Alejandro Lujan

Alejandro Lujan

Software Engineer and Artificial Intelligence Researcher

Ottawa, Canada Area

Past
  • Teaching Assistant at University of Ottawa
  • Executive Director at Alterity Solutions
  • Assistant Professor at Andres Bello Catholic University
  • Application Developer at Nitido Inc.
  • Teaching Assistant at Andres Bello Catholic University
  • Intern at Ayuantepui
  • Web Programmer at Information Technology Application Center, UCAB
Education
  • University of Ottawa / Université d'Ottawa
  • Universidad Católica Andrés Bello
Connections
66 connections
Industry
Computer Software
Websites

Alejandro Lujan’s Summary

I am a Software Engineer and developer with experience in medium and large applications, spanning a broad area of technologies such as Java, J2EE, JSP, PHP, Javascript, XML, MySql and Postgre. I have fulfilled roles as developer, designer, project planner and team leader.

I am also a Researcher in the area of Artificial Intelligence, particularly in machine learning. My MSc thesis was titled 'Generation of Rule-based Adaptive Strategies for Virtual Simulation Environments'.

I am currently looking for a position as a software developer, where I can take advantage of my industry and academic experience, in a dynamic, challenging and rewarding environment.

Alejandro Lujan’s Specialties:

Software engineering, project management, research and knowledge transfer.


Alejandro Lujan’s Experience

  • Teaching Assistant

    University of Ottawa

    (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

    January 2008April 2008 (4 months)

    - Prepared and taught lab sessions for a group of 38 students.
    - Marked and proctored exams.
    - Collaborated with the course professor and other assistants for the elaboration and evaluation of projects and assignments.

  • Executive Director

    Alterity Solutions

    (Computer Software industry)

    December 2004August 2006 (1 year 9 months)

    - Evaluated and selected projects for their execution.
    - Created and oversaw project plans involving several participants and tight deadlines.
    - Interacted with clients in all phases of the software development process.
    - Coordinated small development teams for medium sized projects, spanning several technologies including Java, JSP, J2EE, PHP, MySQL and PostgreSQL.
    - Developed components for medium and large development projects.
    - Helped increase the technical team from 0 to 8 employees in 18 months.

  • Assistant Professor

    Andres Bello Catholic University

    (Computer Software industry)

    March 2006June 2006 (4 months)

    - Revised and adapted the Algorithms course material.
    - Taught the course to a class of 35 students.
    - Designed and applied exams, assignments and projects.

  • Application Developer

    Nitido Inc.

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

    March 2004March 2005 (1 year 1 month)

    - Collaborated with high level managers to create a remote team of developers.
    - Developed applications over a proprietary framework based on J2EE technology.
    - Adapted interfaces for mobile viewing using XHTML and WML.
    - Tested software components developed by myself and other programmers using JUnit.
    - Organized my workload to successfully achieve set deadlines.

  • Teaching Assistant

    Andres Bello Catholic University

    (Computer Software industry)

    March 2002February 2004 (2 years)

    - Prepared and taught lab sessions from scratch for groups of 15 to 20 students taking the courses of Algorithms & Programming I and II.
    - Marked and proctored exams and short evaluations.
    - Collaborated with the course professors for the elaboration and evaluation of projects and assignments.

  • Intern

    Ayuantepui

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

    August 2003September 2003 (2 months)

    Internship as a software developer. In charge of the development of a plug-in for a proprietary product on the Real Basic programming language.

  • Web Programmer

    Information Technology Application Center, UCAB

    (Computer Software industry)

    March 2000December 2001 (1 year 10 months)

    - Developed web sites using HTML, JavaScript, PHP and MySQL technologies.
    - Interacted with different department representatives to determine functional requirements.


Alejandro Lujan’s Education

  • University of Ottawa / Université d'Ottawa

    MSc, Computer Science, 20062008

    GPA 9.29/10

    Most Relevant Projects:
    - Master’s Thesis titled “Generation of Rule-based Adaptive Strategies for Virtual Simulation Environments”. Designed and executed a highly independent research plan on the area of Artificial Intelligence.
    - Software Engineering: Analyzed two Aspect-Oriented Programming technologies: Spring and AspectJ.

  • Universidad Católica Andrés Bello

    Bachelor of Science, Information Technology, 19992005

    GPA 79.34/100


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Alejandro Lujan’s Interests:

Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Games, Photography

Alejandro Lujan’s Groups:

Soka Gakkai International, CouchSurfing


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