Federico Vela
A visionary entrepreneur and seasoned technologist, I am driven by the pursuit of cutting-edge innovations and their transformative potential. With a proven track record as a full-stack software architect, I have spearheaded groundbreaking projects at the intersection of artificial intelligence and industry challenges. A natural-born leader of diverse teams of talented professionals in the creation of tangible results with NODEJS, AWS, POSTGRESQL, and Python AI, along with seamless integration of legacy systems through modern technologies. Expert at creating valuable software solutions that provide innovative and reliable software pipelines that deliver value to businesses and customers.
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Projects:
- AI stock market player
- AI job candidate matching platform
- AI operational monitor...
Projects:
- AI stock market player
- AI job candidate matching platform
- AI operational monitoring of the egg industry
Team Size:
Led and managed two teams comprising a total of 10 professionals. One team focused on application development, while the other team specialized in AI research.
Achievements:
- Led the creation of the application development department managing two teams, comprising a total of 10 professionals, resulting in a team focused in productivity and the successful delivery of projects within tight deadlines.
- Spearheaded the design, development, and deployment of Tulipan1637.com's flagship custom ML/ETL pipeline capable of servicing over ten thousand requests per second.
- Integrated cutting-edge Python scripts from the AI team into the company's custom NODEJS + POSTGRESQL ETL pipeline, resulting in a 70% reduction in data processing time for the python scripts.
- Built the extraction of data from legacy production systems, leading to a seamless flow of information for executive decision making with daily updated data dashboards.
Responsibilities:
- Spearheaded the design, development, and deployment of Tulipan1637.com's flagship products, utilizing NODEJS with POSTGRESQL.
- Integrated cutting-edge Python scripts from the AI team into the company's custom NODEJS POSTGRESQL ETL pipeline.
- Orchestrated REST integration to extract data from legacy production systems and seamlessly hydrate AI scripts and Grafana AWS front-end.
Key Tools & Technologies: NodeJS, AWS (EC2, RDS, S3, Amplify), ExpressJS, React, Neo4J, Grafana, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, Python, Sybase, COBOL, REST, Gurobi, and custom AI procedures in Python and Sybase.
Project: Led the development of groundbreaking financial analysis software aimed at generating human perspective indi...
Project: Led the development of groundbreaking financial analysis software aimed at generating human perspective indices from financial statements, enabling informed decision-making.
Team size: Managed a team of 4 professionals, fostering collaboration and driving project success.
Tasks performed:
- Developed and deployed sophisticated software capable of generating comprehensive human perspective indices from financial statements.
- Implemented an inventor's algorithm into a high-availability, microservices-based JEE application that scraped financial data from Yahoo! Finance and integrated it seamlessly with the algorithms.
- Utilized jQuery for an intuitive front-end presentation of results and dynamically generated XSLT PDF reports for each company, including personalized recommendations derived from a simple expert system based on the inventor's algorithm.
- Enabled users to input private company information for multiple years, leveraging the algorithm's results to generate custom reports tailored to their needs.
Achievements:
- Successfully launched the financial analysis software, leading to a complete automation of a labor-intensive data analysis based on a few dozen “human perspective” indices.
- Scraped and integrated financial data from Yahoo! Finance, Gurufocus and bloomberg.com, enabling real-time data synchronization in a few seconds.
- Showcased the Toolfive platform at an industry-leading event on ethical management, where industry leaders gathered to discuss the role of ethical enterprises and their management. The platform received recognition as a powerful tool for fostering ethical practices and enabling informed human-centered decision-making in business operations.
Tools: AWS EC2/RDS, PostgreSQL, Java 8, EJB, JPA, Hibernate, JSF, JQuery, XSLT, Apache FOP.
Project: Creation of rental insurance business unit at arriendos.segurosmundial.com.co
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Project: Creation of rental insurance business unit at arriendos.segurosmundial.com.co
Team Size: Collaborated with a team of 4 professionals to establish and develop the rental insurance business unit.
Tasks performed:
- Built custom software to extend an existing COBOL system, incorporating a new web application based on JEE standards, resulting in enhanced functionality and user experience.
- Ensured code quality and maintained a high level of maintainability, facilitating future enhancements and system scalability.
- Maintained and established a continuous delivery environment, fostering a seamless and efficient deployment process.
Achievements:
- Successfully created and launched the rental insurance business unit, resulting in a new business unit in the largest “traditional” insurance company in the nation.
- Developed and implemented custom software that extended the existing COBOL system, resulting in a modern front end for a legacy core system and its separate processing times.
- Ensured code quality and maintainability by implementing a continuous software delivery pipeline with corresponding source code and issue management. Trained the company’s operators to use the platform.
- Deployed the platform to a live server and provided 24-hour technical support, achieving a 99.9% uptime and delivering exceptional customer service.
- Developed a new systems to extend the core legacy system, resulting in a productive new business unit and the country’s leading rental insurance issuer.
- Instantaneous generation of PDF of contracts to be signed, using XSLT styleshets.
Key Tools & Technologies: Utilized a range of tools and technologies, including AWS EC2/RDS, PostgreSQL, Java 8, JSE, JEE, EJB, JPA, Hibernate, JSF, jQuery, XSLT, and Apache FOP.