Objective

A leadership position in which acquired expertise, creative talents and commitment to excellence will have valuable application.

Qualification Highlights

Information Technology professional with over 30 years experience building and leading technical teams through complex IT system projects across multiple hardware and software platforms, with distinguish ability conducting accurate needs analysis, solve problems, and assess technical capabilities. Solid understanding of software development life cycle, with strong object-oriented programming skills and enthusiastic devotee of Agile software development methodology processes.

Entrepreneur with over 20 years experience figuring out how best to tackle obstacles and challenges, finding ways to make ideas and solutions work. Strong communication skills and the ability to amass a team of people toward a common goal in a way that the entire team is motivated and works effectively to get there as a team.

Technical Skills

Programming Languages Java, C/C++, Delphi, JavaScript, Python, PHP, HTML, CSS Software Design Patterns MVC, MVP Frameworks Node.js, AngularJS, ExpressJS, Bootstrap, CodeIgniter QA Testing Karma, Jasmine, Selenium, JUnit Databases MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Progress RDBMS, MongoDB, OrientDB, GOODS

Web Development LAMP, MEAN/ REST/Web Services Operating Systems Linux/Unix/OSX/Windows VirtualBox/VMWare/Vagrant Networking TCP/IP Cloud Computing Amazon Web Services, SaaS, PaaS, IaaS Version Control Git, SVN, VisualStudio SDLC Methodologies Agile Model, Waterfall Model

Project Managers Atlassian Jira, Redmine, Mavenlink Content Management Systems (CMS) Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal eCommerce Open Source Prestashop, Magento Payment Gateways PayPal, Authorized.net Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) MFG/Pro, SAGE, ACCPAC Customer Relationship Management (CRM) SOHO, SAGE

Education and Training

Amazon Web Services Technical Professional (Released September 2014)

Amazon Web Services TCO and Cloud Economics

Amazon Web Services Business Professional (Released September 2014)

Progress Software Corp., Boston, MA. Programming in Progress. 1991

MicroServe, Inc., New York, NY. Novell Network Installation and Administration. 1986

Instituto Tecnologico Antonio Jose de Sucre, Caracas, Venezuela. Associate in Software Development Technology 1981-1984

Colegio La Salle La Colina, Caracas, Venezuela High School, 1970-1981

 

Professional Experience

TECWIS CORPORATION – Plantation, FL

Founder /CEO

May 2001 to Present

Provide information technology solutions by offering software development, system integration, and analysis to help clients enhance their systems to achieve greater productivity and maximize their investment. As an Amazon Consulting Partner we help clients design, architect, build, migrate, and manage their workloads and applications on AWS Cloud. The following are few of the most relevant projects:

 

·               TUYOYA LLC/Founder/CTO - TUYOYA is a start-up company offering an Internet Marketplace solution for the Latin American Market. Analyzed company needs, set technology strategies and created company IT department from the ground up. Conducted research on ecommerce open source that best matched company business model and contracted offshore resources for the design and development of specialized Prestashop modules to support tuyoya ecommerce Marketplace. Managed offshore development teams, provided technical specifications, direction, and implemented Agile SCRUM methodology to deliver products effectively.Designed and architect cloud computing using Amazon Web Services (AWS). Implemented Elastic Load Balancing to provide high levels of fault tolerance and automatically scales its request handling capacity to meet the demands of application traffic.

·               Imed Health Systems LLC/Founder - Imed is a start-up company offering medical technologies for diabetes management, design to share important data with family members, caregivers, and healthcare professionals. Conducted research and development to produce a low cost Glucose Meter device capable of transmitting glucose test results using 2G GSM Cellular Network to a SaaS cloud application hosted in Amazon cloud infrastructure (AWS). Prepared RFP for contracting hardware proof of concept and prototype development. Design and architect eDiabetes SaaS cloud application.

·               Zaimella SA/Business Development Manager - Performed tasks essential for the identification, qualification, and capture of new business opportunities within the Incontinence Industry in the United States market. Conducted market research to identify competitors, market segments and implemented market positioning strategies.

·               Green Virtual Solutions Inc./System Integrity Specialist – Developers of a revolutionary coupon redemption and advertising system for the retail supermarket industry. Conducted software audit to provide an independent evaluation of conformance of software products and processes to applicable regulations, standards, guidelines, plans, and procedures. Involved in tasks that include software design, writing source code, control of source code, reviewing code, configuration management, program testing, and release management process.

·               Vertilux LTD/IT Consultant - Vertilux is a manufacturer and distributor of components for the window covering industry. Worked with senior and department managers find solutions to lower cost and increase productivity by analyzing current practices, applications, and resources.

Designed, planed and executed solutions like developing a highly specialized Data Mining Application that combines data from 12 companies running MS SQL Server. The application written in Delphi 7 provided users on demand inventory, Sales Orders, Purchase Orders, and Cost projections to plan future orders for all companies. This application reduced employee workload; increased system performance, and lowered ACCPAC and MS-SQL licensing cost.

