Team Lead and Project Management

• Team Lead for the WebCore Team at Complex Media
• Remote management of a small development team from Argentina (ElPixel)
• Project Management, tools include: JIRA, Trello, Redmine; minor experience with Redbooth
• Agile methodologies, Sprint and daily scrum meetings

Web Development

• PHP: Wordpress, Laravel, MODx, Zend
• Flat File CMS: Grav
• Javascript, jQuery. MEAN Framework (AngularJS, NodeJS, Express, MongoDB), Ghost
• HTML5, CSS, SASS
• NoSQL, MySQL, MS SQL, MongoDB
• MVC Architectural Pattern
• Version control: Git, SVN
• API/Cloud Solutions: Sailthru, Socialflow, DISQUS, Cloudinary, Rackspace, Edgecast, Chartbeat, AWS (SQS, S3), Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, etc.
• Other tools: Command Line, Grunt, XAMPP, Vagrant
• SEO awareness
• Clean and simple design

Other skills & interests

• Commonly used tools: Slack, Photoshop, Illustrator
• Past experience with: C++, MS-SQL, Processing, AppleScript, Paypal API
• Past experience: After Effects, Processing, xcode
• Game Design
• Toy Design
• Fully bilingual: Spanish/English

Education

• Master of Fine Arts in Communication Design and Technology
  Parsons School of Design - New York, NY
  Graduation: May 2007
  Awards
  Best Visual Design - Mobile Game Mosh Competition 2006.
  Team Name: Oh My Mosh!
  Position: Programmer.
  Software: Game Maker.
  

  Exhibitions
  Parsons The New School for Design 10th Annual Thesis Exhibition.
  Location: The Chelsea Art Museum, New York.
  Project Title: El Rompecabezas: An Interactive Puzzle Installation.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Sciences
  Universidad de Puerto Rico - Bayamon, PR
  Graduation: 2004

Stuff I've worked on

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  collider.com
  2014 - 2016
  Wordpress backend & frontend development and maintenance.
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  firstwefeast.com
  2014 - 2016
  Wordpress backend & frontend development and maintenance.
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  fourpins.com
  2014 - 2016
  Wordpress backend & frontend development and maintenance.
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  greenlabel.com
  2014 - 2016
  Wordpress backend & frontend development and maintenance.
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  pigeonsandplanes.com
  2014 - 2016
  Wordpress backend & frontend development and maintenance.
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  solecollector.com
  2014 - 2016
  Wordpress backend & frontend development and maintenance.
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  Complex
  2014
  Team Lead, supervising both frontend and backend developments for the 2014 complex.com redesign. Minor programming involvement using AngularJS.
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  Complex Hackaton
  2014
  Participated on Complex's Hackaton 2014, a creative competition to conceptualize and develop a project based on assigned topics. Group Awards: 1st Place and People's Choice. Site Decommissioned.
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  Complex
  2010-2016
  Frontend and backend web development. Assumed various roles throughout the years, including Team Lead, Project Manager, and Sr. Web Producer. Main programming done in PHP, MySQL, HTML5/CSS, jQuery, and AngularJS. Wordpress and MODx were also big internal components at the time. Around 2010, I was also in charge of developing an internal CMS for the editorial team to manage articles and other tasks.
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  McDonald's Flavorbattle Campaign
  2011 - 2012
  Collaborated on McDonald's Flavorbattle campaign in 2011 and 2012 by helping with the backend development. For more information, check out Flavorbattle

