The role

Grupo ACT Technology S.L..

Software Engineer · Graphic Designer

Sep 2003 — Sep 2005

FIG.01 — Grupo ACT Technology S.L.

About the company

Grupo ACT Technology, S.L. was a small Spanish software company founded in 2002 and based at the Andalusia Technology Park in Málaga, active in software development, IT consultancy and hardware supply.

Its development team delivered custom projects for public and private-sector clients, including a work-order management system for Málaga's municipal towing company SMASA, sports-event software for Real Madrid C.F., and GECOR, an urban incident-management system for Málaga Town Hall. The company has since been dissolved; however, several of its members now work under GecorSystem.

Official site: www.gecorsystem.com

Responsibilities

Early software development

Begin a software engineering career building and maintaining business applications as part of a small development team.

Develop and maintain business web applications in Visual Basic .NET and DotNetNuke, backed by Microsoft SQL Server and Crystal Reports for reporting, with XHTML, CSS and JavaScript front ends.

Learn foundational engineering practices — version control, testing and structured development — that shape later leadership roles.

Mobile & embedded development

Design and build a Bluetooth-enabled mobile application in J2ME and the .NET Compact Framework as final degree project, an early foray into mobile and embedded development.

Graphic design & pre-press

Produce final artwork and prepare files for industrial printing, including ad design, brochure layout and digital image retouching, using Adobe Photoshop, InDesign and Corel Draw.

// Focus & stack

Software EngineeringVisual Basic .NETDotNetNukeCrystal ReportsMicrosoft SQL ServerXHTMLCSSJavaScriptJ2MEBluetooth.NET Compact FrameworkVersion Control.NETGraphic DesignAdobe PhotoshopInDesignCorel Draw

Projects delivered

GECOR FACILITIES
Sports event management software for Real Madrid C.F., using Crystal Reports.

GMAS / GECOR
Application in PDAs for the work activity administration of the municipal towing company SMASA S.A.

DISTRITOS.NET
Software for road incidents control and management, developed for mobile phones (using Bluetooth devices). Customer: Málaga Town Hall.

Written recommendations

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Antonio García González

Jefe del departamento de Informática

José María Vázquez es un analista - programador meticuloso, responsable y profesional. Trabaja muy bien en equipo. Durante su periodo de trabajo en Grupo ACT se integró perfectamente en el equipo de desarrollo. Tiene una gran capacidad para aprender cosas nuevas y aplicarlas y nos demostró su valía en proyectos con .NET y SQL Server.

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