Alberto Saavedra

alberto@saavedra.info

Contact Info
Address	Pleyades 264 Colonia Contry. Monterrey, Nuevo León 64860. México Windows Live Local − Google Maps − Guía Roji
Phone	+52.8180615632 (mobile) − skype:alberto.saavedra
Online	http://blog.saavedra.info (blog) − mask (english twitter) − asaavedra (spanish twitter)
Online	mask_asaavedra (Windows Live) − beto.saavedra (Google Talk)

Education
2005 − 2007 Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey Monterrey, México Master of Science in Information Technologies Cumulative GPA: 93/100 Member of the Student Entrepreneur Society
2002 − 2004 CEPADE − Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Madrid, Spain Master of Business Administration in e-Business & e-Commerce Cumulative GPA: 70/100 Final Project Pending
2001 − 2002 CEPADE − Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Madrid, Spain Post-Graduate Diplom in Business Administration in the New Economy Cumulative GPA: 71/100
1994 − 2000 Universidad Católica Boliviana La Paz, Bolivia Bachelor of Science in Computer Systems Engineering Cumulative GPA: 70/100 (Top 5 in class)

Work Experience
2007.01−now Advanced Business Technology Monterrey, México Regional Manager
2006.10−2007.02 Tix Technologies Monterrey, México Java Consultant
2006.01−2006.06 Microsoft Corporation Redmond, WA Microsoft IT Deployment Program Manager Develop and manage NAP Support Plan Own and manage NAP Communication Plan Track ISA 2006 Server Deployment Project Management Methodologies and Tools Training
2005.02−2005.11 Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey Monterrey, México Research Assistant PDLib Code MIDlet forms for the PDA client using J2ME Agile Development Environment using Subversion, Trac & DamageControl Research Atom 1.0 support and local feed validation.
2004.11−2004.12 Servicio de Impuestos Nacionales La Paz, Bolivia IT Consultant Tester of tax collecting system developed in C# and Oracle Coder of validation routines used in tax portal using ASP.NET and Javascript
2004.03−2004.10 Storeserver Systems GmbH Stuttgart, Germany Systems Programmer Design & code BMECat Catalog Viewer using Visual Basic, HTA and Access Design & code e-commerce site for Fraunhofer Institute's pilot project to support SMBs using ASP.NET & MySQL Migrate and extend e-commerce module using ASP.NET and C#
2003.05−2004.01 Eklan Srl. La Paz, Bolivia IT Projects Consultant Design & code salary analysis system for PWC in Access Develop Information Security business line Develop business plan to include OSS enterprise solutions to current business lines
2000.08−2003.05 Banco Bisa S.A. La Paz, Bolivia Systems Engineer Evaluate online banking implementation proposals Design & code internal workflow systems using Lotus Notes Design & code teller application client using Delphi & AS/400 Design & code credit card printing control system in J2EE
1999.11−2000.05 Banco Central de Bolivia La Paz, Bolivia Systems Analyst/Programmer
1998.04−1999.06 Universidad Católica Boliviana La Paz, Bolivia Computer Labs Admin

Major Projects
2005 − 2007 MSc Thesis Concept based ranking in personal repositories
2005 − 2006 MBA Final Project Publicidad 2.0: Useful targeted online advertising for Latin America
1998 − 2000 Engineering Thesis XML and Spanish Natural Language Search Engine System

Technical Skills
Programming Languages: Java C# VB.NET Delphi
Platforms: Java, J2ME Wintel, .NET Framework Linux Mobile development
DBMS: MySQL SQL Server Express SQLite Oracle
Web Development: DHTML, CSS, XHTML Javascript, VBScript AJAX, XML, XSLT Python, Ruby ASP.NET, PHP, JSP Flash, Flex, OpenLazzlo XUL, XAML
Web Application Frameworks: J2EE RubyOnRails ASP.NET Apache Cocoon
Web/Application Servers: Apache HTTP Server Microsoft IIS, Mono Apache Tomcat JBoss
XML: Schemas, XSLT, XPath RSS, RDF, Atom OPML, Attention.XML, Microformats SOAP SVG, VoiceXML, SMIL
Intranet/Collaborative: Windows Sharepoint Services Lotus Notes XWiki
Web 2.0 APIs: Google Adwords Yahoo Term Extraction, Google Desktop Search Google Maps, Virtual Earth Yahoo Answers
Productivity Applications: Microsoft Office System, OpenOffice Macromedia Flash, Microsoft Expression, Inkscape Adobe Photoshop, GIMP
Engineering Skills
Agile Software Development: Scrum TDD Lean Software Development MSF Agile SCM
Web Engineering: Search Web Metrics Web Usability Web Services Architecture Semantic Web Web Personalization
Information Science: Information Retrieval Search Engines Knowledge Representation Web Mining Digital Libraries
Information Security: Infrastructure Health Biometrics
Business Skills
Project Management: Project Planning Scheduling Risk Mitigation Progress Tracking & Reporting
Marketing: Market Research Online Advertising E-marketing, SEM CRM Blogging
Knowledge: Network of Practice Collaborative interactions E-learning Personal Knowledge Management

Grants
2005.07−2005.09 Google Summer of Code 2005 Agile Project Management application in XWiki
Scholarships
2005.01−2007.05 LASPAU/OEA OAS Placed Graduate Scholarship
1995.07−1996.06 Universidad Católica Boliviana Academic Excellence Scholarship

Selected Online Appearances
Map of Successful Projects of Google Summer of Code Program.