Edgar De Leon

Current

CTO at AgoraNews
Freelance Consultant at Webstratega
IT Manager at LaComunta.tv

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Past

CTO Spain at TheBlogTV S.p.A.
IT Manager at MobuzzTV
Senior Consultant at Electronic Commerce Factory

Senior Consultant at Hispafuentes S.L.
Agregado Cultural at Embajada de Guatemala en España
Partner and IT Manager at Soluciones Intranet

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Education

Universidad Francisco Marroquín
Colegio Salesiano don Bosco

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Edgar De Leon’s Summary

System Engineer with strong knowledge and expertise in new technologies. IT Consultant and system administrator on different projects always related to Internet, Video creation and distribution and Open Source Software. Particularly interested in Web 2.0, TV 2.0, Social Networks, Media distribution, Video over IP and Mobile communications.

Strong understanding of current applications, technology and trends and strong background and hands-on experience with Linux and Mac OS X Server.

Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE – 807302345206982).

Google me as "edeleon".

Edgar De Leon’s Specialties:

Web Development, XML, PHP, SOAP, Perl, CSS, Ajax
MySQL, PgSQL, MSSQL, Oracle
DNS, LDAP, Apache, SSH, Sendmail, Postfix, Qmail, Squid
VoIP implementations (SIP, AIX, SCCP) using Cisco and Asterisk
Video compression using commercial and Open Source SW, streaming (RTMP, Progressive Download, Fake Streaming) and video distribution
Tracking and measurement of video object circulation over the Internet
Strong experience customizing Open Source CMS software like Movable Type, Drupal and Wordpress

Edgar De Leon’s Experience

CTO

AgoraNews

(Internet industry)

2009 — Present (less than a year)
Freelance Consultant

Webstratega

(Internet industry)

September 2009 — Present (4 months)

Webtv development, online video distribution, video encoding, streaming services, Video SEO, user generated content platform, social network development, html5
IT Manager

LaComunta.tv

(Internet industry)

December 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)

Head of technology at LaComuna.tv, a R&D projecto trying to define the best way to create a WebTV.
Lead the website development using Wordpress and MySQL, adding new social media features using ajax and external API's.
Manage and setting up the video tracking and distribution infrastructure.
Community management.
Linux and Mac OS X system administration.
Developed video distribution channels strategy.
Research and development of new technologies.
CTO Spain

TheBlogTV S.p.A.

(Internet industry)

January 2009 — August 2009 (8 months)

Planning, integration and development of a new plattform based on user generated content and social tv.
From the head quarters in Rome, italy; Coordination of the plattform i18n, optimization on design, video encoding and media distribution world wide.
R+D of new web 2.0 and social features to integrate into the project.
Integration of the platform in Spain, growing social Internet community.
IT Manager

MobuzzTV

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

December 2006 — November 2008 (2 years )

Head of technology at Mobuzz.tv, lead the development team of Mobuzz website based on tools like Drupal, Movable Type, Wordpress and MySQL, adding new social media features using ajax and external API's.
Manage and setting up the video tracking and distribution infrastructure.
Community management.
Linux and Mac OS X system administration.
Developed video distribution channels strategy.
Research and development of new technologies.
Senior Consultant

Electronic Commerce Factory

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)

December 2005 — December 2006 (1 year 1 month)

Development of SMS Premium platform using WebServices.
Senior Consultant

Hispafuentes S.L.

(Internet industry)

2003 — 2005 (2 years )
Agregado Cultural

Embajada de Guatemala en España

(Government Agency; 11-50 employees; Government Relations industry)

March 2003 — March 2004 (1 year 1 month)
Partner and IT Manager

Soluciones Intranet

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

September 1999 — November 2002 (3 years 3 months)

Edgar De Leon’s Education

Universidad Francisco Marroquín

1995 — 2001
Colegio Salesiano don Bosco

1983 — 1994

Additional Information

Edgar De Leon’s Websites:

Edgar De Leon’s Interests:

new technology, travel, internet, sports, dance, digital photography

Edgar De Leon’s Groups:

IEEE, Twittmad, Beers And Blogs

Online marketing
Red Hat Certified Engineers (RHCE)
Spain Business and Professional Network
aiTe (asociación de industrias técnicas del audiovisual español - Audiovisual Industry Association )
Social Media Marketing Spain
Php en español
Yo juego al padel ¿tu?
Community-Management
Network de Directivos y Gerentes
Marketing 2.0 en Español
Asociación Española de Responsables de Comunidades Online