Chief Technology Officer / Senior Software Engineer
Resume:
MIGUEL
ALONSO
JR,
PH.
D.
Senior
Software
Engineer
with
15
years
experience
developing
leading-
edge
technology
and
startups.
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305-
741-
6441
http://www.miguelalonsojr.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/miguelalonsojr
https://github.com/drmaj
SUMMARY
OF
QUALIFICATIONS
• Deep
understanding
of
product
development
and
business
incubation/acceleration
using
the
Lean
LaunchPad
model
via
customer
development
and
agile
engineering
• Expert at Mobile/Web Lean/Agile Application development on iOS, Android, and Ruby on Rails
• Able
to
analyze,
research,
and
design
hardware
&
software
solutions
for
Mobile
Computing
&
Embedded/Digital
Systems,
Digital
and
Analog
Signal
Processing, Image
Processing,
Computer
Vision,
&
Machine
Learning
• Expert
at
overseeing
all
phases
of
product
(hardware/software)
development
lifecycle,
from
design,
implementation,
and
testing
to
documentation
and
deployment
• Outstanding
technical
skills
with
ability
to
quickly
learn
cutting
edge
concepts
and
technologies
• Strong
team
leader
with
extensive
background
managing,
training
and
mentoring
junior
associates
&colleagues
TECHNICAL
EXPERTISE
• Product
Development:
Accelerator
to
Success
Model
for
rapid
product
development
(Concept,
Development,
Stability,
Growth
x
Market,
Customer,
Process,
Financials),
Lean
Startup/LaunchPad
Model
for
startup
and
entrepreneurship
via
customer
development
and
agile
engineering
• Languages:
Objective-
C,
Ruby,
Java,
C/C++,
Php,
MATLAB
• Web
App
Frameworks:
Ruby
on
Rails,
CakePHP,
Foundation
4,
Bootstrap
• Software
Engineering:
Agile,
XP,SCRUM,
BDD
&
TDD,
Unit
Testing
• SCM
and
Version
Control:
Git,
Hg,
ClearCase,
ClearQuest,
github.com,
bitbucket.org
• Tools/Tool
Chains:
Android
SDK
&
NDK,
XCODE,
Android
Studio,
RubyMine,
AppCode,
Bitbucket,
JIRA/AGILE,
inVision,
JDK,
gcc,
g++,
gdb,
make,
cmake,
swig,
openCV,
fftw
• Hardware:
Digital
Logic
&
Systems,
VHDL
(Xilinx),
TI
OMAP,
MSP430,
TI
DSP
C6000&
C64x+
Series,
OrCAD,
Ultiboard,
ProtelDXP
• Operating
Systems:
OSX,
Linux,
Unix,
Windows
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Chief
Technology
Officer
–
Inceptures,
LLC.
6/2014
–
Present
http://www.inceptures.com
Responsible
for
Strategy
and
Planning,
Implementation
and
Deployment,
and
Operational
Management
for
the
CharityBox
Web
and
Mobile
application
platform
for
empowering
donors
to
give
how
they
want.
Currently
lead
the
effort
to
take
the
company
through
the
Lean
LaunchPad
Model
of
customer
development
and
agile
engineering.
–
http://charitybox.com
• Oversee
a
team
of
5
engineers
and
designers
to
develop
the
CharityBox
web
and
mobile
app
(on
iOS
and
Android)
• Used
the
Lean
Startup
and
Lean
Launchpad
approaches
to
developing
a
minimum
viable
product
• Implemented
Software
Engineering
best
practices,
including:
o Behavior
Driven
Development
–
RSPEC,
SPECTA,
HAMCREST,
ROBOLECTRIC,
OCMOCK,
MOCKITO
o Scrum
Agile
Development
–
JIRA
Agile
o Continuous
Integration
on
XCode
Server,
CodeShip,
and
Jenkins
o AARRR
–
Startup
metrics
for
pirates:
KPIs
specifically
for
startups
o Error
reporting
and
diagnostics
on
Crashlytics
and
New
Relic
o Deploy
and
maintain
web
stack
on
Heroku
with
multi-
threading
and
background
processing
for
scaleability
o A/B
testing
using
Split,
Vanity,
Optimizely,
and
Apptimize
• Coded
a
RESTful
JSON
API
on
Ruby
on
Rails
to
allow
for
user
authorization/authentication,
donation
management,
and
payment
processing
using
puma,
a
multithreaded
webserver
and
resque
for
background
processing,
along
with
many
open-
source
gems
such
as
devise,
activemerchant
etc.
• Coded
web
front
end
using
Ruby
on
Rails,
Javascript
(in
CoffeeScript),
HTML,
CSS
• Coded
iOS
app
in
Objective-
C
to
consume
the
JSON
API,
including
user
signup/signin,
payment
processing,
donation
collection,
and
receipt
management
using
custom
code
and
leveraging
open-
source
projects
when
possible
for
RAD
o Cocoapods
used:
JSONModel,
MBProgressHUD,
SWRevealViewController,
Lockbox,
Reachability,
JRSwizzle
(Dismissy
uses
swizzling
to
achieve
the
keyboard
dismissing),
StanKit,
Crashlytics,
Facebook/Google
oauth
pods,
KIF,
Specta,
Expecta,
OCMock,
and
PivotalCoreKit
• Coded
Android
app
in
JAVA
to
consume
JSON
API,
including
user
signup/signin,
payment
processing,
donation
collection,
and
receipt
management
using
custom
code
and
leveraging
open-
source
projects
when
possible
for
RAD
o Gradles:
robolectric,
roboguice,
espresso,
hamcrest,
and
mockito
Co-
Founder
and
Chief
Technology
Officer
–
Doxio,
LLC.
