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    "name": "Ricardo Casares",
    "label": "Full Stack Human",
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "phone": "",
    "summary": "A web craftsman, passionate about the Internet and new technologies.",
    "location": {
      "address": "",
      "postalCode": "",
      "city": "Kraków",
      "countryCode": "PL",
      "region": "Małopolskie"
    },
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        "network": "Github",
        "username": "ricardocasares",
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        "network": "Gitlab",
        "username": "ricardocasares",
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  "work": [
    {
      "position": "Lead Software Engineer",
      "startDate": "2022-05-02",
      "summary": "Working on highly distributed, high-traffic systems that provide key services worldwide.",
      "company": "Cisco Systems",
      "location": "Kraków",
      "website": "https://cisco.com",
      "highlights": [
        "Cisco's AI blue belt trainings.",
        "Winner of Innovation Hackathon 2023.",
        "Lead developer for our intelectual capital digitalization platform.",
        "Delivering remote and in-person technical workshops.",
        "Responsible for multiple complex migrations."
      ]
    },
    {
      "position": "Lead Software Engineer",
      "startDate": "2021-05-04",
      "endDate": "2022-03-01",
      "summary": "Leading a cross-functional agile team to deliver Tesco's first comprehensive frontend platform.",
      "company": "Tesco Technology & Services Europe",
      "location": "Kraków",
      "website": "https://tesco.com",
      "highlights": [
        "Managed CI/CD via GitOps principles.",
        "Reusable UI components library owner.",
        "Tesco's internal CMS platform owner.",
        "Delivering multiple micro-frontend applications.",
        "Public speaking: Building with confidence (Dev.js Summit, Kraków, October 2021)."
      ]
    },
    {
      "position": "Lead Software Engineer",
      "startDate": "2018-11-18",
      "endDate": "2021-04-31",
      "summary": "Leading a cross-functional agile team with varying levels of experience to deliver mission-critical services and components.",
      "highlights": [
        "UK landing pages owner.",
        "DCI-PSS compliant services owner.",
        "First-time deposits flows owner.",
        "GraphQL gateway service layer owner."
      ],
      "company": "Grand Parade",
      "location": "Kraków",
      "website": "https://grandparade.co.uk"
    },
    {
      "position": "Lead Software Engineer",
      "startDate": "2017-07-31",
      "endDate": "2018-10-31",
      "summary": "Focused on research and development with team management responsibilities for one of the biggest EPAM's client in EU/US.",
      "highlights": [
        "Leader for a geo-distributed team.",
        "Certified technical interviewer.",
        "UI web components library owner & evangelist.",
        "Member of JavaScript Experts Internal Assessment Committee.",
        "Experience with Voice User Interfaces (Google Home, Alexa).",
        "Public speaking: Voice User Interfaces (Barka, Kraków, June 2018)."
      ],
      "company": "EPAM Systems",
      "website": "https://epam.com"
    },
    {
      "position": "Senior Software Engineer",
      "startDate": "2015-07-31",
      "endDate": "2017-07-31",
      "summary": "Senior Software Engineer with focus on research and development of UI libraries.",
      "highlights": [
        "UI web components libray owner & evangelist.",
        "Public speaking: Web Components (Barka, Kraków, 2017).",
        "Public speaking: Web Components (Sztuka Wyboru, Gdańsk, 2017)."
      ],
      "company": "EPAM Systems",
      "website": "https://epam.com"
    },
    {
      "position": "Senior Software Engineer",
      "startDate": "2014-12-01",
      "endDate": "2015-05-01",
      "summary": "Worked on a project for Walt Disney Parks & Resorts, one of the oldest and biggest accounts on the company, migrating from an legacy PHP based platform to AngularJS & Node.js",
      "highlights": [
        "UI library contributor.",
        "Troubleshooting UI performance issues.",
        "Integration with REST API services."
      ],
      "company": "Globant",
      "website": "https://globant.com"
    },
    {
      "position": "Senior Software Engineer",
      "startDate": "2014-01-02",
      "endDate": "2014-11-21",
      "summary": "Worked at BHP Global on a internal product based on the MEAN stack: MongoDB, Express, AngularJS & Node.js",
      "highlights": [
        "Development of REST API services.",
        "Public speaking: HipChat integrations (Buenos Aires, 2014).",
        "Jira plugins and extensions via REST API."
      ],
      "company": "BHP Global S.A.",
      "website": "https://bhp-global.com"
    },
    {
      "position": "Senior Software Engineer",
      "startDate": "2013-04-01",
      "endDate": "2014-01-01",
      "summary": "Worked at Itexa S.R.L. on several projects built on the LAMP stack: Linux, Apache, MySQL & PHP. Involved technologies were the CodeIgniter PHP framework, jQuery & Bootstrap.",
      "highlights": [
        "Development of learning management system for Alliance Française.",
        "Development of an accounting system for schools.",
        "Development of a corporate newsletter web application for ESET Latin America."
      ],
      "company": "Itexa S.R.L.",
      "website": "https://itexa.com.ar"
    },
    {
      "position": "Senior Software Engineer",
      "startDate": "2012-01-03",
      "endDate": "2013-01-01",
      "summary": "Worked at BHP Global on an integration project between two project management tools, JIRA & TestLink, for the Q&A area of Banco Hipotecario S.A.",
      "highlights": [
        "Extended TestLink API capabilities.",
        "Extended TestLink reporting capabilities.",
        "Jira extension and integration with TestLink."
