Alejandro Garcia

Using my previous experience as a project manager, I took an active role helping the Education team with all its initiatives.

• Represented the Education department in all PI Planning meetings and reporting.
• Wrote the Ouroboros chapter of the Mastering Cardano book.
• Co-created the Cardano Days concept, delivered at over 12 universities worldwide.
• Created the Ouroboros card game to teach consensus concepts.

Created tutorials for the Cardano developer community. Frequently this required reading source code and academic papers, because these were the first docs for several innovative technologies.

• Helped publish the first Plutus book on Amazon and Leanpub.
• Co-led four iterations of a 3-month Plutus Pioneer boot camp.
• Supported a community of over 12,000 Plutus learners and builders.

Together with the Director of Education, helped launch the department when it was only the two of us.

• Helped deliver four editions of the Plutus Pioneer Program, reaching over 10,000 participants.
• Authored tutorials for the Jormungandr Incentivized Testnet.
• Published Udemy courses on the Plutus and Marlowe smart contract languages.

Given my knowledge and certifications in agile development, I helped keep several projects on track.

• Led delivery of the Mantis Ethereum Classic full wallet.
• Managed development of the IELE smart contract virtual machine.
• Coordinated an asset redemption platform project for Cardano users.

Taught courses in: * Software Quality Assurance (agile) * Discrete Math (Haskell) * Distributed Systems (RabbitMQ) * Software Components (APIs, REST)

• Taught Software Quality Assurance with a focus on agile practices.
• Taught Discrete Mathematics using Haskell to reinforce functional thinking.
• Taught Distributed Systems with RabbitMQ as a core messaging technology.
• Taught Software Components with an emphasis on APIs and REST.

Founded the company, set its strategic vision, and trained the first employees in Scrum, Kanban, and unit testing.

• Founded a software company and defined its strategic vision.
• Introduced Scrum and Kanban practices to the initial team.
• Trained early employees in unit testing and engineering discipline.

Software developer mainly in PHP

• Developed backend features and services primarily in PHP.
• Collaborated with senior engineers on performance and scalability fixes.

Five friends and I started this software company in Zacatecas, probably the first software company in the state, although there were some earlier individual attempts. The company grew to 13 employees and later "collapsed." I served as director for a period of two years.

• Cofounded one of the first software companies in Zacatecas.
• Grew the company from a small founding team to 13 employees.
• Served as director for two years, overseeing operations and delivery.

Wrote SQL queries, created ad-hoc reports for decision makers, and ensured the quality of the database.

• Maintained and optimized the student information database.
• Wrote SQL queries and ad-hoc reports for academic decision makers.
• Improved data quality and reporting reliability for campus stakeholders.

Centro de Investigación en Matemáticas A.C.

Tecnológico de Monterrey

picoHTTP

Apply Architecture Oriented Programming in a strongly typed OOP language (Eiffel)

• Translate state of the art academic research to practical code
• This is the 2nd implemententation in the world of AOP, the 1st one is by the creator

IOGAcademy Youtube Channel

I created, a central repository for all of IO Education Videos

• I created, planned, executed and ran the channel
• Over 300 upladoded videos
• Over 3.75k subscribers
• Over 12k hours of watch time

Udemy Plutus Course

• At the time it was the only class on this new programming language.
• 11,257 students
• 4.1 stars in 658 ratings

Once a month, five different entrepreneurs share their failure stories to inspire young people to start their own businesses without fear of failure.

• Organized monthly FP Nights events in Zacatecas.
• Curated talks where entrepreneurs shared candid failure stories.
• Promoted a culture of learning from failure among young founders.

I've been a mentor for this event on four occasions, teaching young entrepreneurs about the Business Model Canvas, Lean Startup, and fast prototyping.

• Mentored Startup Weekend participants on four separate events.
• Coached teams on the Business Model Canvas and Lean Startup.
• Guided rapid prototyping and validation of new business ideas.

Leading SAFe

CSPO - Certified Scrum Product Owner

ESP - Enterprise Services Planning Professional

Machine Learning

KMP I and II - Kanban Management Professional

AKT - Accredited Kanban Trainer

CSP - Certified Scrum Professional

CSD - Certified Scrum Developer

CSM - Certified Scrum Master

Mastering Cardano: Ouroboros Chapter

Discover the blockchain platform redefining trust, innovation, and global finance. Mastering Cardano shows you how to understand it, use it, and build with it

Plutus: Writing reliable smart contracts

Guide to programming with the Plutus language for highly secure smart contracts on the Cardano blockchain

SCRUM Developer: Manual del alumno

How to use use techonolgy to facilitate SCRUM practices

LB

Alejandro is a proactive self-starter who is deeply passionate about his work in project management and education. He is already in a role that aligns perfectly with his strengths and continuously learns on his own accord.

JW

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