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Education

Basic Education

San Ignacio (http://www.sanignacio.edu.co/), High School, Medellín, Colombia. 1984 – 1995

University Education

Systems Engineer (Computer Science) with emphasis in Telematics and Hardware, EAFIT
University. Medellín, Colombia. (http://www.eafit.edu.co/). 1996 – 2001
GPA 4.35 / 5.00

Miscellaneous Courses

  • Programming Microcontrollers HC05 & HC08 families by Motorola. 1999
  • Technology Risk Consulting. Arthur Andersen, 2000
  • Generic and Object-Oriented Design and Programming using C++ and the Standard Template Library (STL) (http://www.oopl.com/)
  • LabVIEW Basic and Advanced
  • TestStand I and II
  • Project Management Fundamentals (http://www.systemation.com/)

Work experience

SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER (Current Position)

National Instruments. Austin, Texas, USA. Nov. 2001 – Present

  • Design and development of frameworks, applications and tools, using several programming languages and technologies (LabVIEW, C++, Java, COM, SQL, TestStand, DIAdem)
  • Project Management

TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION & TECHNICAL SUPPORT

Arthur Andersen. Medellín. Colombia. Dec. 1999 – Abr. 2001

  • Windows NT server with Lotus Domino console administration.
  • Novell NetWare server for file and printer sharing administration.
  • Design of Lotus Notes database with Help Desk documents and technical procedures.
  • Laptop and desktop hardware and software problems fixing.
  • User training in software applications.
  • Networking Administration

ENGINEERING ASSISTANT (PART TIME)

Ricardo Jaramillo y cia, Medellín. Colombia. 1998 – 1999.

  • Designing and Programming VIs (Virtual Instruments) in a variety of projects using National Instruments LabVIEW.

Awards

  • Engineering Excellence Award – National Instruments, 2008
  • Rookie of the year nominee – National Instruments, 2002
  • Semifinalist in the Maintenance / Field Test category at the National Instruments Week (NIWeek99) with the project “Virtual Balancing Equipment for Rigid Rotors”

Technology related skills

Programming Languages

LabVIEW, C / C++, Perl, Assembly, Visual Basic, PLC Programming, Java.

Operating Systems

DOS, Windows, OS X, Novell Netware, Unix, Linux.

Applications

National Instruments TestStand and DIAdem.

Languages

Spanish (native)
Fluent in English

Other activities

  • Member of the Engineering Council as student body representative. EAFIT University. (2000-2001)
  • Member of the board of directors of the “Association of Colombians in Austin” (http://www.colombianosenaustin.org/). (2002-2003)

Other Interests

  • New Technologies
  • Photography
  • Soccer
  • Music
  • Drumming