Resume

Julián Hidalgo May 19th, 2008

Julián Hidalgo
Software Developer		 julian.hidalgo@gmail.com
techblog.julianhidalgo.com

Professional Goal

To become the best developer I can be.

About Me

I’m a mostly self-taught Chilean developer with more than 3 years of professional experience in software development. I’ve worked in several parts of the process, from requirements gathering to black-box testing, but most of my experience has been built around design and programming. I’ve also worked as a system administrator. Outside of my professional coding, I maintain the “Coding Obsession” technical blog at http://techblog.julianhidalgo.com/ and am an active contributor to the MbUnit and Gallio open source projects.

I studied civil engineering for 5 years, but I dropped out of college in 2006 when I decided I wanted to be a developer. The career was not very IT oriented, but it included courses about database modeling, C++ programming and data structures for example, that helped me to discover my vocation.

I learn very fast and I’m quite good at solving problems (which I think are crucial abilities for a developer). I’m highly motivated, I love challenges and to learn new things, often by reading books or experimenting. I read blogs and tech books whenever I can. I like to share my knowledge and to learn from others. I tend to be a perfectionist, which can be bad sometimes, but it’s an important quality in my opinion.

Languages

  • C# (2.5 years)
  • VB.NET (2 years)
  • T-SQL (3.5 years)
  • JavaScript (3 years) 
  • C/C++ (2 years)
  • VBScript (1 year)
  • Erlang (learning)

Practices - Skills

  • Object Oriented Design
  • Object Oriented Programming
  • Test-Driven Development
  • Continuous Integration
  • UML modeling
  • SQL optimization
 Technologies

  • .NET 1.1–3.5
  • ASP.NET 1.1-3.5
  • Windows Services
  • Web Services
  • Windows Forms
  • ADO.NET
  • C# Network Programming
  • HTML/XHTML/CSS
  • “Classic” ASP
  • Windows Networking
  • Windows Presentation Foundation
  • Silverlight
  • LINQ
  • Regular Expressions
 Tools

  • Visual Studio 2003-2008
  • MbUnit
  • SourceGear Vault
  • FogBugz
  • NAnt
  • MSBuild
  • FxCop
  • ReSharper
  • Rhino.Mocks
  • TypeMock.NET
  • CCNET
  • Subversion

Platforms

  • Windows XP
  • Windows Server 2003
  • Linux (Fedora / Debian)
  • DotNetNuke

Experience

February 2007 – Present
Mercatus AS
Senior Software Developer – Technical Lead

  • Member of the company’s technical leads group. Developed a Silverlight/WCF based log viewer, and helped in the technical leadership of the Chilean office for about a month.

May 2006 – January 2007
Mercatus AS
Software Developer

  • Worked in a DotNetNuke based livestock management system for poultry farms. Developed the integration between our system and Movex (Lawson’s ERP system). Also wrote and enhanced several modules.
  • Designed and prototyped the data layer for the company’s new .NET 2.0 architecture.
  • Worked with the Norwegian team projects for Nutreco and Gilde, Norway’s largest meat slaughter and processing organization.
  • Took a leading role mentoring and guiding fellow developers in the Chilean office, including presentations on mock objects and continuous integration.

Jan 2004 - May 2006
HP office
Software Developer – Web Developer – System Administrator

  • Developed an issue tracking system with ASP.NET 2.0 + SQL Server 2000. Started with the Beta version of .NET 2.0/VS 2005.
  • Implemented a network for Landcatch Chile. Played the role of system administrator for the company’s IT infrastructure outsourced to HP office. Tasks included setting up and maintaining two Windows 2003 servers, an Exchange 2003 mail server, a DNS service, and a Linux based firewall, among others.
  • Led a black-box testing project for an ERP system.
  • Led a requirements gathering project for an ISO 9001 (quality management) system.
  • Developed a recruitment system in “classic” ASP and SQL Server 2000.
  • Designed and developed a website for www.integrasistemas.cl (currently offline). The site was coded in PHP/HTML 4.01 Strict and was standards compliant.

Training Experience

Sept 2006

  • Hired by HP office to give a training course about OO and .NET to a group of around 8 developers.

Jun 2006 – Aug 2006

  • Trained my co-workers in OO concepts and programming, focusing on .NET, for a 2 month period.

Certification Exams

  • February 2008 – Exam 70-547

Open Source – Voluntary Contributions

September 2007 – Present
Gallio – Test Automation Platform

  • Commit member. Coded several features like runners and an MSTest adapter.

Jun 2007 – Present
MbUnit - Unit testing framework for .NET

  • Commit member. Actively involved since version 2.4.

2002 - 2003
www.conclase.net - Popular C/C++ programming website
html.conclase.net - Popular site devoted to promote standards based web development.

  • Wrote a Windows based demo application and a series of articles about sorting algorithms that turned into a popular section within the site (http://c.conclase.net/orden/). It’s currently the first result on Google when searching for “Algoritmos Ordenamiento” (sorting algorithms in Spanish).
  • Active member in the C/C++ list.
  • Active member who became one of three moderators of the 3,700+ member e-mail list.
  • My contributions made me become a part of the core team (http://www.conclase.net/nosotros.php).

 
Education and Academic Achievements

Universidad de la Frontera - Temuco, Chile
BS in Industrial Engineering

  • Coursed first 4 years of a 6 year degree, with classes such as database modeling, C++ programming and data structures.
  • Dropped university to pursue a career as software developer.

Universidad de la Frontera - Temuco, Chile

  • 1 Semester Cryptology course.

Ministry of Education

  • 3rd place in a regional Physics Olympics.

Other Skills

  • Language skills: Perfect command of Spanish (native language). Advanced command of English in reading and writing. Ability to maintain fluid social and working conversations. Currently learning Italian (basic level).
  • Graphic design: Advanced user of Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. Vast experience designing websites, logos and documents. Excellent ability as illustrator.

References

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