Summary of Qualifications:
• 17 years hands on experience with Microsoft development tools.
• 6 years of experience leading software development teams.
• Credentials include CISA, MCTS, MCP, dCAA
• Areas of expertise include C#, ASP.NET, WCF, VB.NET, and SQL Server.
Certifications:
• Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA 1193302)
• Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCP ID# 1739252)
• Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP ID# 1739252), since December 1999.
- 70-515 TS: Web Applications Development with Microsoft .NET Framework 4
- 70-536 TS: Microsoft® .NET Framework 2.0 – Application Development Foundation
- 70-528 TS: Microsoft® .NET Framework 2.0 – Web-based Client Development
- 70-305 Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Microsoft® Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft® Visual Studio .NET
- 70-176 Designing and Implementing Desktop Applications with Microsoft® Visual Basic 6.0
- 70-175 Designing and Implementing Distributed Applications with Microsoft® Visual Basic 6.0
• Digium Certified Asterisk Administrator (dCAA)
Technical Skills:
• Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003, 2005 y 2008.
• C#, ASP.NET, LINQ, VB.NET, ADO.NET, VB6.
• Web Services (ASMX), Windows Communication Foundation (WCF).
• Java – WCF Interoperability. (Metro, WSIT)
• SoapUI (WSDL and WS-I verifications)
• Windows Workflow Foundation.
• Microsoft Message Queue (MSMQ) and Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC).
• SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL.
• Microsoft Project, Use case, UML.
• Microsoft Visual Source Safe, Tortoise SVN.
• XML, XSLT-FO, Schematron, UBL 2.0, OTA.
• WinDbg, SOS (Post-Morterm application debugging), and Fiddler (http debugging).
• CLR Profiler, .NET Memory Profiler, nProf (.Net Application Profiler).
• Automatic builds (NAnt, MSBuild), Unit testing (NUnit), log4net.
• CSLA Business Object Framework.
• Crystal Reports.
• AJAX, Java Script.
• itextsharp, SharpZipLib, BouncyCastle, CSharpOptParse, dotnetOpenID
• IIS.
Work Experience:
• Project Manager. 150 Charter, SL., Madrid, Spain. October 2010 – Actual
- Project planning, SCRUM, Test Driven Development, Domain Driven Development.
- Responsible of the operations and achievements of a team of 3 developers.
- Design and development of a tourism web portal specialized in yacht charters. (http://aboattime.com)
• Partner – Offshore Project Manager. HexaSystems Corporation, Miami, USA. April 2009 – Actual
- Project planning, SCRUM, Test Driven Development, Domain Driven Development.
- Responsible of the operations and achievements of a team of 6 developers.
- Accomplished Microsoft Gold Partner status, Altitude Software partnership, Digium partnership, and Cisco registered level partnership.
- Design and Development of applications for clients such as:
➢ HiringBox (http://hiringbox.com): developed the web portal, back office and Atm applications using Visual Studio .NET 2010, SQL Server 2008, SQL CE 3.5 SP1, Microsoft Sync Framework 2.1, ASP.Net, WPF and WCF.
➢ Desca (http://desca.com): developed intranet applications and Desca WebQuote application using ASP.Net and SQL Server 2008.
- Coordinate and collaborate in open source projects such as:
➢ Hexa.Core (http://hxcore.codeplex.com),
➢ Hexa.xText (http://xtext.codeplex.com),
➢ netDumbster (http://netdumbster.codeplex.com),
➢ xVal for WebForms (http://xvalwebforms.codeplex.com)
- Editor of the blog Code it Yourself (http://carlos.mendible.com)
- Research and test of latest technologies.
- Application profiling and performance tuning.
• Project Manager. DocOnTime, SL., Madrid, Spain. January 2008 – October 2010
- Project planning.
- Supervise and assign tasks to a group of 3 developers.
- Design and development of a web service application to custody electronic documents, adding time stamps and digital signatures (i.e. UBL 2.0 Invoices, OTA Hotel reservations, etc.) using Visual Studio .NET 2008 (C#), SQL Server 2005, MSMQ, WCF y WWF as base technologies.
- Research and test of latest technologies.
- Application profiling and performance tuning.
• Project Manager. Tourpass C.A., Caracas, Venezuela. January 2004 – December 2007
- Project planning.
- Supervise and assign tasks to a group of 7 developers.
- Design, development and maintenance of Web Applications (VS.NET 2003 and SQL Server)
- Design and development of a Business Object Framework.
- Design and development of a Web Presentation Layer Framework.
- Design and development of ASP.NET Web Controls and User Web Controls
- Application profiling and performance tuning.
- Post-Mortem web server debugging.
- System Integrations (Sabre Web Services, PayPal, Hotusa Web Services, TransHotel Web Services, Hotelbeds, TouricoHolidyas Web Services and ePagos Mercantil.)
• Consultant. MG Consultores, Caracas, Venezuela. November 2001 – December 2003
- Design, development and maintenance of Windows applications.
- System Integrations (Movistar, Price Waterhouse Coopers)
• Consultant. Escritorio Hernandez-Alvarez. Caracas, Venezuela. July 1999 – December 2000
- Design, development and maintenance of a Specialized Accountant Application, used by 600 companies to do calculations required by the Venezuelan tax law.
• Teacher’s Assistant. Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas , Venezuela April 1997- December 1999
- Design, development and maintenance of a physical constants database of pure fluids.
- Designed and developed a thermodynamic library (ActiveX) for the calculation of pure fluids properties, using cubic equations of state.
- Assisted in the design and development of various programs for the Thermodynamics Applied to Process’s Design Group.
Education:
• Chemical Engineer, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela. Oct of 1999.
Publications:
• “Development of a computational program for the calculation of liquid-vapor equilibrium of mixtures under windows environment”. Eng Thesis (Honor Mention). Universidad Simón Bolívar. Caracas, Venezuela. 1999.
• “USBQBICS for windows: Computer calculation of thermodynamic properties of pure substances and multicomponent mixtures using cubic equations of state”. XVIII Interamerican Congress of Chemical Engineering. Puerto Rico. Dec. 1998.
Courses:
• 2642: SOS: Tool for the Toughest .NET Challenges. Microsoft E-Learning. July 2008.
• IT Project Management. Universidad Católica Andrés Bello. October 2007 – December 2007
• Sabre Web Services Overview. Sabre de Venezuela. February 2006
• Vehicle Reservation. Sabre de Venezuela. October 2005
• Project Formulation and Evaluation. Universidad Católica Andrés Bello. May 2005 – July 2005.
• Advanced Sabre. Sabre de Venezuela. May 2005
• Air Basic. Sabre de Venezuela. May 2005
• 794 Microsoft Windows Architecture for Developers. Epson de Venezuela. September 1999.
• 491 Designing Component Solutions. Epson de Venezuela. August 1999.
Seminars:
• Microsoft DevDays Andino 2004 (MSDN). Caracas. June 2004.
• Descubre hasta donde puedes llegar con .NET (MSDN). Hotel Caracas Hilton. May 2002.
• Lanzamiento Técnico de Microsoft Exchange 2000. Caracas. August 2000.
Scholarships:
• Estímulo al Talento. Fundación Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho. Caracas. July 1993 – July 1995