Hey there, I'm Al, a product professional.
From conceptualization to building to operation, within my capacity, I can architect & design; develop & engineer; operate & grow, & do a little bit of everything else required to turn worthwhile projects into ongoing useful products & services.
My inspirations & motivations come from perspectives acquired while traveling & living across the globe in Latin America, Asia, North America & Europe. I just hope to contribute to pursuits that can make meaning & create unique experiences.
Degree: Bachelor of Science in Engineering
Technical Concentrations: Communications, Signal Processing
Business Concentrations: Entrepreneurship
Proficient: English, Spanish
Intermediate: Chinese
Beginner: French
Germanic: German, Dutch, Swedish
Romance: Portuguese, Italian
Always Learning. Always Experimenting. Always Adapting.
Over the years, my ever expanding curiosity have allowed me to gain a diverse set of skills across creative, technical & business fields.
Specialties lie in the cross-pollination of creativity, technology & business in endeavors that can advance humanity.
Intellectual Property Creation
Design Innovation & Smart Services
Service & Product Development
Proof of Concept
Sketch/Mockup/Rapid Prototype
User Experience Design
Creative Design Software
Architect Technical Solutions
Agile Software Development
Operate Software Platforms
Electrical/Telecom Engineering
Visualization & Planning Tools
Kanban/Git/Python/C/Web
Cloud/SaaS/DevSecOps
Modeling/Simulation/WireShark
New Venture Development
Business Modeling/Analysis
Fund Raising
Sales/Customer Relations Management
Microsoft 365/Google Workspace
QuickBooks
Salesforce/Dynamics
Ultimate flexible engineer that led implementation & validation of multi-region & multi-sites deployments of cloud infrastructure & cloud applications for major telecoms & enterprises
Deployment & Validation of CICD for Major Telecoms & Internal Teams
End-to-End (design, implementation, validation, operation) Engineering Support for Major Telecoms
Deployment & Validation of Cloud Infrastructure for Major Telecoms & Internal Teams
Deployment & Validation of Core Cloud Applications for Major Wireless & Cable Providers in NAM
Validation of Telecom Service Features for Major Telecoms
Launched, bootstrapped & ran a startup that provided personalized services. Led all technical, entrepreneurial & creative initiatives.
Prior to development, the concept was tested by mockups & trials. After proving viability, a platform was launched to allow customers to sign up for services online. During its early stages, I set the guidelines for the platform and managed the product development workflow.
Engineered an Android application that can be controlled with the mind for emergencies by designing wireless protocols, performing signal processing and coding algorithms.
Designed a software modem capable of wireless data transmission and signal processing.
Our tools included the laptop’s microphone, sound card and wi-fi card. We used Matlab to implement networking and communication concepts to create our software modem.
Tested new concepts for possible new products and services based on the idea of gamification. Our team prototyped ideas for education, health care, food shopping, the workplace, transportation and retail.