6/2012
–
12/2014
http://www.doxio.co
Responsible
for
Strategy
and
Planning,
Implementation
and
Deployment,
and
Operational
Management
for
the
Doxio
Web
and
Mobile
application
platform
for
physician
networking
and
referral
development.
Leading
the
effort
to
take
the
company
through
the
Lean
LaunchPad
Model
of
customer
development
and
agile
engineering.
–
http://doxio.co
Chairperson
–
Miami
Dade
College
Department
of
Engineering,
School
of
Engineering
+
Technology
8/2011
–
6/2014
http://entec.mdc.edu
• Oversee
a
team
of
over
25
faculty
and
staff
in
the
operations
of
an
academic
department
of
engineering
• Increased
Associate
of
Science
and
Bachelor
of
Science
in
Electronics
and
Computer
Engineering
Technology
enrollment
by
over
85%
within
two
years,
most
recently
showing
in
increase
of
16%
• Project
manager
for
the
Entrepreneurship
Institute
Pilot
and
MDC
C.R.E.A.T.E
(Center
for
Research
Acceleration
and
Transformative
Entrepreneurship)
Miami
startup
incubator/accelerator
• Mentored
a
student
team
take
to
their
product
to
market
and
successfully
launch
a
crowd
funding
campaign
that
raised
of
$350,000
within
60
days
• Oversee
the
ABET
accreditation
process
for
the
BS
in
Electronics
Engineering
and
Wrote
three
standards
for
SACS
reaffirmation
(ETA
October
2014)
• Directed
four
research
projects:
o RESDEC
–
Android
app
to
automatically
decode
resistors
o SCIDS
–
Skin
Cancer
Identification
System
–
Android
app
to
detect
skin
cancer
using
images
on
taken
with
android
devices
o Computer
Vision/Machine
Learning:
Low-
cost
LiDAR
3D
Range
Finding
for
Simultaneous
Localization
and
Mapping
in
Autonomous
Robotics
Applications
o HCI:
EMG
Controlled
Prosthesis
Associate
Professor
–
Miami
Dade
College
Department
of
Engineering,
School
of
Engineering
+
Technology
6/2010
–
6/2014
Obtained
a
$970,000
grant
(CNS-
0940575)
from
the
National
Science
Foundation
to
increase
the
participation
of
underrepresented
groups
in
computer
science
and
engineering
via
several
initiatives
1. IN-
COMMAND:
INtroduction
to
COMputing
through
Mobile
ApplicatioNDevelopment
2. Peer-
Led
Team
Learning
(PLTL)
–
http://www.pltl.org
3. Affinity
Research
Groups
(ARG)
–
http://www.cahsi.org
4. Mentoring
&
Workshops
Assistant
Professor
–
Miami
Dade
College
Department
of
Engineering,
School
of
Engineering
+
Technology
9/2007
–
6/2010
• Developed
7
new
courses
for
a
new
Bachelor’s
Degree
in
Electronics
Engineering
Technology,
including
Applied
DSP,
Advanced
Microprocessors,
Applied
Robotics
Lab,
&Programmable
Logic
Controllers.
• Led
a
team
of
5
faculty
and
2
administrators
in
reviewing
and
updating
10
existing
courses
in
the
Computer
Engineering
&
Electronics
Engineering
Technology
Degrees
Software
Engineer
–
Beckman
Coulter,
Inc.
5/2007
–
8/2007
• Developed
algorithms
(in
C#
with
unmanaged
code)for
processing
of
hematology
and
flow
cytometry
data
• Optimized
algorithms
related
to
hematology
and
flow
cytometry
with
a
25%
reduction
in
execution
time
• Developed
data
transformation
based
on
dual
sigmoid
curves
for
improving
the
analysis
and
interpretation
of
flow
cytometry
data
Researcher–
Digital
Signal
Processing
Lab,
Florida
International
University
9/2001
–
9/2007
Computer
Engineer
–
CPS
Products,
Inc.
1/2001
–
2/2002
Engineering
Intern
–
G.E.
Medical
Systems
5/2000
–
8/2000
EDUCATION
Ph.
D.
Electrical
Engineering
M.S.&B.S.
Computer
Engineering
Florida
International
University
Florida
International
University
GPA:
3.96
May
‘07
GPA
(M.S.):
3.92
Outstanding
M.S.
Graduate
–
May
’03
Concentration:
DSP,
Computer
Vision,
Control
Systems
GPA
(B.S.):
3.84
Magna
Cum
Laude
–
Aug.
‘01
HONORs,
AWARDS,
&
MEMBERSHIPS
Miami
Dade
College
2011
Excellence
in
Teaching
Award
•
Florida
International
University
Dean's
Award
for
2006-
07
($2K
stipend)
•
Florida
International
University
Dissertation
Year
Fellow
($15K
over
9
months),
2006-
2007
•
National
Science
Foundation
Graduate
Research
Fellow
($121.5K
over
3
yrs.),
2003-
2006
•
The
8th
International
ACM
SIGACCESS
Conference
on
Computers
and
Accessibility
2006
-
Invited
Attendee
•
The
10th
International
Conference
on
Computers
Helping
People
with
Special
Needs
(ICCHP)
2006
Young
Researcher
•
Consortium
Fellow
&
Best
Young
Researcher
Award,
The
7th
International
ACM
SIGACCESS
Conference
on
Computers
and
Accessibility
2005
-
Doctoral
Consortium
Fellow,
•
Senior
Member
IEEE,
ACM,
Tau
Beta
Pi,
Eta
Kappa
Nu
•
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science
and
engineering,
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processing,
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vision,
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development,
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launchpad,
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startup
–
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