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Work Background
Career BreakPersonal goal pursuit
May. 2023 - Jan. 2024Colombia, CajicáAfter spending more than 20 years in the market, I took a gap year to fully rest, disconnect, improve as a person and professional, and have a better balance between work, family, and personal time.
YellowPepper, A Visa SolutionHead of Project Management (Director)
Aug. 2022 - Apr. 2023Bogota, D.C., Capital District, Colombia- Grew a team of strong and happy project leaders from zero to twelve people in the first year.
- Established the Product Delivery practice, tracking artifacts and critical metrics of the Project Management unit, focused on delivering on time while supporting a solid agile practice.
- Implemented Agile Scaled frameworks to plan, execute and report project status for 25+ projects.
- Actively participated in building and executing the company's strategy.
YellowPepper, A Visa SolutionHead of Project Management
Oct. 2021 - Aug. 2022Bogotá, D.C.- Collaborate with the Product Management unit to understand and define Project Management and Product Management responsibility and collaboration spaces.
- Defined structure, career path, and primary responsibilities of the yet-to-come Project Management unit.
- Oversaw a portfolio of 15+ Product Delivery, Cybersecurity, and Client Implementation projects.
YellowPepper, A Visa SolutionSenior Project Manager
Jul. 2021 - Oct. 2021Bogota,D.C., Capital District, Colombia · Remote- Led collaboration with the Product Management team to understand and define Project Management and Product Management responsibility and collaboration spaces.
- Defined structure, career path, and main responsibilities of the yet-to-come Project
Management unit.
- Oversaw a portfolio of 15+ Product Delivery, Cybersecurity, and Client Implementation projects.
HugeSenior Project Manager
Mar. 2020 - Jul. 2021Bogotá, DC, ColombiaSkills: Jira · Scrum · Agile Methodologies · Budgeting · Leadership · Program Management · Strategy · Management
HugeProject Manager
May. 2018 - Mar. 2020Bogotá D.C. Area, Colombia- Delivered digital projects on-time and on-budget for brands such as ExxonMobil, Revlon, Tracfone, and Merck, working as a liaison among teams from offices in Colombia and the USA.
- Led and coached technical teams on communication, negotiation and people skills and also in the successful application of Agile management frameworks.
- Followed Kanban, Scrum or mixed approaches using JIRA and LeanKit as tools to track the status of work and also provide insights for adequate risk management.
ZooloopCEO / Founder
Jan. 2014 - Dec. 2017Bogotá / Montreal · On-site- Managed innovation iniciatives using Lean Startup, Canvas, Blue Ocean Strategy among others.
- Managed high impact projects with teams geographically distributed using Scrum and Kanban.
- Designed and oversaw experiential marketing campaigns.
- Led interactive and corporative software projects coded using C++, Java and openFrameworks.
PixelaramaCEO / Founder
Mar. 2013 - Dec. 2013Bogotá, Colombia · On-site
Inwindow OutdoorTechnical Manager
Jun. 2011 - Jan. 2013Nueva York y alrededores, Estados Unidos
Politécnico Grancolombiano University (www.poli.edu.co)Full-time Professor
Mar. 2009 - Dec. 2010• Professor in Computer Programming, Software Engineering and Algorithmic Thinking.
• Research on topics related to the learning and teaching of Computer programming.
• Research and development on 3D computer graphics, animation, simulation and game development.
• Software design and development to allow the creation, edition and debugging of flow chart based structured algorithms based on pre and post conditions, input and output variables. This software also allows generating Java source code in real time and it's being used to ease the computer programming learning process in higher education. It was developed using Java (JDK 1.6) and JDOM under NetBeans.
• Textual and multimedia content generated for the Computer Programming and Programming Paradigms virtual courses offered at the Politécnico Grancolombiano University.
MALOKA Interactive Center of Science and Technology (www.maloka.org)Contractor
Aug. 2008 - Jan. 2009• Control and Multimedia Software development for the Telecommunications halls of Maloka, using Visual C++, Serial port communication, GDI, MFC, Microsoft capture and video API.
• Software application used to design control sequences applied to Maloka’s rhythmic water jets using OpenGL, Java, JDOM, Java sound API, SWING.
• Software design to achieve the objectives of each one of the above mentioned software projects.
AVAL group (www.grupoaval.com)Consultant
Mar. 2008 - Jun. 2008• Worked in a migration process from Visual C++ 6.0 to C++ .Net using Visual Studio 2005.
• Proposed and designed software unit tests in C# under Visual Studio 8.0 and NUnit.
• Used Microsoft SourceSafe to keep versioned code among the development teammates.
MALOKA Interactive Center of Science and Technology (www.maloka.org)Head of the Software Development Department
Nov. 2006 - Dec. 2007• Manager of software projects related to the core processes of the company.
• Manager in a software project designed to support the workflow and information management related to reservations for the Maloka’s interactive center, sales, products, inventory and core processes. Also participated in the development of one of the software modules, using Java, GoF patterns, Hibernate, MySQL, JDOM, Java servlets and Apache Tomcat. (1 year)
• Worked in the analysis and design of Maloka’s software applications.
• Worked in the conceptualization and design of the interactive halls of Maloka.
MALOKA Interactive Center of Science and Technology (www.maloka.org)Software Engineer
Mar. 2003 - Nov. 2006• Software development related to the control of interactive exhibitions in the halls of Maloka, using computer graphics and human-computer interfaces, using C++, OpenGL and Java.
• Software development of an IDE and 3D simulation environment for PIC microcontrollers based on flow charts applied as a software tool in the Robotics Club (using Visual C++ and OpenGL). This software allows Microchip's assembly code generation that helps the user to program a robot with a custom designed electronic board and gives him/her the possibility of watching the execution of the algorithm in a 3D simulated environment. It was built using Visual C++ 6.0 and Visual C++ 2005, OpenGL, Microchip’s assembly language, XML and ActiveX. (2 years)
• Inventory software application made to allow the control and management of the information related with the products and components in the Maloka’s production plant, using C# under Visual Studio 2005.
• Participation in educational projects related to the science and technology clubs.
• Development of textual content for the Robotics Club.
VIRTUAL TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (www.virtual.com.co)Systems analyst
Mar. 2001 - Jan. 2003• Multimedia software development related to image visualization and computer graphics, such as screen savers, digital agendas and educational software.
• Developed an image visualization library for Win32 using C++, GDI, and Visual Studio 6.0.
• Developed a general purpose graphical editor using C++, GDI, and Visual Studio 6.0.
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