deployment failures and a faster release cycle
- Implemented a centralized logging service using ELK Stack, reducing troubleshooting time for production issues. This enhanced visibility into system behavior and facilitated quicker resolution of incidents

Software Architect

Senior Software Development Engineer

Principal Software Development Engineer

A startup focused on providing nearshore development resources for USA companies. I was hired to provide guidelines, best practices and mentoring the current pool of developers, also serving as a focal point to clients, understanding their requirements and proposing new ideas.

Achievements:

* Created a development / deployment workflow including continuous integrations and deployments to AWS infrastructure.

* Converted the team to an Agile methodology.

* Successfully migrated all the infrastructure from a private VPS to Amazon AWS, providing a more “agile way” to do continuous deployments and improving the scalability of all applications.
All Server components are now based entirely in Java/Scala using the Play! framework (async and non-blocking I/O).

* Designed a highly scalable, highly reusable distributed architecture based on REST concepts, moving JSON back and forth, it is now the foundation for every new application we build.

* Ubuntu, MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis, MySQL, Java

Development Manager

- Led engineering and product teams through a successful transition from minimum viable product (MVP) to a scalable, growth-oriented platform
- Leveraged Kubernetes and Cloud optimization strategies to significantly reduce the infrastructure costs
- Implemented a modern software development lifecycle (SDLC) focused on DevSecOps, which increased security and deployment efficiency
- Developed a strategic roadmap for transitioning to a secure, stable Version 2.0 platform, including the creation of a dedicated platform engineering team with a strong cybersecurity focus
- Enhanced cross-functional collaboration by establishing clear communication channels and efficient incident response protocols
- Reengineered the system's architecture, consolidating the technology stack around Go, Python, and React. This transformation facilitated the creation of a real-time, event-driven platform capable of scaling while adhering to service level agreements

VP of Software Engineering

Java Software Engineer

A hybrid e-commerce (online and physical) company focused on local products with a word-of-mouth approach. I was working as a part-time Director of Technology, responsible for hiring / mentoring developers, designing the architecture of the platform, managing budget, doing code reviews and creating a continuous delivery workflow to Google Cloud Platform.

The technology stack is based on Java (Play! Framework and Spring Boot), NodeJS (Sails framework), AngularJS, HTML5, CSS3 and python, communication between the components is 100% HTTP based on REST principles, all APIs are documented using the “API Blueprint” project (https://apiblueprint.org).

Achievements:

* Coding and devops activities were part of my daily activities, a hands-on person.

* Grew the IT team from 1 to 6 engineers, 3 backend, 2 frontend, 1 UI/UX designer.

* Built the ecommerce platform from scratch, the first version went to production in six months, with a team of 3 people including myself.

* Microservices orien

Director of Information Technology

Leading the team responsible for the company’s integration platform based on Tibco (EMS, BW), hosting over 1,000 queues / topics and over 200 BW apps. Providing best practices and guidelines for internal developers that want to develop solutions aimed at data integration.

Some of my accomplishments:

*  Expert technical advisor for projects that have data integration as one of their goals.

* Acted as the principal project manager in a server upgrade project. Took technical and  business decisions on when and how to upgrade. We manage to make this big upgrade within a 2-hour downtime window that was given to us, no critical systems needed to be shutdown and the whole team got a recognition for our outstanding performance.

* Current SLA allows a downtime of 30 minutes per year, for the past 3 years the service uptime has been 100%.

* Wrote a web-based tool (using Java and async concepts) that allows developers to perform administrative tasks on queues/topics, it is also used as a mon

Application Integration Architect

Team leader and middleware administrator working for 2 General Electric divisions (Commercial Finance and Energy).

Achievements: 

* Middleware & Web administrator  for GE Commercial Finance division, using the following technologies: 
Tibco, Weblogic, Sun Web Server, SiteMinder. Assisted the executive management in building the team in México, this team was created as a mirror of the India based team to provide a “follow the sun” strategy.

* Team Leader of a java development team, working for GE Energy division, working with JSF, Spring and Oracle, Spent 2 months On-Site during our go-live event,  getting very good feedback from the client about the team’s performance.

* Earned an award for my performance and achievements during my first year.

Lead Java Developer, Tibco administrator

Chief Technology Officer

Seasoned software engineer and entrepreneur, crafting applications and leading teams for over 20 years

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