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Bermuda

I am responsible for driving technological innovation and delivering impactful solutions to optimize business operations. My role encompasses a diverse range of responsibilities, including:➤ Business Expansion: Proactively identifying opportunities to expand business capabilities and streamline processes through the implementation of technology. I leverage my expertise to conduct thorough assessments, identify automation possibilities, and design efficient solutions that automate tasks, reduce costs, and enhance overall productivity.➤ Team Leadership and Development: Leading and mentoring a high-performing App Development team, I foster a collaborative and innovative work environment. By providing guidance, training, and support, I empower my team members to excel in their roles and continuously grow their technical skills. I take pride in building cohesive teams that are capable of delivering exceptional results.➤ Technology Strategy and Roadmap: Developing and executing a comprehensive technology strategy aligned with organizational goals. I leverage my knowledge of emerging trends and industry best practices to identify and implement innovative solutions that drive efficiency, improve user experiences, and support business growth.➤ Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborating closely with key stakeholders, including executives, department heads, and cross-functional teams, I ensure a clear understanding of business requirements and align technology initiatives with strategic objectives. I actively engage with stakeholders to identify pain points, gather feedback, and deliver tailored solutions that meet their unique needs.➤ Continuous Improvement: I encourage the exploration of new technologies, tools, and methodologies to optimize development processes, enhance product quality, and drive innovation. I am dedicated to staying at the forefront of industry trends and driving efficiency through ongoing evaluation and enhancement of systems and practices.

Bermuda

As Microsoft 365 Core Infrastructure/Microsoft Cloud stack expert, I am responsible to drive cloud service adoption by incorporating digital transformation, creating opportunities to sell services and software, and promoting, designing and implementing innovative solutions to our customers.I provided inspired leadership for the organization by introducing new technologies in the company like Microsoft 365, GitHub and Power BI. I developed, automated and implemented operational policies and procedures.I have transformed the Business Processes by automating manual processes, designing and developing workflows to reduce costs and increase efficiency.As a Microsoft Certified Trainer, I train, mentor and develop internal and external companies in the latest Microsoft technologies to improve the knowledge management and collaboration to maintain an agile, productive and innovative working environment.Main technologies:Microsoft 365 Core Infrastructure, Microsoft 365 compliance (PIPA, GDPR...), Power BI, Dynamics 365, migration to the cloud, Azure, C#, HTML, PowerShell, Ms Teams, Ms Planner, SharePoint On-premises & Cloud, Nintex, .NET Core Framework, Microsoft SQL Server, Power BI

County Dublin, Ireland

My role focused on leading the architecture design and delivery of Software solutions on the SharePoint Enterprise platform for the Central Bank.As a technical leader and solution architect, my main responsibilities were:• Mentoring and provide technical support to the team members• Helping the team resolve difficult engineering problems• Reviewing all technical decisions to ensure consistency and alignment with the vision• Create Standards and Guidelines in the use of SharePoint• Contribute to the company knowledge base and process improvements• Plan, create and deliver three types of SharePoint training sessions for different divisions: Introduction to SharePoint for owners, Introduction to SharePoint for visitors and contributors, use SharePoint following the best practices.• Plan, design and Develop the new team site for our new SharePoint enhancements team: A new site used by the whole central bank to learn about the enhancement team services and provide information related to SharePoint (documentation, videos, tools, portfolio, demos…)• Performing site and data migration tasks between cross farms, sites, & site objects.• Nintex forms & Workflows: Use Nintex forms and workflows to automatize permissions, send notifications, create visually appealing forms…• Help team members to choose the correct technical solution for a problem and resolve issues that prevent them from completing their assigned tasks.• Write functional and technical specifications, and other documentation as required.• SharePoint Support.I was also responsible for all elements of IT Project Life Cycle:• Identify and Analyze the business requirements• Elaborate project details and create solution designs• Develop, test and implement solutions• Demo and end-user training on the delivered solution

County Dublin, Ireland

My role focused on the Solution Architect design and implementation using the latest Microsoft technologies for SharePoint and Office 365 solutions. Working in multiple large scale projects in Ireland and globally.As Lead Solution Architect, my main responsibilities were:• Ensuring that solutions are scoped for technical viability, meet business needs and are delivered effectively.• Mentoring and managing junior team members. Helping team members to choose the correct technical solution for a problem and resolve issues that prevent them from completing their assigned tasks.• Hands-on development through the entire life cycle of analysis, design, coding, implementation, testing and support.• SharePoint Farm infrastructure design and implementation including High Availability and Disaster Recovery• Design and development of SharePoint custom intranet and extranet solutions • Design and implementation of SharePoint upgrade projects from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2016• Design and implementation of Data migration projects • Day to day SharePoint farm maintenance advising and consulting Main technologies:SharePoint 2007-2016, Azure, Office 365, InfoPath, Nintex, C#, .NET Platform, JavaScript, HTML, Power BI, SQL Server, SSRS, Power BI

County Dublin, Ireland

I started working as a software engineer on the consultancy and core development team using the latest Microsoft technologies to build solutions for a wide range of customers in multiple sectors like Insurance, Financial and Banking.Main responsibilities: • Provide strategic advice on using Microsoft technologies to achieve customer goals and requirements. Primarily focusing on SharePoint and Business Intelligence technologies. • Revision of existing client solutions to provide improvements and best practices.• Design, implementation and maintenance of SharePoint Enterprise Farms and Solutions ensuring best practices on the infrastructure, architecture and development.• Full development cycle of custom and out of the box SharePoint solutions, including SharePoint Multipurpose Applications and Sites, SharePoint Workflow and InfoPath forms and SharePoint branding customization, SharePoint Server Object Model (Event Receivers, Timer Jobs), and also using .NET client-side object model (CSOM).• Design, plan and implementation of the content migration to SharePoint (including Office365, SharePoint Online)• Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence Dashboard development using MS SQL Server, SharePoint and Excel Power PivotMain technologies:SharePoint 2007-2013, Azure Cloud, Office 365, InfoPath, C#, .NET Platform, JavaScript, HTML, Full SQL Server Stack (SSRS, SSIS, SSAS), TSQL, MDX, Data Warehousing

Bilbao Area, Spain

I worked as a Senior Software Developer for the European Commission team in which I was involved in several software development projects using a wide range of technologies.Main responsibilities:• Custom Web Application design and development for the European Commission e-Justice Portal • European Commission ECM (Enterprise Content Management) solution implementation and custom development, including: Workflow design and development, custom plugins, features and branding development • Identify and prioritize tasks in the software development life cycle• Code review for software quality assurance• Product requirement and Source Code documentation Main technologies:Java/J2EE Platform, Oracle, HTML, JavaScript, C#, .NET Framework, SQL Server, TFS, JIRA, Livelink ECM (Open Text Corporation)

Bilbao Area, Spain

I worked as Software Developer in the Research & Development team implementing and improving the Open Source GIS Solution for the City Council of Bilbao.Main responsibilities:• Collect, transform and validate functional and non-functional requirements• Research, design and development of new features and plugins to integrate with the GIS Solution • Technical and user documentationMain technologies:• GIS MapWindow, C++, C#, MySQL, Subversion (SVN)

Master’S Degree In Software Developement, Computer Science

MSC Project: Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS) & Spatial DB research and development project: Expanding open source GIS Map.

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Science

Activities and Societies: Theatre and Interpretation: Leire was part of the university drama team. She performed and directed several.