
ElPais.com Software Project Manager
Madrid Area, Spain

ElPais.com Software Project Manager
Madrid Area, Spain
Goal focused and business oriented IT manager, passionate about learning
new things and daring new challenges with all kinds of technologies. Leaded
international teams, managed consultants and contractors, collaborated in
partnerships and joint ventures with major Internet companies around the
world. Proven track of adaptability to extremely agile and changing company
environments.
(Privately Held; Newspapers industry)
September 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
(Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)
February 2003 — Present (6 years 11 months)
Official Debian developer involved on translations, QA, bug hunting and some small packages maintaining and packaging.
I've also been involved in the Debian Custom project and some Debian-like GNU/Linux distributions, specially Guadalinex where I was one of the main developers for almost two years.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
March 2008 — August 2008 (6 months)
• Leaded the technical team, group of 20 people focused on providing the company with the necessary software and platform changes over time. Reported to the CTO.
• Oversaw daily work of sub-teams, web and Business Logic software development, router firmware development, network and systems operations, and QA activities.
• Coordinated with all other teams within the company, specially involved with the International Business Development teams across 11 different countries.
• Continued interaction with different partners such as British Telecom, Neuf Cegetel or Livedoor to launch several joint ventures and roaming projects.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Wireless industry)
March 2007 — March 2008 (1 year 1 month)
- Managing a team of 8-10 people, focused on the development and evolution of everything software in the company.
- Two different sub-teams work on:
a) The web site, userzone, maps and captive portals with the Symfony web framework (PHP5).
b) Multicurrency billing and pricing system, logistics, web shop and business logic.
- I also serve as an interface with other teams in the company and third party partners such as BT or Neuf Cegetel.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Wireless industry)
November 2005 — March 2007 (1 year 5 months)
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 2002 — October 2005 (3 years 6 months)
In this company I had very different roles across time, from play sysadmin to network and systems engineer, including Linux Distributions customization for the Spanish Governmnent
2000 — 2004