Pedro Ruiz Email & Phone Number

Guatemala

Guatemala

I lead worldwide teams that build software to accomplish business goals of the clients that require outsourcing.I foster an agile culture across those teams in the company and in the company itself with frameworks like Scrum, Scrumban, Kanban, lean project managent and Design thinking. I use Traditional - predictable - project management when applicable. I leverage software development best practices, QA processes, and UI/UX principles with the people that build state-of-the-art… Show more I lead worldwide teams that build software to accomplish business goals of the clients that require outsourcing.I foster an agile culture across those teams in the company and in the company itself with frameworks like Scrum, Scrumban, Kanban, lean project managent and Design thinking. I use Traditional - predictable - project management when applicable. I leverage software development best practices, QA processes, and UI/UX principles with the people that build state-of-the-art software products.Frameworks that I use to lead a team:* Scrum* Kanban* Scrumban* Design thinking* Lean project management* Traditional project management* PMBok* IPMASoftware development best practices:* Object oriented design* Software design patterns (i.e. micro services)* Automated testing* CI/CD* IaC* User-centered design* Incidents service management* SOC2Technologies that I'm more comfortable with:* AWS* Docker* Terraform* Ruby* C#* NodeJS* ReactJS Show less

United States

My goal is to make the best match of software development professionals with the technology teams of the company, ensuring that the business needs are satisfied by leveraging the skills of the people that build software with the people that run the company.My experience as software development leader in a variety of roles such as scrum master, product owner and software development manager, leveraged with my communication skills allow me to easily identify the best talent for the… Show more My goal is to make the best match of software development professionals with the technology teams of the company, ensuring that the business needs are satisfied by leveraging the skills of the people that build software with the people that run the company.My experience as software development leader in a variety of roles such as scrum master, product owner and software development manager, leveraged with my communication skills allow me to easily identify the best talent for the required roles in a short turn-around-time.The pool of contractors I've hired come mainly from Latinamerica, from Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador and Guatemala. Show less

Guatemala City, Guatemala, Guatemala

Principal lecturer of the courses: Modelling and simulation, Introduction to programming, Analysis and Design I & II for the computer science faculty.

Guatemala

I encourage software development teams to improve their performance in terms of velocity and quality. I'm also in charge of looking for improvement opportunities in processes and tasks that support the daily operations of the IT department. I follow up software development engineers to keep their motivation towards their job and their purpose within the company. I'm directly in charge of 4 cross-functional and multidisciplinary teams that support 4 different products, and indirectly, I… Show more I encourage software development teams to improve their performance in terms of velocity and quality. I'm also in charge of looking for improvement opportunities in processes and tasks that support the daily operations of the IT department. I follow up software development engineers to keep their motivation towards their job and their purpose within the company. I'm directly in charge of 4 cross-functional and multidisciplinary teams that support 4 different products, and indirectly, I assist the POs, DevOps, and QA teams to ensure they follow the best practices possible. Finally, I report the pulse of the teams, projects and products to several stakeholders, business owners and IT managers across the company. Show less

Guatemala

I was the primary professor of the course Project management methodologies in the Project management and direction masters program of the University Galileo.The class covers a variety of project management methodologies including Kanban, Scrum, Green Project Management, and Prince2.

Gets issues solved. Owner and manager of the support functions required to field and maintain the readiness and operational capability of all our product line. Provides an effective communication net between marketing, sales, account management, product, and engineering – resolving problems and tracking project issues.

Guatemala

* Liaison between the business teams and the engineering and products team, by researching incidents and improvements in the platform used to funnel potential costumers from online publishers to online advertisers.* In charge of configurating the above mentioned platform based on the business requirements to achieve business goals (such as monthly gross margins).* Handles configurations of third-party services used to provide other media engagements to customers such as phone… Show more * Liaison between the business teams and the engineering and products team, by researching incidents and improvements in the platform used to funnel potential costumers from online publishers to online advertisers.* In charge of configurating the above mentioned platform based on the business requirements to achieve business goals (such as monthly gross margins).* Handles configurations of third-party services used to provide other media engagements to customers such as phone numbers and leads.* Participates in the SCRUM methodology used as the agile software development process, by providing outside input, conducting meetings, testing software artifacts and developing bug fixes. Show less

- Assisted in the software development of artifacts for a search engine for online marketing ads.- Promoted the use of standardized documentation to follow-up to QA process.

* Reported team activities and progress to the higher managements in both Guatemala and the US.* Assisted in HR activities such as time and assistance reports and permissions of a small group of developers.* Conducted QA phases in conjunction with specific teams in India.* Followed a standardized Software Development Process, (a house-made hybrid based in ITIL, CMMI and RUP processes) to develop pieces of an insurance oriented workflow, used to digitalize and improve enrollment in… Show more * Reported team activities and progress to the higher managements in both Guatemala and the US.* Assisted in HR activities such as time and assistance reports and permissions of a small group of developers.* Conducted QA phases in conjunction with specific teams in India.* Followed a standardized Software Development Process, (a house-made hybrid based in ITIL, CMMI and RUP processes) to develop pieces of an insurance oriented workflow, used to digitalize and improve enrollment in the US. Show less

* Developed an online web forms application to transfer money between local accounts in local currency (Quetzales) and USD, for one of the biggest financial entities in the country.* Assisted the software development cycle of the online product for one of the largest financial entities in Guatemala, including requirements gathering and analysis, application design, software development and deployment, as well as the testing processes. Attended meetings with banking managers and aided the… Show more * Developed an online web forms application to transfer money between local accounts in local currency (Quetzales) and USD, for one of the biggest financial entities in the country.* Assisted the software development cycle of the online product for one of the largest financial entities in Guatemala, including requirements gathering and analysis, application design, software development and deployment, as well as the testing processes. Attended meetings with banking managers and aided the production support activities.* Developed, installed, and trained personal in an application used to manage time and assistance for human resources and security requirements. Show less

- Assisted in the production of security systems for automobiles, including software development and hardware crafting.- Coded pieces of software for calculating structural forces in buildings for a hanheldp in PalmOS.- Coded pieces of software for a Time and Assistance application in VB6.

Bachelor, Computer Science

Activities and Societies: Former teammate of the extinct "Chelsea" soccer team of the 2005 group. Won the ACM programming contest in 2003.

Master Of Arts (Ma), Information And Technology Management, Master

Thesis dissertation: Optimization of the search process of personal interests in Twitter using topics modelling.