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Title: Microsoft Technologies Specialist & .NET Programmer
Posted by: Daniel Rodríguez
Location: Bogotá, D.C.,
Date: December 26, 2007


Details:

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PROFILE
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* IT Professional with more than 4 years of experience working on multiple computer related areas, particularly as a trainer in New Technologies, Senior Development Engineer and as Infrastructure and Network Administrator.
* Advanced technical problems solver, creative and efficient when confronted with application’s design and implementation problems.
* Technical Leader for compact development teams, always ready to help and to improve the performance and productivity of the working project.
* Innovator, with enormous facility on the learning process of new technologies, programming languages and even new cultures and their languages.
* Committed with goals and quality, ever willing to go the extra mile needed to deliver a product or service in perfect condition.
* Always curious about learning more and more about technology and computers, I was selected among more than 5000 participants from all over the country to be a part of the winning group of the 2002 Microsoft Scholarships, after a series of technical exams and a final interview.

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KNOWLEDGE
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* LANGUAGES
> Native Spanish speaker.
> Excellent English skills, with a TOEFL iBT (Internet-Based Test) score of 110 points out of 120 possible total points.
> Basic Knowledge of Japanese.
* OPERATIVE SYSTEMS
> High level practical interaction with Microsoft technologies, including both client (Windows 98, Windows 2000 & Windows XP) and server (Windows 2000 & 2003) administration and maintenance.
> Certified knowledge of networking and administration, including server roles like DNS, DHCP, File Server, Web Server (IIS), Terminal Services and Active Directory.
* SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
> Requirement Assessment by means of UML, Use Cases and Entity-Relationship Models.
> Quality Assurance with Test Cases, prototypes and the respective documentation.
> Technical leadership and decision making over the solution’s architecture and design.
* PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
> C#
> VB.NET
> JavaScript, VBScript & VBA
> C/C++
> SQL
* DEVELOPMENT TOOLS
> Advanced use of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 (Professional, VSTO & Team).
> MS AJAX 1.0 and AJAX Control Toolkit implementation for Web projects on ASP.NET.
> Database administration for SQL Server (2000 & 2005) and for Microsoft Access.
> Vast knowledge of Microsoft Project (Server & Professional) on timeline, task and resource’s administration.
> UML related design using Microsoft Visio.
> Solid work on Microsoft productivity tools like Office (up to the 2007 version), Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Exchange (2000 & 2003).
> Basic graphic design and editing using Adobe Photoshop (CS, CS2 & CS3).
> Small practice on 3D development for PC using OpenGL and for Sony’s PlayStation® using PsyQ and C language.

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EXPERIENCE
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* MICROSOFT CORPORATION – BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (FEBRUARY 2003 – JANUARY 2006)
> Took a role as member of a team of specialists in charge of giving demonstrations of Microsoft Technologies for technical and decision making clients to promote the sales and adequate use of every product.
> Developed multiple innovative solutions meant to improve productivity of Information Workers, using Smart Clients such as Microsoft’s Word, Excel and Outlook.
> Thanks to my growing knowledge about upcoming technologies I was placed in charge of a remote demonstration system, based on trips and virtual conferences, aimed at non-local clients found on surrounding cities and countries like Peru, Venezuela and Ecuador.
> Did training courses, sometimes form more than 50 people, on the use of tools and applications like Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows XP, Exchange 2000 & 2003, SQL Server 2000, Office System 2003, ISA Server 2000 & 2004, SharePoint, Project Server and Visual Studio, among others.
> Got used to constant, quick and effective learning of new technologies and helped with product launches with “early adoption” plans and strategies.
* INTERGRUPO, S.A. – BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (JANUARY 2006 – SEPTEMBER 2007)
> Thanks to my good performance on Microsoft I was immediately assigned to web development projects on ASP.NET and to Smart Document Development on Microsoft Office 2003 using Visual Studio Tools for Office.
> Encouraged the use of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 on the company, based on the fact that it could save us more than 50% on development times, compared with Visual Studio 2003, and was also one of the first technical leaders to apply it on a project.
> Extensively applied web technologies that improved the user’s experience, avoiding the nasty screen flashes caused by postbacks and the lengthy download times, particularly using ASP.NET 2.0 callbacks, AJAX and CSS Control Adapters.
> Lead my team on all work related with AJAX, advanced client functionality using JavaScript, use of data-bound web controls and optimization of code and resource access.

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CERTIFICATIONS
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* 70-210: Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Professional - Dec 19, 2002.
* 70-215: Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server - Dec 20, 2002.
* 70-306: Developing and Implementing Windows®-based Applications with Microsoft® Visual Basic® .NET and Microsoft® Visual Studio® .NET - Mar 31, 2005.
* 70-281: Planning, Deploying, and Managing an Enterprise Project Management Solution – May 20, 2005.
* 70-290: Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment – Jun 03, 2005.
* 70-291: Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure – Jul 01, 2005.

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EDUCATION
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* 2002 – Executrain - Bogotá, Colombia
> Microsoft Scholarships 2002 Pro-Certification on Windows 2000 - MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional).
* 2003 - Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas - Bogotá, Colombia
> Electronics Engineering – Lines: Control & Communications. Thesis Project: “Design and Implementation of Virtual Instruments using a PlayStation® Videogame Console”




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