Information Technology and Services Consultant and Professional
Ecuador
- Current
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- Support engineer at GPLHost
- Owner at TurbochargedCMS.com (Sole Proprietorship)
- Independent Linux consultant (Self-employed)
- Owner at Rudd-O.com (Sole Proprietorship)
- Past
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- Research and development director, stockholder at Amauta
- Webmaster at Farras.com (Sole Proprietorship)
- Co-founder at Alpha Omega Creative Solutions
- Education
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- Universidad Santa María
- Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
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Manuel Amador’s Summary
I'm a happy, successful and enterprising 27-year old professional. I'm resourceful, skilled, confident and experienced. Academically, I'm an information systems management engineer, with a 5-year degree from Universidad Santa Marìa of Chile, Guayaquil campus. I've given conferences and lectures, started companies, developed widely used free software and written articles published in traditional as well as new media. I'm a user and developer of free software.
Manuel Amador’s Specialties:
Linux, information technology, network services, network architecture, free software, software development and engineering
Manuel Amador’s Experience
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Support engineer
GPLHost
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)
System/management software development and real-time support for virtual private hosting server customers.
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Owner
TurbochargedCMS.com (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2006 — Present (3 years 5 months)
Provider of blogging-based CMS and Web marketing services and software.
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Independent Linux consultant
Self-employed
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2000 — Present (9 years 8 months)
Throughout the years, I have used, evaluated and deployed into production tens of widely different free software network/terminal/application/Web services for end-users and small to medium businesses. I pioneered usage of Linux as a costs-saving and technology adoption device in Ecuador.
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Owner
Rudd-O.com (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Online Media industry)
May 1999 — Present (10 years 7 months)
News and opinion on a wide range of subjects, including information security, information technology, free software and political activism.
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Research and development director, stockholder
Amauta
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2003 — July 2005 (2 years 7 months)
Manage service infrastructure, research new technologies and deploy sufficiently mature ones to improve processes at the company.
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Webmaster
Farras.com (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2001 — October 2001 (3 months)
Deployed networking technology to aid the startup, and optimized the Web site (which was developed by staffers using Macromedia Dreamweaver) and workflow processes.
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Co-founder
Alpha Omega Creative Solutions
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 1999 — February 2000 (8 months)
Contracted and deployed several Linux-based servers and networks for customers in the now-defunct Alpha Omega Creative Solutions, a (completely independent) freshman experiment with two of my best friends.
Manuel Amador’s Education
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Universidad Santa María
Ingeniería informática de gestión , Software development, engineering, business , 1999 — 2006
Volunteer manager at the computer lab. Architect and developer of the multi-service single-sign-on campus infrastructure. Second-best IIG graduate in class 2006. Co-founded a successful company (Amautacorp S.A.) 3 years before graduating.
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Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Ingeniero informático de gestión , Information systems, software development, business , 1999 — 2006
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Manuel Amador’s Interests:
Free software, Linux, dance music
Manuel Amador’s Honors:
Second-best 2006 graduate in Information Systems management at Universidad Santa María, campus Guayaquil
Manuel Amador’s Contact Settings
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