Jose Luis Fernández Email & Phone Number

San José, Costa Rica

Costa Rica

* Was the firstcomer to a large client, in charge of paving the path for several teams that joined later, establishing processes, and gaining the client's trust. This was a long-lasting relationship that lasted more than four years.* Established a Community of Practice for all Scum Masters within the client.* Created an estimation matrix based on best practices and agile estimation theory, which was adopted by many other teams within the company.* Along my journey with the client, I was assigned to work with more than seven different teams, each with different needs, maturity levels, and challenges.

* Worked with other clients struggling to implement Scrum correctly, bringing new ideas and concepts that helped them move forward.* Helped teams with unhealthy dynamics by coaching and applying conflict resolution techniques.* Created an article to help better understand agile estimation. Today, this is still a must-read for all teams that have started the agile journey with me.

Costa Rica

* Was responsible for leading the development of state-of-the-art software for travel agencies.* Introduced Agile processes within the company, achieving a successful yet unplanned agile transformation.* Led the efforts to build the foundations of all software initiatives by choosing technologies and frameworks and making long-lasting architectural decisions.* Introduced the Atlassian suite to the company, being in charge of configuring everything from scratch and becoming highly proficient in the tool.* Translated customer needs into granulated User Stories for the technical team, planned Sprints, and suggested Minimum Valuable Products (MVP) to the business.

San Jose, Desamparados

* Team leader based in Costa Rica, leading a team working for a critical US client.* The client's point of contact. In charge of coding, supervising, distributing tasks, and tracking the progress of the work done locally.* Learned the ins and outs of Scrum as I worked in a 100% Agile environment.

Curridabat

* Designed and developed end-to-end Software solutions using .NET technology for the Web, with Technical/Team Lead responsibilities for selected projects within the company.* Technologies: .NET Framework from 2.0 to 4.0, MVC .NET 5, Windows Communication Foundation, Entity Framework 6, Kendo UI, REST.

Curridabat

* Led the development of several projects, handling tasks such as requirements gathering, conceptualization of Software Solutions, project planning, task distribution, development, and project tracking. * Technologies: Technologies: .NET Framework from 1.1 to 3.5, SQL Server, MVC .NET, WCF, Entity Framework.

Plaza Mayor, Pavas

* Part of the team that developed several Web Applications for the entertainment, tourism industries, and commercial businesses.* Was in charge of the Web Applications Department, the point of contact with clients to obtain requirements, and the leader of all stages of the Software Life Cycle.

Curridabat, Cosa Rica

* Worked for the Finance Regulating Authority of Costa Rica (Ministerio de Hacienda) on maintaining and developing web applications for interconnectivity among governmental institutions.* Worked for two large private banks, gathering requirements and developing transactional applications.

Master'S Degree, Computer Software Engineering

Graduated with Honors in the Masters Degree at Universidad de Costa Rica. Emphasis in Software Engineering and Project Management

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Science