Web Development

• PHP: Laravel, MODx, Wordpress, Zend
• Javascript, jQuery. MEAN Framework (AngularJS, NodeJS, Express, MongoDB), Ghost
• HTML5, CSS
• MySQL, MS SQL, MongoDB
• SVN, Git
• APIs: Sailthru, Socialflow, DISQUS, Edgecast, Chartbeat, AWS (SQS, S3), PayPal, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr
• Agile methodologies, Sprint and daily scrum meetings
• SEO Optimization
• Some experience as Project Management
• Redmine, Trello; minor experience with Redbooth (formerly Teambox)
• Some familiarity with Objective-C
• Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Processing
• Familiarity with OAuth

Other skills & interests

• Game Design
• Toy Design
• Physical computing, Arduino
• Clean user interface design
• Fully bilingual: Spanish/English

Stuff I've worked on

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  Team Lead, supervising both front-end and back-end developments for the new Complex.com website (2014). Minor programming involvement using AngularJS. Coming Summer 2014.
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  Complex Hackaton 2014 - Awards: 1st Place; People's Choice. Visit Editorial Intern
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  Front-end and back-end developments. Roles: Web Producer, Senior Web Producer, Project Manager, Team Lead. Main programming done in PHP, MySQL, HTML5/CSS, jQuery, and AngularJS. Visit Complex.com
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  Worked part of the back-end logic for McDonald's Flavorbattle campaign in 2011 and 2012. Visit Flavorbattle

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  Built using ExpressJS AngularJS/NodeJS and PostgreSQL. Coming Late 2014.
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  Built in Wordpress. Customized theme using jQuery. Visit Fulcro Insurance
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  Built in Wordpress. Customized theme using jQuery. Visit Asociacion de Hospitales de PR
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  Informative wedding website, including RSVP form. Built using jQuery.
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  Alternative Medicine Website. Custom CMS for administration purposes, built using PHP. Visit Sunrise Healing Arts
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  Surface Restoration Specialist. Informative website. jQuery. Visit SRS
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  In collaboration with the popular agency Arteaga & Arteaga, performed a website redesign and wordpress integration with customized functionalities, such as image banners, Twitter feed, and a customized CMS, allowing multiple ICOM agencies to manage their profile, media, and additional information. Built using Wordpress and custom theme, jQuery. Visit ICOM Agencies
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  Built a portfolio website according to the needs and specifications of the client in order to better manage her photos and albums. Photos are filtered by categories and subsections. Built using PHP. Visit Amy Nieto Photography
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  Built an informative website for a private company dedicated to selling safety wear and equipment for industrial workers. Administrative control panel with the ability to submit and update news. Custom CMS for administrative purposes, built with PHP. Visit Bobby Pulis Industrial Sales

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  Developed for two years as an employee for Oddcast, agency dedicated to the creation of avanced avatar technologies. Main programming languages: PHP, MySQL, MS-SQL, XML, JS, CSS, XHTML. Visit Oddcast
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  Involvement in many of the back-end technologies behind the Sitepal character editor. Visit Sitepal

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  Previous version of this very same website. Programmed in PHP.
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  Personal portfolio website. Visit evester: designer for hire
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  24 hours to design and create a fully working video game intended for mobile phones. 11 teams competing. Lots of stress, food, and Red Bull. Team Name: Oh My Mosh! Team Position: Programmer, using Game Maker. March 11, 2005. Award: Best Visual Design. Visit Gamasutra: Another 24 Hours? The Mobile Game Mosh
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  Built an abstract clock by using Processing, "an open source programming language and environment for people who want to create images, animations, and interactions". From top to bottom, the rows represent hours, minutes, and seconds. Download Standalone App (Mac)
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  El Rompecabezas consists of a tabletop interactive video puzzle. The user faces a screen with a live feed video of himself or herself, which is split into pieces and scattered randomly across the screen. He or she must assemble the pieces back together, but with every piece that is put into place, the original image gets more and more distorted. By the time the user has assembled the last piece, what is displayed is a new and completely altered image from the one at the beginning. Thesis name: El Rompecabezas Thesis Installation. Programmed using Javascript, Max/MSP. Location: The Chelsea Art Museum, New York (May 31 - June 9, 2007). Download Thesis Documentation
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  During the Making Wireless Toys course, came up with different concepts to build commerciable electronic plushie toys from scratch. 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. Visit The Art and Craft of Toy Design
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  After being asked to observe, analyze, and alter any space that surrounds us, our 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 (November 8, 2005). Edited using After Effects. Robot in NY (youtube)
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  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. Project SIUL (youtube)
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  Worked on Tecnetico.com's Wordpress platform by coding and customizing the search page. Search results are filtered by parent categories. Visit Tecnetico.com