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Pont Grup S.A..

Team Lead · Software Engineer
May 2006 — Jun 2008
Pont Grup S.A.
FIG.01 — Pont Grup S.A.

About the company

Pont Grup Correduría de Seguros, S.A. is a Spanish insurance brokerage founded in 1989 and headquartered in Málaga, specializing primarily in motorcycle insurance as official broker for numerous motorcycle manufacturers and racing teams.

It also brokers car, home, business and personal insurance lines working with major underwriters such as Mapfre, Allianz, Caser and Groupama, and runs a road-safety initiative aimed at motorcyclists.

Official site: www.pontgrup.com

Responsibilities

01

Team leadership

Responsible for the Computer Department, mainly as Research & Development Manager, coordinating a small development team (1–5 colleagues) for an insurance brokerage’s digital platform: assigning tasks, reviewing work, resolving conflicts and setting timelines.
Bridge business and technical requirements for a regulated, client-facing industry.
02

Software and Platform development

As a Full Stack Developer, build and maintain the company’s WordPress-based website and internal tools using PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Ajax, Webservices, JavaScript and jQuery, as well as Winforms applications with C# and Dundas Chart backed by Microsoft SQL Server (using Tortoise for version control), and work with Nginx and early microservices patterns to support the platform’s growth.
As a Senior Systems Analyst, specify requirements, analyze use cases and produce interaction diagrams, modeling systems in UML with a focus on the Rational Rose tool.
03

Online Marketing

Responsible for the Online Marketing department, improving the company’s search engine presence (SEO) and web positioning.
Analyze new growth opportunities through web marketing, email campaigns and statistical analysis (Google Analytics, SiteCatalyst).
Manage the website’s content through a CMS.
Manage relationships with media outlets.
04

Technical Support & Helpdesk Management

Assemble and maintain the office’s electrical systems, including raised flooring, the PABX and fiber optic cabling.
Administer user accounts and the company’s network infrastructure.
// Focus & stack
People ManagementFull Stack DevelopmentSystems Analysis.NETWinformsC#ASP.NETMicrosoft™ SQL ServerJ2EEWordPressPHPMySQLNginxMemcachedMicroservicesUMLRational RoseSEOGoogle AnalyticsCMSTortoiseNetwork AdministrationPABX

Projects delivered

.NET
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PHP
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J2EE
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Written recommendations

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Tatiana Minina
Responsable departamento comercial

Me complace dejar unas líneas en este apartado pues la experiencia de haber trabajado con José María en Pont Grup, donde coincidimos hace 8 años, fue muy positiva y muy grata. Como Responsable del Departamento de Informática garantizó a todos los departamentos de la empresa un impecable funcionamiento de los sistemas, páginas, programas y un sinfín de aplicaciones que usábamos en nuestras tareas diarias.

Además de desarrollar y actualizar, entre otras, la web de la empresa, contribuyó enormemente a la publicidad y disponibilidad de los servicios on-line, lo que nos permitió ser entre los primeros en el sector en ofrecer servicios interactivos al cliente.

Destaca por su gran capacidad de trabajo, liderazgo, iniciativa, eficiencia e ingenio para salvar los obstáculos. Compartir el espacio laboral con él fue todo un privilegio, porque además de ser responsable, resolutivo y servicial, es de aquellas personas que jamás pierde la sonrisa y amabilidad, incluso en las situaciones de mucha tensión y complejidad.

Chema, you are number 1!

Engineering Manager / Computer Engineer

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