Software security startup.

• Organized meetups for the Miami Java User Group (MJUG), securing speakers, sponsors, and venues to foster knowledge sharing and networking among Java enthusiasts.• Hosted successful meetups at various companies across the greater South Florida area, facilitating engagement and collaboration within the Java community.

Managed software development and quality engineering function while leading software, test, and support engineers in the development of new products and services. Facilitate team focus covering software development and technical program management to consistently meet delivery dates and produce high-quality software for global brands.► Scaled software engineering department from 3 to 40+ team members, supporting 3,000+ translated websites into 40+ languages for many Fortune 500 clients.► Successfully increased Software Engineering team capacity via an internship program. Mentored staff on hiring criteria, and software architectures to allow for entry-level projects. The internship program included certifications in Java and Software Testing (ISTQB) milestones and mentoring in 6-month project rotations, resulting in high-performance hires with a 100% retention rate.► Initiated Dockerizing of the AWS Testing environment in preparation for production rollout.

Direct/manage software development, quality engineering, and business analysts in the strategic deployment of resources and software, including implementation of Agile/Kanban/Scrum software engineering methodologies.► Reduced business risk by reducing open-source vulnerabilities with the implementation of Open Source Software Composition Analysis (SCA) tooling (Dependency Track) that enabled the development teams to monitor and remove critical open-source vulnerabilities on 60+ projects, 243 critical vulnerabilities were reduced to 0 (Zero) in 7 months.► Reduced production defects by supervising Testing team overhaul, including hiring a Testing manager that migrated manual testing to automated in a System Test Environment deployed to Amazon Web Services (AWS).► Improved code consistency and quality by implementing code review with Atlassian BitBucket.► Managed Agile training program for 50+ staff members, including Kanban, Scrum, and product management, and mentored team on Agile/Scrum development best practices.► Created a real-time library disassembling Google Protocol Buffers (Protobuf) messages to reconstruct messages for text translation.

Provided strategic direction and guidance while managing workflow processes for Enterprise Software Development Group of 30 Developers, four (4) Business Analysts, four (4) Software Engineering Managers, and four (4) Contract IT Recruiting companies, including employee interviewing, selection, and performance.► Oversaw/managed systems administration and security functions, including supervising PCI compliance initiative and introducing Veracode Static Application Security Testing (SAST). ► Introduced Kanban and Scrum development methodologies with 3-week release cycles. A YouTubepresentation describing the reasons for using Kanban at MotionPoint (https://youtu.be/h-oRATuLgqE)► Created a fully functional Servlet testing framework library to replace generic mocking frameworks.► Created a database validation library to check the integrity of 400+ production databases. Checks included table name, column name, column type, column size, and stored procedure checksum. This library insured consistency in the production environment. ► Collaborated on the creation and review of software patents (https://patents.justia.com/inventor/eugenio-alvarez).► Directed installation of Continuous Integration Server (Jenkins) for build and dependency management (Maven).► Facilitated business development initiatives, including creating custom data center server monitoring software, participating in onsite/conference sales calls, and reviewing/recommending software patents, including patent #20120016655 and others pending.► Enhanced code maintainability/consistency by adopting Java source code linter (Checkstyle).

Provided strategic direction and guidance while managing workflow processes for the Software Development Team of 4 Software Developers, two (2) Contract IT Recruiters, (1) Information Security & Compliance Analyst and one (1) Office and Datacenter Administrator, including employee interviewing, selection, and performance processes.► Increased website traffic by up to 130% by creating MotionPoint’s EasyLink® technology. The software uses geolocation, web browser language preferences and referrer information to determine when to suggest MotionPoint’s translated version of the website.► Eliminated application server licensing costs by porting software from commercially licensed JRun software to open-source Apache Tomcat.► Created integration software to enable currency exchange and international eCommerce freight forwarding.► Submitted enhancement to Apache Tomcat Connector for IIS https://www.mail-archive.com/dev@tomcat.apache.org/msg29925.html.► Facilitated smooth business operations by electing/evaluating Dynect as a third-party DNS provider, supervising remote site software installation and reporting infrastructure.

► Created industry-leading website analysis software that implemented an autonomous JavaScript-enabled web crawler, similar to Googlebot, to scan website content to identify translatable content. The technology works so well that it enabled an iron-clad promise to not pay a cent more than the initial estimate. ► Improved software quality with the introduction of Unit testing (JUnit) and nightly builds.► Provided Sales technical support including RFP, project scope and onsite/conference sales calls.► Managed outsourcing of custom website monitoring software.

The Convergys Sunrise location developed software billing systems for various industries. Developed a J2EE Messaging interface for the Infinys Geneva Rating and Billing Engine.

Revelex is a web-based travel agency service provider that aggregates global travel booking sources. Developed a Worldspan Travel GDS (Global Distribution System) web service connector for the Revelex booking engine.

SyntheLogic was a startup software consultancy firm contracted by Siemens for General Motors to develop Security Access Control integration software for GE Security Picture Perfect and Sensormatic AC500. The software federated GM North American security systems to enable the cancellation of access cards across all connected locations.

Data Access Technologies (DAT) was a startup technology company that was spun off from Data Access Worldwide with a NIST grant (National Institute of Standards and Technology) to create new model-based technologies. I actively contributed to the OMG (Object Management Group) UML 2.0 revision task force and the ArgoUML open source project. Full-time software development tool creation using Java, EJB, UML and XML.

Developed and maintained interactive databases for the World Wide Web.The software was developed in CGI, C/C++, HTML, JavaScript, and a Fulcrum SQL searchengine with a Netscape Application Server on a Sun Solaris platform.

Designed, developed, and maintained shipboard TCP/IP and serial networkcommunications software for the shipboard billing system in the Cprogramming language on the Solaris Operating System. Projects included:Communications with credit card processing (VisaNet), PBX telephone billing, Barregisters (NCR, Micros), door locks (Vingcard), and interactive TV (first implementation of Funvision). I worked on a pilot project to determine the feasibility of Java handheld devices and received Sun Microsystems training on the Java programming language.