      ],
      "company": "BHP Global S.A.",
      "website": "https://bhp-global.com"
    },
    {
      "position": "Instructor",
      "startDate": "2010-02-01",
      "endDate": "2012-01-01",
      "summary": "Worked together with ISRI (a private tech-related education center) to bring new topics to the classrooms in order to achieve innovation goals.",
      "highlights": [
        "Cisco CCNA I Instructor",
        "Cisco CCNA II Instructor",
        "Cisco CCNA III Instructor",
        "Cisco CCNA IV Instructor",
        "Mikrotik RouterOS Instructor",
        "Introduction to CodeIgniter Instructor"
      ],
      "company": "ISRI - TecnoConsulta S.R.L.",
      "website": "https://isri.com.ar"
    },
    {
      "position": "Senior Network Services Manager",
      "startDate": "2007-03-01",
      "endDate": "2010-06-24",
      "summary": "Worked at Interredes S.A., a San Juan based ISP provider, from Tech Support to Network Services Manager, and on many different projects.",
      "highlights": [
        "Implemented our first BGP Autonomous System.",
        "Modernization of DNS services.",
        "Launched a hosting service with PHP scripting & MySQL capabilities.",
        "Development of an internal support ticketing system with embeded network diagnostics."
      ],
      "company": "Interredes S.A.",
      "website": "https://www.interredes.com.ar"
    }
  ],
  "volunteer": [],
  "education": [
    {
      "institution": "Proydesa Foundation",
      "area": "Networking",
      "studyType": "CCNA Course Instructor",
      "startDate": "2009-01-01",
      "endDate": "2011-01-01",
      "gpa": "",
      "courses": [
        "Network Fundamentals",
        "Routing Protocols and Concepts",
        "LAN Switching & Wireless",
        "Accesing the WAN"
      ]
    },
    {
      "institution": "Instituto Superior en Redes & Informática",
      "area": "Networking",
      "studyType": "Cisco Certified Network Associate",
      "startDate": "2002-01-01",
      "endDate": "2004-01-01",
      "gpa": "",
      "courses": [
        "Network Fundamentals",
        "Routing Protocols and Concepts",
        "LAN Switching & Wireless",
        "Accesing the WAN"
      ]
    },
    {
      "institution": "Universidad Nacional de San Juan",
      "area": "Facultad de Igeniería",
      "studyType": "Electronic Engeneering (Uncompleted)",
      "startDate": "2004-01-01",
      "endDate": "2007-01-01",
      "gpa": "",
      "courses": [
        "Mathematical Analysis I",
        "Mathematical Analysis II",
        "Algebra and Analytic Geometry",
        "Physics I",
        "Physics II",
        "Electromagnetism",
        "Computing I",
        "Computing II",
        "English I",
        "English II",
        "Economics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "institution": "Universidad Tecnológica Nacional",
      "area": "Facultad Regional Buenos Aires",
      "studyType": "Advanced Java Programming",
      "startDate": "2012-02-15",
      "endDate": "2012-06-11",
      "gpa": "",
      "courses": []
    }
  ],
  "awards": [],
  "publications": [],
  "skills": [
    {
      "name": "Languages",
      "level": "Advanced",
      "keywords": [
        "Elm",
        "JavaScript",
        "TypeScript",
        "PHP",
        "Python",
        "Node.js"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Cloud",
      "level": "Intermediate",
      "keywords": ["AWS", "Azure", "GCP"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Agile",
      "level": "Advanced",
      "keywords": ["Scrum", "Kanban", "Value Stream Mapping"]
    },
    {
      "name": "DevOps",
      "level": "Intermediate",
      "keywords": ["Docker", "GitHub", "GitLab", "Kubernetes"]
    },
    {
      "name": "HTML",
      "level": "Advanced",
      "keywords": ["Semantics", "Accessibility", "Custom Elements"]
    },
    {
      "name": "CSS",
      "level": "Advanced",
      "keywords": ["Grid", "Flex", "Responsive design"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Databases",
      "level": "Intermediate",
      "keywords": ["MySQL", "Postgres", "MongoDB"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Cisco IOS",
      "level": "Advanced",
      "keywords": ["ACL", "BGP", "Monitoring"]
    },
    {
      "name": "RouterOS",
      "level": "Advanced",
      "keywords": ["Queues", "Mangle", "Firewalling"]
    }
  ],
  "languages": [
    {
      "language": "English",
      "fluency": "C1 Level"
    },
    {
      "language": "Spanish",
      "fluency": "Native"
    },
    {
      "language": "Polish",
      "fluency": "B1 Level"
    }
  ],
  "interests": [
    {
      "name": "Music",
      "keywords": ["Guitar", "Funk", "Blues"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Sports",
      "keywords": ["Hiking", "Climbing", "Snowboarding"]
    },
    {
      "name": "Programming",
      "keywords": [
        "Language design",
        "Functional programming",
        "Distributed systems"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "name": "Vadzim Yakushau, Lead Software Engineer, EPAM Systems",
      "reference": "Ricardo is technically skilled, team builder, coach and mentor. I've had this chance and enjoyed working with Ricardo the last 2 years at EPAM. Keep the good work!"
    },
    {
      "name": "Ernesto Corona, CEO, BHP Global",
      "reference": "It is my pleasure to recommend Ricardo, his performance working as a consultant for BHP Global proved that he will be a valuable addition to any company."
    },
    {
      "name": "Martín Fonzo, CEO, Communi Technologies",
      "reference": "Ricardo is a team player, detail-oriented person who's always looking for new challenges, committed to the projects he works on. It is always a pleasure to work with him."
    }
  ]
}