• I am a Technical Lead and Manager, overseeing the maintenance of 40+ applications from one of our biggest accounts in the insurance field. As the team lead, I am responsible for communication, ensuring stakeholders are updated on project progress and clarifying ongoing efforts. With extensive knowledge of the applications, I guide the team and handle code modifications while considering potential side effects. Additionally, as a Business Manager, I set aligned business goals for team members, supporting their career growth within the company.

• After around 2 years of working for Capgemini as a freelancer, I am joining their Agile Delivery Center in Valencia, Spain.

• From March 2020 to October 2020: Senior Developer, React Native + GraphQL: I helped developing new features and improvements for the Swish App.
• From October 2020: Engineering Manager (Quuppa based projects) – Promoted to streamline key project development, acting as a liaison between Business and Developers, responsible for defining product backlogs, facilitating developer workflow, validating technical decisions, assisting with development tasks, training non-web developers in React/Redux, and leading onboarding efforts.

• As a versatile freelancer, I fulfilled diverse responsibilities for various clients, primarily as a front-end developer with occasional back-end tasks, while also taking on additional roles such as Product Owner, collaborating with stakeholders to maintain project backlogs, define Acceptance Criteria and Definition of Done, and presenting iteration/sprint results to customers, serving as a SCRUM Master to address blockers and ensure smooth operations, and facilitating training for new team members, acting as a crucial interface between external agencies and end clients.

• Challenges: global projects, cultural differences, dealing with contractor teams with heavy rotation, working with legacy code with poor or non-existent documentation.

• Customers:

  • Rooster Money (UK)
  • Capgemini / Zurich Insurance Group (Switzerland)
  • FLEXXIBLE IT (Spain)
  • Lambda Loopers (Spain)
  • BCN Marketing (Spain)
  • Scale Capacity (Los Angeles, US)

Led cross-functional teams of developers to define product specifications and convert them into actionable technical requirements, leveraging exceptional analytical skills in requirement discovery and analysis to drive the success of upcoming projects.

• Product Development with Backbone/Marionette and a big array of edgy front-end tools. I work as part of an international team, following agile methodologies, reporting to a Product Manager.
• I helped develop a revamped notifications system for their main product.

• I worked as part of an international team, developing & deploying beautiful marketing websites for clients across several countries in Europe.

• I joined Netcentric during its early stages as a small startup, primarily focusing on Front-End development. However, my role quickly expanded to include Team Lead responsibilities, encompassing recruitment, mentoring, and sharing best practices. Alongside the Front-End Lead, I played a key role in handpicking talented developers, some with limited experience but tremendous potential, who subsequently evolved into Senior Developers and Architects.
• As a Front-End Developer, I worked with Adobe Experience Manager, Javascript, and MVC frameworks.
• Collaborating on global projects, we engaged with multicultural teams spanning various countries to cater to our global clientele.

• Highlights:
  • Altran Innovation: Optimized code, improved usability/UI, and enabled mobile accessibility.
  • Gamesa: Developed intranet, customer portals, and an employee portal, overseeing usability/design proposals and functional requirements.
  • Everis: Transformed concepts into visually appealing web portals, ensured usability/accessibility standards, and delivered critical server and client-side components.
  • EBD Soft: Managed web video player deployment and transitioned to HTML5, as well as developed an iPad-compliant website. Softeng: Led UI development for Softeng’s Content Management System using Telerik .Net controls and JavaScript.
  • Presence Technology: Integrated products into existing infrastructures using .Net, PHP, VB, and JavaScript.
  • Prous Science/Thomson Reuters: Built websites and managed webcast production for medical events.
  • Softwrap: Enabled electronic payments and software usage for prominent clients using .Net and JavaScript.
  • Surfpin: Developed portals, performed SEO, and conducted competition analysis using ASP.Net, SQL Server, JavaScript, XML/XSLT.
  • Freelancing web developer for several customers, creating marketing websites with customized designs.

-Takeaways: Front-end development expertise, usability focus, project management, collaboration, and successful results. I gained invaluable exposure and adaptability by working on-site with diverse companies across Valencia, Barcelona, and London, fostering professional growth through collaborating with individuals from various backgrounds and thriving in different markets.

I was taught Java and I jumped to a real project right away. How cool is that.

You probably haven’t heard of Visual Basic 6. If you have, you’re at least as old as me. By the way, VB6 developers invented the “it works on my machine” iconic excuse. You’re welcome.

Ah, reminiscing about the good old days. Back then, I dedicated my time to mastering the intricacies of Greek and Latin, only to find myself immersed in the world of coding. Oh, if only I had known the path that awaited me!

Systems Analyst Certification. C++ / Java / JavaScript / HTML Programming

Suse Enterprise Server 10 Enterprise Server, Network Administration

Web Design with Macromedia Dreamweaver MX and Flash MX. Actionscript for Flash MX

Graphic Design course: Graphic Design, Video Composing and Publicity Concepts. Photographic Techniques and Image Composition. Applications: Photoshop 7, 3D Studio MAX v5, Adobe Premiere 6.