Education, Languages & Experience

The following sections detail my education, the languages I speak, courses I've taken, and my work experience.

Formal Education

D.Sc. in Multimedia Technologies

Specialty in Multimedia Networks

University of Granada, 2004

Currently taking courses

Master in Electronics Engineering

Specialty in Digital Signal Processing & Automation

University of Granada, 2002

GPA: 2.05/4

Bachelor in Physics

University of Granada, 1994

GPA: 2.07/4

Languages

Spanish

Mother tongue

Strong structured & natural writing abilities

Very fast reader

English

Fluent both speaking and writing

TOEFL mark: 667/670

TWE mark: 4.5/6.0

Italian

Fluent speaking, improving my writing

Extensively used during the activities and meetings for the PUBCYS project

French

Medium level speaking and reading, medium-low when writing

German

Basic level

Courses & Certifications

1997:Introduction to Enterprise Economics

Course on several enterprise skills & concepts for mid-management: accounting, balance sheets, inventory control & rotation, comparative benchmarking; an emphasis was made on Internet-enabled companies

Course by the Foundation Enterprise-University of Granada

40 hours

1997:Gestion 97 Enterprise Simulator contest

Found and conviced a sponsor —La General, Caja Granada, local savings' bank— to finance our participation.

Reached third position in our group after first round.

1990:Course in the English Language

Certified by the Wessex Academy, Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom

Course duration, 80 hours, during 1 month

1989:Holiday Language Course

Certified by Eurocentre Bournemouth, Dorset, United Kingdom

Course duration, 80 hours, during 1 month

1982:Thales Andalusian Olympics of Mathematics

First place & winner

Work Experience

Research Stipend, Extragalactig Astronomy Department, IAA

Current employment, from 03/2005

Areas: Software Deployment, Networking, Security, Infrastructure, Data Warehousing, Data Mining, Virtual Observatory

IT Consultant, Freelance

From 04/2004 to 03/2005

Areas: Software Deployment, Networking, Security, Infrastructure, Data Warehousing

Current customer: Happy Day, a Creative Agency; consultancy on IT insfrastructure, communications and data storage.

Documentation Editor & Translator, Techneos Systems, Inc.

From 05/2003 to 09/2003

Co-designed a new guide format for Entryware Pro 4

Leaded translation efforts, and edited the documentation

Created training material

Department Manager, Trevenque Sistemas de Información, S.L.

From 06/2003 to 04/2004

Developed and supervised department budgets for years 2003 and 2004 for the Mobile Development Department; four people at my command

Created commercial support documentation for all products in this department

Continued my labour as Project Manager

Improved annual results for the department by more than 30.000€

Project Manager, Trevenque Sistemas de Información, S.L.

From 01/2001 to 06/2003

Analysed requirements, interfaces, data structures and procedures for several projects

Assumed management and contacts for Trevenque in EC-funded project PUBCyS (IST-2001-52124)

Established both internal and customer project documentation models

Selected Entryware Pro, from Techneos Systems, Inc. for world distribution by Trevenque

Negotiated, with support from Sales & Marketing, the VAR Agreement between Trevenque and Techneos

Kept projects in time and under budget

Annalist-Programmer, Trevenque Sistemas de Información, S.L.

From 06/2000 to 12/2001

Obtained deep understanding of Palm OS APIs

Developed frameworks to ease Palm OS development in C/C++

Implanted custom methodology in order to minimise coding errors

Developed a customer support and incidence report system

Digital Printing Engineer, IMPURSA, S.A.

From 04/1999 to 02/2000

Earned responsibility for the entire digital printing workflow

Unix administrator (Solaris on Sun Ultra10 Workstation)

Created a production and consumption control system

Wrote procedure manuals for ISO 9000 certification

Increased productivity by 200%

Decreased material expense by 33%

Webmaster & Systems Administrator, BK Broker, S.L.

From 10/1998 to 04/1999

Leaded development for a virtual toy-shop for Don Dino Group

Established customer communication policies

Chose service provider for the virtual shop development

Administered company's IT systems

Gave IT consultancy services for our customers