Alejandro Madrigal Leiva

T

Senior Drupal Developer

The Glue

Jan 2020 - Jul 2025 (5 years 7 months)

- Assisted with taking Drupal projects through the finish line, ensuring timely and successful delivery. - Migrated WordPress sites to Drupal 11 for the Department of Culture Affairs in LA, enhancing their digital presence. - Upgraded existing Drupal sites for LA city, improving functionality and user experience. - Worked on WordPress sites, contributing to various web development projects. - Added donation capabilities and tracking through CiviCRM for the LA Animal Services website, integrating custom payment solutions with JP Morgan Orbital Payments. - Utilized Figma to convert design mockups into Elementor and Drupal components, ensuring design fidelity and functionality. Managed project tasks internally using Jira and collaborated

Freelance software architect

Anexus, United Virtualities, Savas Labs, Prediktive, Pixel Onion, WoodStreet Inc, Grupo Cinetica S.A. | Think Design Build, Ministerio de Educación Pública de Costa Rica, Softon Digital, Argano UV, Phase 2, H.B. Fuller, Intergraphic Designs, Cinética Software & Web Solutions / Grupo Cinética, TanRen Tech, Bluetext, Simpat tech, GRUPO KATIVOPINTUCO, Civic Actions, Clinician's Brief, WeKnow Inc.

Nov 2009 - Current (15 years 11 months)

consultant As a freelance software architect, I work by providing quick solutions to a wide variety of development problems to different clients that don't require continuous support or development. This has also allowed me to take part in the local Drupal community and participate by giving presentations about Drupal and related technologies.

Co-Founder

Grupo Cinetica S.A. | Think Design Build

Jan 2009 - Apr 2020 (11 years 4 months)

Outsourcing for local development companies. As a co founder of a startup, I see different projects with different requirements. Part of the day to day, aside from development, is communicating with the client, defining requirements, defining work plans, testing, delivery, meetings. During this time, since we provided website hosting as part of our services, is when I learned how to administer them using different technologies (manually, WHM & cPanel, Plesk, Web Server) or using predefined packages (Bitnami over Amazon AWS). I also take care of researching technologies that would improve the work we do, by making sure we can automate as much as possible and focus on development only. We've handled clients locally in Costa

a

Senior Web Developer

avVenta World Wide

Aug 2008 - Nov 2009 (1 year 4 months)

- Maintained and updated the Toyota website, ensuring optimal performance and user experience as part of the iCrossing team. Responsibilities included updating content by cutting assets from PSD files and generating new layouts for various pages. Developed the initial set of templates for the mobile version of the website (http://m.toyota.com) as a key project milestone. - Assisted in Drupal 6 projects, providing support to teams facing challenges with cross-browser functionality to ensure seamless user experiences across different platforms. - Contributed to developer training initiatives, mentoring junior and mid-level developers on new technologies and best practices to enhance team capabilities and project outcomes. - Participated

T

Mid Software developer and Junior Web Developer

Telcentris Inc

Aug 2007 - Aug 2008 (1 year 1 month)

Website maintenance and migration of a VoIP billing system from Perl to PHP The company had acquired a VoIP system that would handle invoicing and many system rules for calling locally and internationally. The web version management system was developed in Perl (and exposed using CGI) and seriously poorly coded. Team developers were experienced in other technologies that were not web related. Upper management decided that it would be easier to migrate the platform from Perl to PHP. My tasks were related to providing a base framework that could expose services that could be used by different endpoints. The website, their VoIP client called VoxOx. Website maintenance I would assist the development team by updating content or correcting

Junior developer

CNET Technology Systems

Dec 2005 - Jan 2007 (1 year 2 months)

- Maintained and developed new features for a POS system using VB 6, ensuring efficient management of product information through a SQL Server 2000 backend. The system facilitated the presentation of accounting information required at the end of each fiscal year via a series of reports generated using Crystal Reports, incorporating heavy use of triggers and stored procedures to enhance query performance. - Developed basic static websites utilizing XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript, contributing to the overall web presence of the company. - Led training initiatives for fellow developers by establishing code standards and base libraries, dedicating time to assist them in enhancing their skills through a more object-oriented approach, specificall

Alejandro Madrigal Leiva

About

Detail

Timeline

Résumé