Alejandro Lujan

Current

• Software Developer at Apption Software

Past

• Teaching Assistant at University of Ottawa
• Executive Director at Alterity Solutions
• Assistant Professor at Andres Bello Catholic University

• Application Developer at Nitido Inc.
• Teaching Assistant at Andres Bello Catholic University
• Intern at Ayuantepui
• Web Programmer at Information Technology Application Center, UCAB

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Education

• University of Ottawa / Université d'Ottawa
• Universidad Católica Andrés Bello
• Universidad Simón Bolívar

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Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Website

Alejandro Lujan’s Summary

I am a Software Engineer and developer with experience in medium and large applications, spanning a broad area of technologies such as Java, J2EE, JSP, PHP, Javascript, XML, MySql and Postgre. I have fulfilled roles as developer, designer, project planner and team leader.

I am also a Researcher in the area of Artificial Intelligence, particularly in machine learning. My MSc thesis was titled 'Generation of Rule-based Adaptive Strategies for Virtual Simulation Environments'.

Alejandro Lujan’s Specialties:

Software engineering, project management, research and knowledge transfer.

Alejandro Lujan’s Experience

• Software Developer

  Apption Software

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  September 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

  Software Developer on the Service Oriented track.

• Teaching Assistant

  University of Ottawa

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  January 2008 — April 2008 (4 months)

  - Prepared and taught lab sessions for a group of 38 students.
  - Marked and proctored exams.
  - Collaborated with the course professor and other assistants for the elaboration and evaluation of projects and assignments.

• Executive Director

  Alterity Solutions

  (Computer Software industry)

  December 2004 — August 2006 (1 year 9 months)

  - Evaluated and selected projects for their execution.
  - Created and oversaw project plans involving several participants and tight deadlines.
  - Interacted with clients in all phases of the software development process.
  - Coordinated small development teams for medium sized projects, spanning several technologies including Java, JSP, J2EE, PHP, MySQL and PostgreSQL.
  - Developed components for medium and large development projects.
  - Helped increase the technical team from 0 to 8 employees in 18 months.

• Assistant Professor

  Andres Bello Catholic University

  (Computer Software industry)

  March 2006 — June 2006 (4 months)

  - Revised and adapted the Algorithms course material.
  - Taught the course to a class of 35 students.
  - Designed and applied exams, assignments and projects.

• Application Developer

  Nitido Inc.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  March 2004 — March 2005 (1 year 1 month)

  - Collaborated with high level managers to create a remote team of developers.
  - Developed applications over a proprietary framework based on J2EE technology.
  - Adapted interfaces for mobile viewing using XHTML and WML.
  - Tested software components developed by myself and other programmers using JUnit.
  - Organized my workload to successfully achieve set deadlines.

• Teaching Assistant

  Andres Bello Catholic University

  (Computer Software industry)

  March 2002 — February 2004 (2 years )

  - Prepared and taught lab sessions from scratch for groups of 15 to 20 students taking the courses of Algorithms & Programming I and II.
  - Marked and proctored exams and short evaluations.
  - Collaborated with the course professors for the elaboration and evaluation of projects and assignments.

• Intern

  Ayuantepui

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  August 2003 — September 2003 (2 months)

  Internship as a software developer. In charge of the development of a plug-in for a proprietary product on the Real Basic programming language.

• Web Programmer

  Information Technology Application Center, UCAB

  (Computer Software industry)

  March 2000 — December 2001 (1 year 10 months)

  - Developed web sites using HTML, JavaScript, PHP and MySQL technologies.
  - Interacted with different department representatives to determine functional requirements.

Alejandro Lujan’s Education

• University of Ottawa / Université d'Ottawa

  MSc , Computer Science , 2006 — 2008

  GPA 9.29/10
  
  Most Relevant Projects:
  - Master’s Thesis titled “Generation of Rule-based Adaptive Strategies for Virtual Simulation Environments”. Designed and executed a highly independent research plan on the area of Artificial Intelligence.
  - Software Engineering: Analyzed two Aspect-Oriented Programming technologies: Spring and AspectJ.

• Universidad Católica Andrés Bello

  Bachelor of Science , Information Technology , 1999 — 2005

  GPA 79.34/100

• Universidad Simón Bolívar

  Bachelor of Science , Electrical Engineering , 1996 — 1999

Additional Information

Alejandro Lujan’s Websites:

• My Website

Alejandro Lujan’s Interests:

Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Games, Photography

Alejandro Lujan’s Groups:

Soka Gakkai International, CouchSurfing

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