Miguel Lezcano

Miguel Lezcano

Programmer. Innovator. Entrepreneur. Traveler.

Hi. I'm passionate about programming. a big believer of 10x teams. creating tech to solve world problems.

About Me.

I am an enthusiastic full stack software development manager with extensive industry knowledge. I have experience in research and development of new technologies (Hardware + Software) at large corporations, research labs, startups and small businesses. It is extremely rewarding to work on transforming great ideas to useful products.

After creating my first start-up while a freshman in college I built a solid foundation for creating technology that exceeds people expectations.

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Travel

By interacting with different cultures, I have the ability to understand how technology is used worldwide.

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Impact

Created VivaPlanet with the goal of developing technology to aid individuals from developing countries.

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Mentor

I mentor non-tech entrepreneurs on using the correct technology stack for their startups.

More about me.

My passion lies in teaching others about software development and further enhancing my industry knowledge as new technologies are always on the rise. I also have a strong background in machine learning and data mining. In one of my most recent projects I developed A.I’s using Azure Bot Framework, DialogFlow, Alexa and smart IoT devices.

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Programing

Contributor to open source projects. I’ve also written 50+ customer-facing software solutions, with a monthly user base up to 500M.

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Creating

Hold patents and published research papers within the context of behavioral human-computer interaction.

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Innovating

Worked with startups on bridging product vision and technology. I don’t think outside the box, I live outside of it.

Skills & Abilities.

I have experience with different front-end and back-end technologies stacks as well as cloud-based services from providers such as Amazon, Azure and Google. I created and developed a variety of mobile apps using the most common frameworks (Xamarin, React, etc).

+10 years software development experience.
+6 years building solutions with cloud services (Azure, Google, Amazon)
5+ years leading and managing software development teams.
+7 years Agile coaching/leadership with SDLC.
+2 years leading digital transformation & data analysis (BI) teams.
+5 years engineering product developments.

Software Skills

C#
C++
Java
javaScript
AngularJS
React
HTML5
NodeJS
WebApi
.Net
SSAS
SSIS
SQL\NoSQL
Python
Linux\Unix

Familiar Frameworks

Azure & Google PaaS
DialogFlow & Azure BOT
Azure & Particle IoT
CD/CI with Azure
TensorFlow and Azure ML

Current Interest

Enterprise Data Analytics & PowerBI
UX/UI with A.I and ChatBots
Smart IoT Devices
Microservices & Serverless Architecture

Education.

Education played a strong role in my career, allowing me to learn and utilize useful tools to make the world a better place. I am forever grateful to the professor that have helped me succeed by providing coaching, encouragement and expertise.

Engineering

MBA - Innovation and Entrepreneurship

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

May 2021
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MS - Computer Science

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

MAY 2012
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BS - Computer Science

University of Colorado

December 2009
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Work Experience.

Software Development Manager

Amazon

Leading the engineering efforts to build privacy consent services and frameworks to support e-privacy regulations for Amazon retail sites and subsidiaries.

2020 - 2021

IT Director - Digital Transformation

Bray International, Inc.

Manage the business intelligence, data analytics, and business analyst teams with the goal of empowering, augmenting and supercharging the way that every employee at Bray works. Currently, leading IoT and Industrial 4.0 initiatives.

2016 - 2020

Principal Software Developer / Architect

Halliburton

Designed and developed a multi-tier and multi-domain software solution using the .Net technology stack (WCF, WPF, Windows API’s, SQL, REST web services, HTML5, JavaScript, Azure). Reaching the goal of creating a modular and responsive framework to deliver a consistent user experience across different delivery channels (mobile, web, desktop).

2014 - 2016

Associated Software Developer

J.P. Morgan Chase

As an associate software developer for J.P. Morgan Chase, I was in charge of planning, creating and developing business intelligence programs for the R&D division of the investment bank.

2012 - 2014

Software Design Engineer II

Hewlett-Packard

Worked as a lead developer for the HP Support Assistant, which currently ships with every HP computing system with a user base of 500M monthly. HP Support Assistant is aimed at maintaining HP devices and automating customer support.

2009 - 2012

Founder

VivaPlanet

I decided to create VivaPlanet as an Open Source Project to work on technology projects that inspire future generations and improve our quality of life. VivaPlanet is to promote change in the world through development and a simple computing system. I have working on creating technology (devices + software platforms) that is aimed to help rural farmers in under-developed countries.

2014 - 2018

Personal Projects.

Publications.

Contact me.

Located in Texas

coder@miguellezcano.com