Guillermo Esteves

Current

• Web Developer at DailyMe Inc.
• Web developer, programmer, designer and consultant at Freelance

Past

• Systems Engineer at Estudios y Proyectos DITECH, S.A.
• Intern at Banco de Desarrollo del Microempresario

Education

• Universidad Metropolitana

Connections

13 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Curriculum Vitae

Guillermo Esteves’s Summary

In a nutshell, I build websites. The slightly longer version is that I build simple, usable, elegant websites, that focus on the people who end up using them, and that are based on web standards and semantic code that make them look great in modern browsers while still working in older ones.

I enjoy handling all tasks of web development myself, so I have a good grasp of what does and doesn’t work on the web. That includes everything from server configuration and back-end programming in a variety of languages and frameworks, to front-end and UI design using standards-based technologies such as XHTML and CSS, information architecture, usability testing, and more. However, although I love the graphic design aspect of my job and enjoy doing it on my own, I am not a graphic designer, so I have no problem outsourcing it to a partner if I feel my skills aren’t enough for a particular project.

Guillermo Esteves’s Specialties:

CSS, XHTML, PHP, UML, Ajax, JavaScript, Microformats, MySQL, REST, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, SQL Server, Subversion, Visual Basic .NET, Web standards, Django, Python, Google App Engine, jQuery

Guillermo Esteves’s Experience

• Web Developer

  DailyMe Inc.

  (Privately Held; Online Media industry)

  March 2009 — Present (9 months)

  I took part in the development of the new version of DailyMe, to be launched soon. My main responsibility was the development of the community features of DailyMe, a social network that allows users to post and share interesting news clippings, from DailyMe or external sites, with other DailyMe users or with external contacts, and to follow the stories shared by other users. I contributed my experience in social media and social networks to help improve the design, user interface and user experience of this community.
  
  In addition to that, I supported the design of the DailyMe API that supports the entire system, and built several sections of the website, including the SERPs, category pages, focus pages, and part of the authentication system.
  
  Finally, I offered advice in the area of SEO, making suggestions and modifications to the code to try to increase the website’s search engine rankings. Among other things, I tried to add valid, semantic code to the markup, for example by adding the hAtom microformat to all the article and community pages.

• Web developer, programmer, designer and consultant

  Freelance

  (Internet industry)

  2001 — Present (8 years )

  Web developer, designer and consultant in a variety of projects for companies and clients in diverse fields, developing websites in CakePHP, Ruby on Rails and Django, using standards-compliant HTML and CSS.
  
  Customers include OUR Microlending, Matco Technology, Consorcio Famihogar, Banco de Desarrollo del Microempresario, Alcaldía de El Hatillo, Tamayo & Cía, Bavarian Motors, and others.

• Systems Engineer

  Estudios y Proyectos DITECH, S.A.

  (Oil & Energy industry)

  January 2007 — April 2008 (1 year 4 months)

  I was hired as a systems engineer for the role of “EPnetmaster” of Technip’s procurement web application, EPC-Business, in charge of the administration of the system. This included the administration of the system’s users; helping the company’s suppliers to register and prequalify in the system; creating and setting up projects, RFQs and bidder lists; and other support tasks. During my first month using the system I discovered a huge cross-site scripting vulnerability, demonstrated to my superiors how it could be exploited to steal an user’s login and password, and worked with the development team in France to help close the vulnerability.
  
  Additionally, I worked as a procurement engineer supporting the purchase and expediting of equipment for EPC projects in the venezuelan oil industry, such as the HNAY (Naphta Hydrotreatment Plant-Amuay, Paraguaná Refining Complex) and CCO (Western Cryogenic Complex) projects.

• Intern

  Banco de Desarrollo del Microempresario

  (Banking industry)

  July 2005 — October 2005 (4 months)

  Internship at BDM, which included design of internal systems, networking and equipment advisory, graphic design of various forms within the bank and various tech support duties.

Guillermo Esteves’s Education

• Universidad Metropolitana

  Systems Engineering , 2000 — 2006

  Received a verdict of “sobresaliente con mención honorífica” (“outstanding with honorific mention”) for my thesis, which consisted in the design and development of a standards-compliant, Rails-based PIM web application.

Additional Information

Guillermo Esteves’s Websites:

• My Curriculum Vitae

Guillermo Esteves’s Interests:

internet, computers, electronics, cars, biking, movies, tv, music, graphic design, photography

Guillermo Esteves’s Groups:

•    Web Standards Design + Development