Gilbert Corrales

Gilbert Corrales

RIA Enthusiast, Tech Evangelist at Artinsoft & Founder of Innovation at Tiquicia

Costa Rica

Current
  • Founder at Innovation at Tiquicia
  • Tech Evangelist at Artinsoft
Past
  • Solutions Architect at Schematic
  • Project Manager & Senior Architect at avVenta Worldwide
  • Software Architect at HP
  • Station Controller Product Owner at Intel
  • 1264 PCS and Test Integrator at Intel
  • Intern as Software Engineer at Intel
  • Microsoft Business Solutions Consultant at Sonda Datadec
Education
  • Universidad Interamericana de Costa Rica
  • Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica
  • Liceo Ing. Samuel Saenz Flores
  • Kenmore West High
Connections
191 connections
Industry
Computer Software
Websites

Gilbert Corrales’s Summary

Gilbert has over 7 years of experience working across the Americas on research and commercial applications with industry heavy weights like Unisys, Intel and most recently with interactive agency, Schematic.

Gilbert started as a Lab Operator at the Costa Rica Institute of Technology and moved from there to be an intern at Unisys Corp working in the automation of biometric documents. At Intel he worked on the automation of robotic-driven manufacturing and co-designed Shrek Fx, a research effort that ended up as the base framework for several company wide web-portals.

Later on Gilbert joined HP and AvVenta where he worked as Technical Project Manager and Software Architect. During his time at Schematic, Gilbert served as Solutions Architect for clients such as Time Warner, Target and Microsoft, where he had the opportunity to explore in detail the power of alternative user experiences.

Currently Gilbert teaches a course on Human Computer Interaction at Universidad Latina in Costa Rica while at the same time collaborates as Technical Evangelist for Artinsoft Research where he works with the Aggiorno team helping drive productivity to web developers through the use of automated code transformation tools.

Gilbert Corrales’s Specialties:

Strategic Planning, Product Development, RIA, User Experience, Human Computer Interactions, Software Engineering, Research


Gilbert Corrales’s Experience

  • Founder

    Innovation at Tiquicia

    (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

    July 2008Present (4 months)

  • Tech Evangelist

    Artinsoft

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

    June 2008Present (5 months)

    - Lead the marketing team on new and alternative practices for a Web Developer-oriented Product launch

    - Lead and orchestrate the product design and experience of web properties (Website, Video Channel, Blog, and Twitter)

    - Lead the design and user experience of a Silverlight RIA to preview the product features as a hands on experience.

    - Supervise and provide feature communication from the community to the Product team and back.

    - Lead marketing and collaboration opportunities between the Product team and partners like Microsoft and Adobe.

  • Solutions Architect

    Schematic

    (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)

    March 2007May 2008 (1 year 3 months)

    - In charge of the definition of the project’s technical approach and associated architecture based on the latest trend of technologies and disciplines.

    - In charge of leading multidisciplinary (UX, Design, Development and QA) teams to ensure that projects are implemented according to the creative and technical specifications agreed to the client.

    - In charge of community involvement with professional and educational associations in topics such as Interaction Design, User Centric Development and Rich Interactive Experiences both in the US and Latam.

  • Project Manager & Senior Architect

    avVenta Worldwide

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

    August 2006March 2007 (8 months)

    - In charge of Technical Project Management for third party software projects. Managing the products development and ensuring customer validation during its implementation.

    - Technical advisory on .NET and Java development based on the needs of the client, delivering the best and most efficient solution as a state of the art architecture to their problems.

    - Member of the Costa Rican Site Staff as advisory on corporate wide policies, plans and Product Life Cycle definition.

  • Software Architect

    HP

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; HPQ; Computer Software industry)

    April 2006August 2006 (5 months)

    -Technical Advisor on .NET and Java development based on structured, block-driven design with service providers for generic execution and distributed computing across sites.

    -In charge of the sustaining of Marketing Lead Automation as Americas Super User and Product Owner for Lead Management applications.

  • Station Controller Product Owner

    Intel

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; INTC; Computer Hardware industry)

    August 2004April 2006 (1 year 9 months)

    - In charge of the Front Of Line automation sustaining as CR Site Level 2 Support and System Owner for Manufacturing Computing’ applications.

    - In charge of Technical Project Management and Technology Transfer for Automation Projects from Research & Development sites down to Victual Factory! sites like Costa Rica.

    -Chair of the Subject Join Automation Teams forums associated to the Die Prep and Statistical Process Control areas for Project Control and Technology Transition across the globe.

    -Technical advisory was a plus on the role for home-grown applications due to the Manufacturing Process wide know-how and established people networking across the corporation.

  • 1264 PCS and Test Integrator

    Intel

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; INTC; Computer Hardware industry)

    February 2005April 2006 (1 year 3 months)

    -Technical Advisor on .NET development based on structured, block-driven design with service providers being the first class citizens and distributed computing the rule.

    -Co-owner of the Shrek Framework (based on .NET 1.1) design and close supervision on its continuing improvement plans and its project usability across the globe.

    -In charge of the PCS Integration and Test among several projects within the 1264 Station Controller Family. Managing the products development and ensuring customer validation and its implementation.

    - In charge of the Product Proliferation Strategy across the globe and championing the Product Life Cycle for the Statistical Process Control systems with Subject Matter Experts.

  • Intern as Software Engineer

    Intel

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; INTC; Computer Hardware industry)

    January 2004March 2005 (1 year 3 months)

    -Research Engineer and Product Owner for the MRB Capability Web portal as part of the 1264 Data Feed Forward Platform.

    -In charged of Requirements Analysis, Leading the Solution Architecture Design, as well as heading the development of the solution and its Customer Acceptance.

    -Overseen the documentation based on Object Oriented design and UML compliant documentation by supporting the different stages of the established Product Life Cycle.

  • Microsoft Business Solutions Consultant

    Sonda Datadec

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

    February 2003December 2003 (11 months)

    -In charge of Technical Project Management and Implementation for country wide projects with regional support based on the Microsoft Business Solutions application catalog (Great Plains, Point Of Sales and Nexus Human Resources)

    -In charged of in house design and development under the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 for ad-hoc solutions to support customer service.

    -Provide implementation, support and deployment services for Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and Microsoft Share Point Portal Server 2001 as part of the Costa Rica’s Gold Microsoft Support Center.


Gilbert Corrales’s Education

  • Universidad Interamericana de Costa Rica

    Master, Industrial Engineering, 20052008

  • Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica

    Engineer, Computer Science, 20002005

    Activities and Societies:
    Computer Science Student Assocation, Member of the Board (2000-2004)
    Student Lab Support Opperator
  • Liceo Ing. Samuel Saenz Flores

    Highschool, 19951999

    Activities and Societies:
    Marching Band
  • Kenmore West High


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Gilbert Corrales’s Groups:

Microsof UX Evangelism

  •    Intel Alumni Association
  •    Costa Rican Software Community
  •    ASP.NET
  •    Senior .NET Developers
  •    ASP.net Experts
  •    Intel Network
  •    .NET Developer Pro
  •    ASP.NET Developers
  •    Costa Rica Java User Group

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