Carlos Ancona Engineering Manager

Engineer Manager

Kueski

Apr 2024 - Current (2 years 6 months)

As an Engineering Manager, I led a team of engineers in the design and implementation of innovative solutions, ensuring that projects were completed on time and met quality standards. I facilitated collaboration among team members and cross-functional departments to drive efficiency and effectiveness in our engineering processes. Additionally, I worked closely with the quality assurance (QA) team to develop comprehensive test cases, regression, and integration tests, which enhanced our product reliability and performance. This collaboration not only improved our testing protocols but also fostered a culture of quality within the development team.

Engineering Manager

ITJuana

Apr 2022 - Aug 2023 (1 year 5 months)

- Delivered teams to the agile approach with a Scrum perspective, coaching the team in best practices and resolving blockers.
- Conducted code reviews, evaluations, and hiring processes while defining software architecture.
- Collaborated with various client teams, including Biosero, American National Insurance, and Canto.
- Worked closely with the team and stakeholders to define features and products, gathering requirements to effectively manage the development team and ensure timely completion of products and features.

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Product Owner

Plerk (YC S20)

Oct 2021 - Apr 2022 (7 months)

Responsible of software development area, managing new features, from a technical side, human resources and work with the designers hand by hand creating new interfaces, analyzing content, structure, and information. Prioritizing the tasks to do with the PM and the development team.

Technical Lead

TaylorMade Golf Company

Dec 2020 - Apr 2022 (1 year 5 months)

As a Technical Lead, I was responsible for overseeing the software development area, managing the implementation of new features from a technical perspective, and establishing new architectures and best practices. My role involved hands-on coding to ensure high-quality deliverables. Additionally, I developed front-end solutions for TaylormadeGolf using React.js, which enhanced user experience and streamlined the development process. This experience allowed me to integrate modern frameworks into our projects, ensuring we remained competitive and efficient in our software solutions.

Senior IOS Developer

Insulet Corporation

Dec 2020 - Oct 2021 (11 months)

iOS Developer working on create the Omnipod iOS App, using Xcode and SwiftUI with Combine, Realm and TCA as a design pattern, also in charge of make unit tests and code reviews.

Full Stack Engineer

Sonatafy Technology

Nov 2016 - Dec 2020 (4 years 2 months)

In charge of lead projects to success in different platforms, worked in projects like Vistracks (iOS), Band of hands (Android, iOS and Web), Sapiens App as Full Stack Engineer (AWS) using Amazon Lambda, Cognito, EC2 and S3, C# and React JS, Redux, ES6 and now like Software Engineer working with the WAF Framework for Seetickets. Right now i am a .NET/Azure FullStack/ DevOps developer in Taylor Made Golf

Game Producer/Designer

Joju Games

Jun 2015 - Mar 2017 (1 year 10 months)

Create the concepts for new videogames and explain to the team the entire requirements according to the platform. Manage a team of developers and artists using Scrum. Responsible of the development of videogames. Game design, game concept and treatments and manage the back end for some videogames using GCP.

Master Research

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Jan 2015 - Jun 2015 (6 months)

Conduct research to study the development of two software, including The Water for Food Interoperability System (WaFIS) and the WaFlS-Hydrological Forecast System (HFS), also the improvement of some simulation models made in Python, Fortran and R, using parallel programming. Member of the Hydroinformatics and Integrated Hydrology Research Group

Research Proffesor

Universidad Politécnica de Baja California

Sep 2013 - May 2019 (5 years 9 months)

Teacher of algorithm, development, mobile arquitecture, web services, OOP.

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Senior iOS Developer

Universal Lighting Technologies, Inc.

Feb 2012 - Jan 2013 (1 year)

Design and development of iOS Applications. Development of JSON web services for the communication with the mobile applications. Design and development of web administrators to update and manage the data of the mobile applications. Design the system to meet the Functional and System Requirements. Specify the inputs that the system will access, decide how the inputs will be processed, and format the output to meet users' needs. Use structured analysis, data modeling, information engineering, mathematical model building, sampling, and other principles to ensure their plans are efficient and complete. Run tests, diagnose problems, recommend solutions, and determine whether program requirements have been met.

Senior iOS Developer

PagaTodo

Jan 2011 - Jan 2012 (1 year 1 month)

Designed and developed some applications for payment of services. Manage the security of the database and information using a new OTP and SSL certificates. Developed the iOS Application for Martí and Starbucks Mexico

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Teacher

Cecyte Bc

Sep 2010 - Jan 2013 (2 years 5 months)

Teacher of physical / chemistry science, biochemistry, mathematics, english, spanish, geometry, management, etc.

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QA Manager

LemonQuest

Jan 2009 - Dec 2009 (1 year)

Create the standards and checklists needed for the creation of End to End applications for the US Market (ATT/Tmobile) and also for the Mexico Market (Telcel). Team up with the Chinese studio to manage the resources needed to approach the objectives from Mexico.

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CEO- Producer/Developer

3 Dots Studio

May 2008 - Sep 2018 (10 years 5 months)

Created the concepts for new video games and explained to the team the entire requirements according to the platform, always considering the SOLID principles. Managed teams using Scrum to develop SaaS and PaaS applications. Identified and secured new clients, establishing effective communication between the technical team and companies to meet project requirements. Oversaw the creation of video games and applications for iOS, Android, React, and .NET. Managed cloud technologies for various applications, utilizing AWS services such as EC2, SES, Queue, Lambda, and Cognito, as well as Google Cloud Platform services like Firebase Auth, GCM (now FCM), real-time databases, and storage solutions for back-end architecture. Led teams of five or more

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WEB Developer

Las Nubes school

Sep 2007 - May 2008 (9 months)

Development of applications. web sites, web services and others.

Project Leader

Universidad Autónoma de Baja California

Sep 2006 - Jan 2007 (5 months)

Design and development of the CRM Site. Manage the team to accomplish the deadlines and requirements at time. Developed Web application.

QA Manager

Gameloft

Sep 2002 - Aug 2006 (4 years)

The principal obligation in QA was create procedures for the administration of projects to complete the goals that was the quality of the games according to the policies of the company and the carrier (client). As a global company was necessary create universal but standard procedures to coordinate the quality of other Studios like Argentina, China, NY and Montreal to accomplish the deadline and quality with the other studios at time. Responsible of manage almost 100 team members, 6 leads and three shifts, leading them using Agile methodologies to increase quality, performance and team building.

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Graphic Designer and Manager

Grafikos Express

Jan 2001 - Dec 2003 (3 years)

Responsible in the creation of Web Pages and designs for shirts, caps, logos, posters and presentations cards. The company was a Publisher Agency, Video Club and Cyber Cafe. Always was necessary check the communication skills of the workers with the clients and them satisfaction.

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