Professional
I've been working for over 20 years in the different areas involved in planning, designing, developing, and managing software projects. I like simple and practical designs. I use agile methodologies, good practices, design principles, and patterns. I love finding the simplest solution for every specific problem. I like to iterate measuring and improving the results.
Random facts of my career:
- I started working in 1998 on an Internet Service Provider, yes those giving access via dial-up modems, on email and web infrastructure.
- I did code to "fix" the Y2K problem and support the Euro currency transition.
- In 2003 I helped to build LifeType an open-source blogging platform with support for multiple blogs and users in a single installation. It reached more than a million downloads.
- I founded two, now defunct, companies. qDevel, in 2004, a development boutique specialized in web apps built on top of the LAMP stack. And VESNE in 2007, a start-up focused on developing technology for vertical social networks on top of Rails stack.
- In 2007 we built moterus, the largest social network in Spain for motorbike riders.
- I was an Engineering Manager at Jobandtalent. One of the fastest-growing companies in Spain, backed by Atomico. We've grown the team to ~100 people and scaled the platform to handle 10 million users in just a couple of years.
- I'm currently the CTO, responsible for technology, people, and culture/processes, at SeQura. The payment platform helps people buy the things they love paying in an instant, transparent, flexible, and fair way.
My current interests are building backend (Ruby, Elixir) and infrastructure (UNIX-based systems). I prefer start-ups over corporate. I enjoy managing projects and people, helping them grow in a healthy culture/environment.
You can see my full CV on Linkedin.
Personal
I really enjoy riding and traveling on a motorbike, sadly not much time for that in a while. Besides, I could list a set of usual topics: music, reading, movies, tv shows, photography, coffee & tea, decent scotch beverages ...
I'm currently living in Barcelona, happily married, and father of two lovely girls.
Keep in touch
You can keep in touch with me at Github, Linkedin, or Twitter.