Fernando Martin Santana

Current
  • Consultant at Fusion Systems Japan
Past
  • Software Architect at EMC Singapore
  • SCM Consultant at Nikko Citigroup
  • Software Engineer at NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
  • System Analyst at Be@Work SRL
  • E-Business Consultant at Virtual Business Open Source Consultancy
  • President at Spanish Confederation of Junior Enterprises
  • Founder and President at Gran Canaria Campus
  • Regional Sales Manager at Tottel Networks S.L.
  • Junior Software Engineer at Idecnet
Education
  • Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
  • Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
  • Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
  • Cathedral City
Connections
271 connections
Industry
Information Technology and Services
Websites

Fernando Martin Santana’s Summary

I have worked as Software analyst and developer, e-business consultant, researcher, sales manager and been president in Spain of the largest Entrepreneur Organization.

I studied Computer Science, Business Administration and hold a master on Business Intelligence and Knowledge Management.

My professional aim is to work as a Consultant/Financial Analyst for a challenging company, with a team of both excellent and motivated colleagues to achieve great projects that make sustainable meaning for our clients.

Fernando Martin Santana’s Specialties:

Better ask me ;-)


Fernando Martin Santana’s Experience

  • Consultant

    Fusion Systems Japan

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    May 2007Present (1 year 1 month)

    Fusion Systems provides integrated technology solutions to organizations in several industries. We specialize in time-sensitive and mission-critical solutions. Our offices in Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong are located in the heart of key business districts.

    Our partners have been instrumental in delivering challenging projects for many of the most sophisticated and demanding clients in the world, including companies such as Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Toshiba and General Motors. Fusion's partners and consultants have an established record of delivering successful results in New York, London, Tokyo, Zurich and Shanghai.

  • Software Architect

    EMC Singapore

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    November 2007April 2008 (6 months)

    Software Architect in a project for CITIBANK Singapore and EMC Singapore

    - Responsible for designing and implementing a high-performance Cache Management System for Centera Storage clusters with Symmetrix DMX and Oracle technologies.

  • SCM Consultant

    Nikko Citigroup

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; C; Investment Banking industry)

    June 2007November 2007 (6 months)

    External Consultant hired by Nikko-Citigroup Ltd.

    -Responsible for an Assessment on Software Configuration Management (SCM) for the Business Technology Organization (BTO).
    -Managed SCM for +200 developers on both Fixed Income and Equities
    -Decreased $500,000 project budget by leveraging resources from Citigroup NY Office

  • Software Engineer

    NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)

    September 2005September 2006 (1 year 1 month)

    Researcher at the NTT Emergent Technologies Lab in a Ubiquitous Network Society project.

    Participant in a top-tier program for engineers between the European Union and the Ministry of Industry of Japan (ranked 2nd among 1000 candidates). Intensive training in the Japanese language, industry, etiquette, economy and negotiation techniques at the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation.

    I designed and built an intelligent appliance network for a domotic environment with Visual C++ .NET and Matlab. Using specific-purposed sensors, context-aware distributed frameworks, and data mining for knowledge discovery, we developed specific algorithms to analyze human behavioral patterns.

  • System Analyst

    Be@Work SRL

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    March 2005June 2005 (4 months)

    Granted by the European Commission for a 4-month internship in Beatwork, the biggest Application Service Provider and Internet Service provider in the north of Italy.

    I was given the task to increase the overall company’s performance to develop websites. Clients complaining for delays in the time planned, budgets being highly increased, and the company incurring in more costs than they assumed initially were problems I needed to solve.

    I designed and implemented a dynamic system in asp.net with SQL Server for automated website development and updating, which decreased man-hours to 40% from the first project. Based on a highly flexible template system in XML, separating content and design, it allowed modules to be reused easily for other projects. I was granted by the company to assist the Semantic Web Conference in Crete, Greece.

  • E-Business Consultant

    Virtual Business Open Source Consultancy

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    February 2004June 2004 (5 months)

    Senior developer for a B2B internet platform for Proexca, the Canarian Society for Economic Promotion, leader in foreign investment promotion and international expansion assessment.

