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London, England, United Kingdom

First-Tier Bank – Engineering Excellence Consulting:Conducting in-depth analysis on Software Engineering/DevOps practices, processes, technologies and tools currently in place at the bank and providing enhancement-related guidance in these areas.Development of different PoCs, leading to improvements of the technology platform in a diverse number of areas, ranging from security hardening to improvements in availability, resiliency, performance and monitoring & observability capabilities.First-Tier Bank – Design and Development of a Software B2C Product:As part of a senior engineering team, developed RESTful APIs for the Java-based backend of a new enterprise financial/payment solution, which integrates with one of the largest specialized global payments platform in the world.Designed and developed an end-to-end encryption/decryption message-based security service that implemented JWE Tokens using the latest most robust libraries in the market to satisfy PCI DSS industry standards.Deployed the custom-built components on Microsoft Azure and leveraged many of this cloud’s advanced services in the solution to satisfy both Functional and Non-Functional requirements.

London, United Kingdom

HSBC Bank - Project Delivery Manager:Managed the implementation of the initiation phase for HSBC’s global Retail Business Banking proposition in Argentina.Led the creation of functional requirements, delivery plans and resource/cost plans while considering compliance laws such as KYC, AML, among others with multiple teams situated in different sites/countries.Established the project’s overall governance structure and headed all governance meetings with entire group of stakeholders that led to the proper execution and oversight on delivery plans.

Houston, Tx

Assist with the NGO’s transformation effort to re-energize its contribution base by implementing a new digital and communication strategy centered primarily around social media platforms.

Houston, Tx

• Developed a detailed Business Plan and Cloud Migration Strategy specifying the key business, operational and technical requirements necessary for the successful launch of a new cloud-based managed service of NS5 system --ABS’ signature ERP software product (on premise version)-- into the market which is now being successfully used by a great numbers of ABS-NS’ clients.

San Salvador, El Salvador

Headed business process re-engineering initiatives that led to the design and implementation of a new self-service IT reporting platform resulting in 40%+ back-end processing improvements.

San Salvador, El Salvador

Successfully led the M&A integration process of 3 distinct operational units into a single Operations/Logistics department with 100+ team members and a $2MM+ annual budget.Technical Product Manager and Delivery Manager administering key processes responsible for the successful market launch of 20+ new Visa and MasterCard products and core product services (printing & delivery of: balance statements, pins, marketing material, promotions, ...).Implemented respective financials laws including KYC, AML and Compliance Reporting.Designed and implemented a new real-time performance system with KPIs dashboard to support data-driven decisions to control and optimize the operational unit.Implemented Six-Sigma methods and practices to the department’s processes that resulted in a 25%+ efficiency increase across all major operational practices.Re-negotiated 20+ third party service and product contracts, saving over $350k annually.Migrated more than 8 legacy IT systems to Citi’s technology platform in Singapore and implemented 2 new enterprise systems simplifying major operational processes by over 40%.

San Jose, Costa Rica

Co-managed $10MM+ annual contract with EDS Corp. for outsourced services such as Process Management (BPM), IT infrastructure, custom software development that supported the group’s regional operation of $1.3bn in credit card receivables and $1.5bn bank deposits.Led multiple vendor selection processes, contract negotiations, SLA monitoring and relationship management on core IT operations and new mission-critical implementations.Transformed the credit card business by leading, as a Scrum Master and Product Owner, the development of their largest real-time IT system used by 4,500+ users in 6 different countries.Defined the Microservices architecture and directed the implementation of key cross-platform services (.NET/Java/PHP) re-used across the enterprise, leading to a more robust and scalable platform.Defined best practices into the software architecture and development standards resulting in higher quality products (lower defect rates) and 40%+ improvement in delivery times.Co-directed and executed the Disaster Recovery Technology Plan at Sungard (Arizona, U.S.A.) driving to completion a major requirement for the sale of GFU to Citibank.

Houston, Texas

As a business analyst and software/QA engineer, I was actively engaged in all SDLC stages related to the custom development of enterprise software systems for large clients such as Reliant Energy, British Petroleum, Sungard, among several others.Next, a short description of some of the projects I engaged in:SPS/Paragon – Wayne, PA (June 2003 – May 2004)Project: Development Disaster Planning softwareTechnology: VB.NET, DB & Stored Procs MS-SQLSvrRole: Software EngineerSungard Corbel, LCC – New York, NY (Dec 2002 – May 2003)Project: Development software (Rule Validation Engine) to complete and file government forms for employee compensation/benefits plan.Technology: C# .NET, DB & Stored Procs MS-SQLSvr, XML/XSDRole: Software Engineer / QA EngineerBritish Petroleum (BP) – Houston, TX ( Feb 2002 – Nov 2002)Project: Development of EIA components connecting several online trading systems and BP’s backend systemsTechnology: Java, SybaseRole: Software Engineer / QA Engineer / Production SupportEnron – Houston, TX ( July 2001 – Dec 2001)Project: Development of multiple EAI components for EnronOnline Trading System- Design and implementation of EAI components ( Java, J2EE ) that pulled data from EnronOnline back end systems and routed it to the main accounting & financial reporting repository systems.- Implementation of monitoring system to track performance of real-time txn processing routing- Implementation of COM compliant Messaging Components in C++ for their Enterprise Messaging System (SnapCOMM)Technology: Middle Tier in J2EE with WebLogic, C++, DB & Stored Procs in OracleRole: Software Engineer / QA EngineerReliant Energy - Houston,TX ( Nov 2000 – June 2001 )Project: Development of Reliant’s centralized trading technology platform, connecting world’s major energy trading systemsTechnology: Java (Swing) / J2EE (Session Beans, WebLogic), DB & Stored Procs in Oracle Role: Software Engineer / QA Engineer

Bachelor'S Degree, Civil Engineering + Computer Science

Activities and Societies: Dean's Honor List Having the opportunity to study both Civil Structural Engineering and Computer Science.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Honors, 3.95 / 4.0