Career Summary

I am a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, I have 14 years of experience working in Software Engineering and IT Support.

Work Experience

Software Engineer

Universidad Santiago de Cali
2008 - 2018

  • Provide IT Customer Support for the users of the ERP and Academic Information System of Universidad Santiago de Cali (Santiago de Cali University).
  • Develop and customize Web Services to process payments made through banks.
  • Meet with the users and identify the needs and requirements to be solved.
  • Analysis and development of software requirements.
  • Design anonymous blocks using Oracle PL/SQL.
  • Create customized user reports using SQL.
  • Coordinate with the Software provider and the final users, requested requirements, the solutions of the incidents and establish the priority of the cases.
  • Evaluate with the Software Development Coordinator the integration proposals with the information systems of the banks with which the University had commercial agreements in order to process automatically the payments made by the students.
  • Interact with the banks when is required to make changes in the generation of flat files that are used in their virtual platforms to make transactions.
  • Developed reports for the ERP and Academic Information System using Jasper Reports software.
  • Provide IT customer support and maintenance of the payment gateway which was built with Java Servlets and PHP and deployed through Apache Tomcat and Apache HTTP Server respectively.
  • Provide IT support to the final users of the ERP and Academic Information System “SIGUSC” which was built with Oracle 11g Database, Oracle Forms 6i and Oracle Reports 6i.
  • Achievements:

    • Contributed in the data migration of the payroll system “NMUNO” to Enterprise Resource Planning system (ERP) “ICEBERG”.
    • Developed SOAP web services to process payments made by the students through banks using C# and Visual Studio. Use cases: Banco de Bogota and Banco Sudameris.

    Technologies used:

    • Oracle PL/SQL
    • C#
    • Java Enterprise Edition
    • PHP
    • Oracle 11g Database
    • Oracle Forms and Reports 6i
    • Toad for Oracle
    • Apache Tomcat
    • Apache HTTP Server
    • Jasper Reports
    • IReport Designer
    • Linux
    • HTML/CSS/JAVASCRIPT

    Software Engineer

    Parque Tecnológico del Software – MINDS IT CALI EU
    2005 - 2007

  • Assisted in the design and development of a mobile and web application called SkoolIT, which was a user information solution for Schools in New York, United States.
  • Analysis of software requirements.
  • Development of software for mobile devices according to requirements, using programming languages such as Java 2 Micro Edition (BlackBerry OS) AND Super Waba (Windows CE, Pocket PC and PALM OS).
  • Adaptation of software applications made in J2ME to BlackBerry OS.
  • Development of client-server software by using Java 2 Standard Edition.
  • Development of web-based software using PHP and HTML language, JavaScript, Eclipse Integrated Development Environment, MySQL and Microsoft SQL Server Database.
  • Mobile Software tests on emulators and physical devices that supported the BlackBerry OS, Windows CE, Pocket PC and PALM OS operating systems.
  • Adaptation of software applications made in J2ME to BlackBerry OS.
  • Achievements

    • Contributed in the development and certification of the Mobile Application called Skoolit for Research In Motion, the former developer of the Canadian BlackBerry brand of smartphones, and tablets and for Sprint Corporation, the American telecommunications company.

    Technologies used:

    • Java 2 Micro Edition
    • Java Standard Edition
    • PHP
    • Apache HTTP Server
    • SQL Server
    • HTML/CSS/JAVASCRIPT
    • Super Waba
    • Blackberry OS
    • Windows CE
    • Palm OS
    • Pocket PC

    Software Engineer

    Parque Tecnológico del Software – ADSUM S.A.S.
    2004 - 2005

    Assisted in the design and development of a web application called “Adsum CMMS”, which was a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) built using PHP, PostgreSQL and Apache Server.

    Achievements

    • Contributed in the implementation of “Adsum CMMS” for SENA, a training entity for the work of the Colombian State.
    • Contributed in the implementation of “Adsum CMMS” for EMCALI, a municipal utility company, through “Integrated Technological Platform” project also known as PTI.
    • Contributed in the implementation of “Adsum CMMS” for INVAL, a manufacturer of modular furniture in Palmira, Valle del Cauca.

    Technologies used:

    • PostgreSQL
    • MySQL
    • PHP
    • HTML/CSS/JAVASCRIPT
    • Apache HTTP Server
    • Linux Red hat
    • Linux Cent OS

    Skills & Tools

    Frontend

    • JavaScript
    • HTML/CSS

    Backend

    • Java

    Others

    • Git
    • SOAP

    Education

    • MSc in Information Technology
      Universidad Santiago de Cali
      2013 - 2019
    • SOA Professional Certification
      ARCITURA, THE IT EDUCATION COMPANY
      2018
    • Customer Service Course
      SENA
      2014
    • ITIL Service Management Foundation Certification
      APMG INTERNATIONAL
      2012
    • Diploma in Management of Oracle Databases and Development of Software Applications
      Universidad Autónoma de Occidente
      2007
    • BSc in Computer Science
      Universidad Santiago de Cali
      1998 - 2005

    Awards

    • Honorable mention
      Honorable mention for the computer science degree thesis "Mathematical Chat Prototype".

    Language

    • Spanish (Native)
    • English (Professional)

    Interests

    • Music Production
    • Music Business
    • Collecting Salsa music vinyls