    Confronted with the difficulties the client was having in promoting international commerce among Canarian companies. I negotiated with the client and lead a 5-programmer team that implemented a B2B platform to promote international commerce with the emerging western African market.

    The platform was developed with PHP and Oracle, and supported more than 300 e-commerce’s transactions within 5 months.

  • President

    Spanish Confederation of Junior Enterprises

    (Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

    November 2002November 2003 (1 year 1 month)

    Executive Board’s President of the largest entrepreneur association in Spain, representing more than 5000 young entrepreneurs. The Spanish Confederation is the largest and most active member of the European Confederation of Junior Enterprises, among 15 other countries in Europe and South America.

    Co-managed a 15-member team during one year, assisting 12 international projects which generated a turnover of 140,000€. Developed and idealized a long-term plan to ensure sustainable growth, including the ISO 9001:2000 quality certifications, for which we reengineered the Information Systems to adapt processes.

    Conducted a partnership with Altran, European leader in technology consulting. Negotiated specific-purposed management trainings throughout Spain.

    Assisted more than 20 conferences on Business development and presented 5 entrepreneurship round-tables in 7 European countries, chairing 2 of them. Achieved a 320% increase in external funding in one year.

  • Founder and President

    Gran Canaria Campus

    (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    February 1999October 2002 (3 years 9 months)

    Founded a start-up in my first year of University and presided it for more than 3 years. Managed several projects on Software development (Delphi+Oracle), Network management, Website development and Technical support which made the company grow to hire and manage over 25 employees.

    Fund raising and chief organizer of 2 International Internet-tech congresses, with support of companies such as Microsoft, Oracle, Cisco and IEEE and an average of more than 200 participants and 15 conferences.

  • Regional Sales Manager

    Tottel Networks S.L.

    (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    February 2001July 2001 (6 months)

    Develop a Marketing Strategy. Seek, Hire, Train and Manage a group of salesman (+30)

  • Junior Software Engineer

    Idecnet

    (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

    February 2000July 2000 (6 months)

    Development of a Business Management Software. Clients, Invoices, Accounting, Sales, etc. Developed in Borland Delphi, Interbase and Crystal Reports


Fernando Martin Santana’s Education

  • Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

    Msc, Computer Science, 20012006

    Artificial Intelligence, Computer Architecture, Network Systems and Distributed Software, Operating Systems Design, Language Processors, Knowledge Engineering, Software Engineering, Cryptography, Operations Research, Parallel Software

  • Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

    Master, Business Intelligence and Knowledge Management, 20042005

    Data Warehouse, Data Mining, EIS (Enterprise Information System), OLAP (Online Analytical Processing), CRM (Customer Relationship Management), Knowledge Management

  • Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

    Bsc, Computer Science, Economics, Business Administration, 19992001

    Algorithms and Data Structures, Business Administration and Management, Accounting, Economy, Networks, Databases, Computer Structure, Numerical Analysis, Probability, Statistics, Operating Systems, Software Engineering, Information Systems.

  • Cathedral City

    High School, 19981999


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Fernando Martin Santana’s Interests:

Entrepreneurial spirit, Travel the entire world, Volunteered for Habitat for humanity, Fond of Sailing (Pre-selected for Atlanta ‘96 Olympic Games), Learning Golf, Yoga, Jiu-Jitsu (4th at Nationals ‘99)

Fernando Martin Santana’s Groups:

CEJE, JADE, IEEE, Vulcanus

  •    JADEAlumni member
  • Forbes.com Entrepreneurs member
  • Forbes.com Life member
  •    Vulcanus Alumni member
  •    Fusion Systems member

Fernando Martin Santana’s Honors:

• Scholarship from the EU and the Ministry of Industry of Japan in 2005-2006 to join the Vulcanus in Japan, selected among more than 1000 Technology Engineers from all Europe
• Scholarship from the EU (Leonardo da Vinci Programme) in 2005
• Scholarship from the EU to discuss about intercultural Dialog in Romania in 2000


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