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  Just A Hammer
  Coming Soon!
  Main developer for Just A Hammer, a handyman hiring service, servicing the local Gainesville, FL area. Website built on Wordpress. Opening Fall 2016.
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  Kuadroo
  TBD
  Curated art gallery service. Built using ExpressJS, AngularJS/NodeJS and PostgreSQL. Project is currently being redesigned.
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  Fulcro Insurance
  2013
  Developed Fulcro Insurance's website during 2013 using Wordpress and jQuery.
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  Asociacion de Hospitales de PR
  2011
  Wordpress website for Puerto Rico's Hospital Association, built in 2011.
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  The Pearl Affair
  2011
  Assisted in the creation and functionality of a friend's wedding RSVP website during 2011. Built using HTML/jQuery. Site Decommissioned.
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  Sunrise Healing Arts
  2011
  Website for Sunrise Healing Arts, an organization focused on offering health and alternative medicine services. Custom made CMS for administration purposes, built using PHP.
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  SRS Corporation
  2010
  Informative website for SRS Corporation during 2010. Built using jQuery. Site Decommissioned.
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  ICOM Agencies
  2010
  Website redesign in collaboration with the popular agency Arteaga & Arteaga. Wordpress integration with customized functionalities, such as image banners, Twitter feed, and a customized CMS, allowing multiple ICOM agencies to manage their profiles, media, and additional information.
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  Amy Nieto Photography
  2010
  Portfolio website with the capability to manage photos and albums, including features such as search filtering and categories. Built using PHP. Site decommissioned.
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  Bobby Pulis Industrial Sales
  2009
  Bobby Pulis Industrial Sales informative website. Custom built CMS (PHP) for managing news and administrative features.

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  Oddcast
  2007 - 2009
  Worked for two years at Oddcast, an agency devoted to the development of avanced avatar technologies. Main programming languages: PHP, MySQL, MS-SQL, XML, JS, CSS, XHTML.
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  Sitepal
  2007-2009
  Backend development for the Sitepal Character Editor. Main programming languages: PHP, MySQL, MS-SQL, XML, JS, CSS, XHTML.

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  nightowlpins.com
  2016
  Enamel Pin Store hosted on bigcartel.com.
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  NocturnalPixel
  2009
  Former version of this very same website. Programmed in PHP.
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  evester: designer for hire
  2012
  Personal portfolio website for @evestr.
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  El Rompecabezas Thesis Installation
  May 31 - June 9, 2007
  El Rompecabezas Thesis Installation consists of a tabletop interactive video puzzle that plays with the ideas of reflection and reconstruction of self. Programmed using Javascript, Max/MSP. Exhibited at The Chelsea Art Museum, New York (May 31 - June 9, 2007). Download Thesis Documentation
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  The Mobile Game Mosh by Parsons School of Design
  March 11, 2005
  Parsons School of Design 24 hour game jam competition to design and create a fully working video game intended for mobile phones. 11 teams competing. Lots of stress, food, and Red Bulls. Team Name: Oh My Mosh! Team Position: Programmer (Game Maker). Award: Best Visual Design. For more info Gamasutra: Another 24 Hours? The Mobile Game Mosh
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  Making Wireless Toys (Parsons School of Design)
  2006
  Class dedicated to Making Wireless Toys. Designed and created multiple electronic plush toys. Used technologies such as magnetic switches, RFID chips, and wireless transmitters. The photo displays 2 pac-man ghosts whose eyes glow when a magnetic switch is in close range. Physical computing equipment, magnetics switches, wireless circuits, fabrics, cottom, sewing equipment. For more info go to The Art and Craft of Toy Design
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  Abstract Clock Project (Parsons School of Design)
  2005
  Built an abstract clock by using Processing, "an open source programming language and environment for people who want to create images, animations, and interactions". The rows represent hours, minutes, and seconds (top to bottom). Download Standalone App (Mac)
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  Robot in New York (Parsons School of Design)
  November 8, 2005
  Parson's School of Design project aimed at exploring and disrupting surrounding spaces. My team decided to create a robot character that would wonder, walk, and even dance around the financial district. The result was a beautiful video consisting of multiple reactions ranging from indifference and apathy to compassion, good will, and love. Filmed in the Financial District, New York. Edited using After Effects.
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  Project SIUL
  2005
  Star Wars fanfiction clip. Assisted in the process of animating the lightsabers using rotoscoping and masking techniques. Note: This video contains elements from the Star Wars movies and soundtracks. The owners and creators of this video do not intend to commercialize it in any way, and it is merely for entertainment purposes. Edited in After Effects.
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  Tecnetico.com
  2004
  Worked on Tecnetico.com's Wordpress platform by coding and customizing the search page.