My experience focuses on people management, software technical architecture, innovation management, and project management. I have experience managing managers, individuals, strategic initiatives, and leading architects, developers, and QA engineers for different platforms: WEB, Mobile, and others.
I’m a Senior Software Engineering Manager and University Professor of Computer Science, with over ten years of experience in technical leadership roles.
As a Senior Manager, I’m also part of establishing and running strategy and objectives with the other senior leaders, with a lot of success in creating and managing top performance technical teams.
Previously, I was a senior software developer with a lot of experience in different projects related to financial organizations, media, and others. Technical competencies: program languages as Java, C++, Python, .Net, PHP, Javascript, SQL, and NoSQL DataBases, CMS, Mobile Development, Media Expertise, and others.
WORK HISTORY
Software Engineering Technical Manager Senior
Experian a Business services company
Senior Software Engineering Manager
Akamai Technologies
Manager of a team solutions architects performing software development for HTML5 / Javascript, iOS, and Android media player solutions and runs the day-to-day operations of the team. This includes the management of software development, quality assurance, and customer implementation and support activities, working closely with local and global team members.
This position is a combination of managing managers, individuals, strategic initiatives, and leading the SAs on some of Akamai’s largest customers. As a Senior Manager, I’m also part of establishing and running strategy and objectives together with the other senior leaders within Service Delivery Americas.
Technical Developer Manager
Avantica Technologies (Now acquired by Encora)
Project Lead and Senior Software Engineer.
I worked on different projects related to financial solutions (internet banking, credit score analyses, and others).
I worked as a Software Developer with a lot of experience in development Methodologies: Agile Scrum and Extreme Programming (XP), Test-driven development (TDD), and Waterfall Model.
Avantica Liberia (from June 2012 to August 2013) – I worked in the role of Technical Manager of the second regional office of the company in Costa Rica and the first software outsourcing company in Guanacaste, giving support, training, and coordinating projects in Liberia Costa Rica with managers and resources in others locations in Costa Rica (San Carlos and San José), Perú and the USA. With the responsibility of transmitting and keeping the company standard and high quality of the projects created by Avantica.
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Professor of Computer Science
Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
I teach different courses in computer science with a primary focus on Web and Mobile. This privilege to work with incredible students allowed me to find good talent for the team and various companies.
Verification:
– Escuela de Informática de la UNA
– Verificación del perfil de profesor
EDUCATION
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Amazon Web Services Training and Certification
Akamai Lead Program
Management Certification
PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)®
Project Management Institute
Maestría en administración de la innovación
Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
It contributes to strengthening the management of technological innovation, identifying and articulating efforts and initiatives of the different productive sectors of the country.
Maestría en administración de proyectos (MATI)
Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Experience with methodologies for project management developed by professional organizations, such as the PMBOK® Guide from the Project Management Institute (PMI) ®, or by government agencies, such as PRINCE 2 of the Office of Government Commerce of the Kingdom Kingdom: relates them to Information Technology (IT) and Information Systems (SI) and introduces techniques and tools related to project management.