Education

  • Master of Information Systems Management (Project Management Concentration)
    Keller Graduate School of Management. Orlando, Florida, USA. 02/2007.

  • B.S. Computer Engineering
    Rafael Urdaneta University. Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela. 07/2002.


Professional Experience

  • Senior Software Engineer. December 2007 - Present
    Ariba, Inc. - Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

    Function: Develop, maintain and improve applications by evaluating business needs and analyzing requirements following company standards.

    Key Responsibilities:
    • Translate design requirements and specifications into robust implementations in a timely fashion.
    • Consult with supervisors to gather information about program intent, functions, features, and data requirements.
    • Participate in the application design and planning process.
    • Develop software for all aspects of a release's lifecycle, from new major or minor releases, to hot-fixes and maintenance releases.
    • Respond to feedback given by clients and QA Specialists by fixing defects and performing enhancements.
    • Implement data conversion plans where appropriate.
  • Senior Software Developer. July 2005 - December 2007
    Procuri, Inc. - Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

    Function: Develop, maintain and improve applications by evaluating business needs and analyzing requirements following company standards.

    Key Responsibilities:
    • Translate design requirements and specifications into robust implementations in a timely fashion.
    • Consult with supervisors to gather information about program intent, functions, features, and data requirements.
    • Participate in the application design and planning process.
    • Develop software for all aspects of a release's lifecycle, from new major or minor releases, to hot-fixes and maintenance releases.
    • Respond to feedback given by clients and QA Specialists by fixing defects and performing enhancements.
    • Implement data conversion plans where appropriate.
  • Software Developer. May 2003 - June 2005
    Contract Management Solutions, Inc. - Winter Park, Florida, USA.

    Function: Develop and maintain web applications.

    Key Responsibilities:
    • Translate design requirements and specifications into robust implementations in a timely fashion.
    • Consult with supervisors, senior programmers and other programmers to gather information about program intent, functions, features, and data requirements.
    • Respond to feedback given by clients and QA Specialists by fixing defects and performing enhancements.
    • Implement data conversion plans where appropriate.
  • Web Specialist. January 2002 - August 2002
    Informatica Tecnologia y Negocios (INTesa) - Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela.

    Function: Maintain and enhance intranet web applications.

    Key Responsibilities:
    • Enhance performance and code efficiency of two main applications on the intranet.
    • Develop a new web-based application to statistically measure the performance of the support staff.
    • Create documentation for applications.
  • Freelance Developer. January 2000 - March 2003

    Function: Develop custom applications in the public, private, and academic settings.

    Key Responsibilities:
    • Communicate with clients to determine requirements.
    • Document clients needs to create requirements and system specifications.
    • Translate requirements and specifications into robust implementations in a timely fashion.
    • Present clients with different combinations of technologies and make recommendations based on the project.
    • Deploy systems after development and testing phases.


Interests

  • Projects
    • Project Management.
    • Portfolio Management.
    • Time Management.
  • Processes
    • Definition.
    • Automation.
    • Reengineering.
  • Software Lifecycle:
    • Development Methodologies.
    • Requirements Definition.
    • System Analysis.
  • Software Technology:
    • Cross platform web-based applications.
    • Rich Internet Applications.
    • Server-side processing.