 

Worked with company MIS department and vendors to evaluate proposed solutions and report conclusions to senior management for approval. Use Delphi 7 to help implement Inventory Control and warehouse automations solutions supporting Barcode technology by writing a Barcode Label printing application use by hundreds of suppliers to label their products. Write numerous database administrative tools for automating complex and labor-intensive data maintenance to increase system productivity and lower cost.

 

Magaya Corporation – Miami, FL

Founder/CEO

Jun 1999 to Apr 2001

Creator of Magaya Cargo System a Windows Desktop distributed system, that allows cargo transportation service provides and consumers, share consignment information to provide real-time cargo tracking and share shipment documentation.

 

·               Conducted extensive research of the cargo transportation industry inner workings and trends.

·               Executed SWOT analysis identified small cargo transportation providers market niche, competitor’s strengths/weaknesses and established market penetration strategies.

·               Defined company goals and business model to fulfill target market needs.

·               Evaluated and selected Windows Operating System, Microsoft Visual C++, and GOODS Database technology stack. Developed proof of concept application to demonstrate product feasibility and identify potential technical issues that might interfere with success.

·               Prepared full business plan and secured angel capital to develop Magaya Cargo System.

·               Prepared product development plan, established milestones, delivery dates, and budget.

·               Recruited talented software engineers, quality assurance and sales/marketing resources.

·               Managed all aspects of product development from design to deployment.

·               Conducted numerous venture capital presentations to obtain $1Millon first round financing for company operations infrastructure growth.

 

The application was developed in nine months and commercialized three months later on schedule and within budget. Today Magaya Corp. is a very successful company, leader in software solutions for the cargo transportation industry with over 2000 installations around the world in 80 different countries.

 

Paxiam Corporation – Miami, FL

Founder/VP Development

Jan 1998 to Apr 1999

Startup Company providing software solutions to the cargo transportation industry, creator of ShipIT Cargo System a Windows Desktop application written in Delphi 5, incorporating cutting age technology like touch-screens/Palm-Pilots to automate warehouse shipping/receiving and use WYSIWYG shipping documentation creation.

Endeavors

Responsible for taking ShipIT from concept to market, applied incremental company growth incorporating human resources as needed, building company in the areas of software development, sales/marketing, and technical support to a total of twelve employees. ShipIT was successfully installed at 30 client sites competing with other well-established competitors, regarded as a very easy to use, and low cost solution for small transportation companies with a full implementation price of 70% less than the competition.

 

Sierra Advanced Technologies, Inc. – Miami, FL

Founder/CEO

Jan 1993 to Jan 1998

Founded a consulting firm dedicated to providing IT solutions in all areas of software development, systems administration, and networking. Specialized in building IT departments capable of supporting current and future needs by evaluating and understanding client goals. The following are few of the most relevant projects:

 

·               HEARx LTD/Contract Software Developer - Worked directly with company Vice-president of Operations assess technology needs to support company business expansion. Execute company strategy by building and managing a team of software developers, network and database administrators, technical support, and help desk operators.

·               Fiserve Mortgage Products /Contract Software Developer - Designed and developed enhancements to their Unifi Pro Loan Origination System proprietary application framework. Developed custom programs using Unifi Pro for large customers using Progress Version 8.

·               Acer Latin America/Contract Software Developer - Worked with MIS Director writing, validating and approving functional requirements, set delivery dates and allocate resources according to client needs. Customized MFG/PRO Accounting System to support special tax reporting futures for their international offices. Custom modifications to Accounts Receivable, General Ledger modules using Progress 4GL running on Intel PC Server and SCO UNIX.

 

Keane Healthcare Division – Melville, NY

Account Manager

Nov 1991 to Nov 1992

Successfully executed the deployment of Threshold Medical System at Bronx Lebanon Hospital as schedule. Facilitated a smooth system operations transition to hospital MIS department. Managed company personnel, vendors, and sub-contractors resources to execute the installation of a DEC 5900 mainframe, software installations, data conversions, system testing, local and remote networking for their main hospital and three remote clinics. Prepared Post Mortem Report to describe in detail the specific activities that were most effective and those that needed adjustments to inform future project teams of the obstacles encountered during system deployment.

 

Consolidado International Bank – New York, NY

System Development Manager

Jul 1986 to Oct 1991

Worked with department heads, managers and vendors to solicit cooperation and resolve problems. Plan and coordinate data processing, system administration, computer LAN for 85 users, and computer programming activities. Lead a team of three programmers for the development of Certificate of Deposits, FOREX, and Letters Of Credit applications using Progress RDBMS Version 5 on UNISYS BTOS Microcomputers.

 

Banco Consolidado C.A. – Caracas, Venezuela

Programmer Analyst

Aug 1984 to Jun 1986

Designed and developed a FOREX system. Conducted user needs analysis, wrote functional requirements, and developed programs using Progress RDBMS Version 4 on UNISYS BTOS Microcomputers. Performed application testing, deployment and user training.

Associations

Register Amazon Partner Network - APN Consulting Partner.