Jefferson Durán Escalante IT Program Manager

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IT Program Manager

Owlabs

Sep 2023 - Current (3 years 2 months)

- Responsible for managing software projects ( mobile and web) based on modern technologies (Node.JS, Angular, Django, MongoDB, etc).
- Responsible for managing project scope, timelines, budget, and costs.
- Responsible for managing and leading scrum ceremonies with sponsors of the different projects
- Designed and implemented information technology solutions using Google Cloud infrastructure.
- Created relationships with clients in the gathering of software requirements, and consulting in the selection of information technology solutions (Budget, time, performance, etc).
- Prepared and demonstrated IT solutions for entrepreneurs, small and medium-sized companies.
- Developed business plans, designed and implem

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Co-Founder

CARÁCTER

Jun 2017 - Current (9 years 5 months)

Founding member of the leading opinion media outlet in eastern Colombia.

- I supported the creation of the outlet, editorial line and growth of social networks.
- I managed a team of opinion columnists, editors and social media managers. (8 people)
- I advised public figures on the management of their personal brand and political marketing.
- I created media strategies to support companies from different sectors using the media outlet's channels.
- I worked on the management and acquisition of clients for different services offered by the outlet.

Software Project Leader - LatAm

MercadoLibre

Aug 2022 - Aug 2023 (1 year 1 month)

Responsible for managing and leading scrum ceremonies with sponsors of the different projects.
- Create the roadmap of each Q and make assignments to the technical team.
- Generate reports with indicators to the stakeholders of each project.
- Hold synchronization and alignment meetings with Cross teams on
projects in which more than one team is involved.
- Prepare demonstrations of the technical team, make announcements
about rollouts and do post-ignition follow-up.
- Prioritize the list of initiatives of each Q to generate a relevant backlog for
the client and for internal applications to maintain or refactor.
- Create filters in Jira to export spreadsheets and generate custom reports
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IT Project Manager

Shoozip Latam

Jul 2016 - Aug 2022 (6 years 2 months)

Creating a framework for the program, including the project scope, budget, and timeline.
- Recruiting and organizing staff and technical experts, and overseeing teams working on
projects.
- Monitoring the progress of programs.
- Working with external teams, stakeholders, and clients.
- Identifying potential risks and threats to current and future programs.
- Defining milestones for each project to depict interdependencies between projects.
- Allocating and scheduling resources across projects to optimize resources and improve
risk management.
- I lead 5 project managers working on the Shoozip e-commerce technology platform,
coordinating the dependencies of projects that are developed simulta

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IT Security Solutions Consultant

Cubeitz Group Limited

Apr 2014 - Jun 2016 (2 years 3 months)

- Built marketing strategies to sell CubeITz Security product to customers around LatAm.
- Held meetings with clients to demonstrate the advantages and features of the product.
- Coordinated meetings with partners and resellers to follow up sales strategies.
- Managed the schedule of activities and events CubeITz.
- Created online marketing strategies to promote the product and create communities of customers and users.
- Closed new business with clients (including identifying new customers and markets, developing approaches to the market, identifying prospects, proposal preparation, etc.).

Technical Evangelist - LatAm

Mozilla

Jan 2011 - Feb 2014 (3 years 2 months)

- Collaborated with the PR and Marketing team to create events and talks to teach the functionality of the developer version of Firefox.

- Created demos and prototypes to teach the functionality of Firefox and other Mozilla tools for web and mobile development.

- Visited schools and universities to demonstrate the Mozilla Webmaker toolkit and how students could be part of the Mozilla community in Latam.

- Supported Firefox localization team to develop a native language version for new community members.

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Co-founder

Ipiari

Jan 2010 - Feb 2012 (2 years 2 months)

Co-founder of Ipiari, a search engine optimized for better user experience, which was active for about a year at the beginning of the 2010s, known as the Latin American Google.

- I was the coordinator of the search engine's operations in Latin America
- I recruited people around the world to test and spread the benefits of the search engine.
- I was in charge of making decisions together with the other co-founders on the search engine's IT infrastructure.
- I coordinated meetings to obtain feedback and develop new features.

Web Developer

Universidad Industrial de Santander

Feb 2009 - Dec 2010 (1 year 11 months)

- Designed, analyzed, and implemented web applications using HTML, CSS, JAVA 5/ JBOSS technologies.
- Tested and documented software.
- Developed web modules for a project management system for the planning office.

E-learning Assistant

Universidad Industrial de Santander

Mar 2008 - Feb 2009 (1 year)

- Assisted virtual education projects from a technical and pedagogical perspective.
- Participated in the formulation of technology policies in cooperation with Colombia’s Ministry of - Education experts.
- Supported the migration process of a Business Administration education program into a virtual model.

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