About Guillermo
I am a back end software developer who is always thrilled to discover new ways to process large amounts of information
I am both a Mexican and American citizen (I hold both passports). Born in March 1984 in the city of Queretaro in Mexico. I graduated in December 2010 from the masters program at the computer science department which is part of the school of natural sciences at the University of Texas Austin. I obtained my bachelors in science degree from the computer science department at the University of Texas - Pan American. At several instances during and prior to my undergraduate education I did some work with IBM both in Silicon Valley and Austin locations, where my work spanned across many levels, from application to kernel level development focusing on database systems. I was selected by the Indo-US Science & Technology Forum to participate in a research project at HP Labs in Bangalore, India, which focused on eye tracking and user profiling. I currently work as a software engineer for the Emerging Technologies group at IBM Austin where we work on creating prototypes using open source technology around data analytics, cloud coumputing and big data.
Interests
- Database systems (Efficient storage, querying, indexing)
- Big data (Apache Hadoop, Apache Spark)
- Mobile computing (wireless sensor networks, iOS, Android)
- Quantified Self
Random stuff
- I was an amateur bullfighter a few years ago and was helping 1 of 3 bullfighting schools in USA
- Presented to former IBM CEO (Sam Palmisano) back in 2010
- Part of Workday’s IPO on NYSE in 2012.
- Danced with Salsa Champion (Bindu Prasana) from India in 2009
- 1 of 75 students selected to participate in Google Grad CS Forum
- Developed a mobile app for the bullfighting world, we had 15000+ unique users and 92000+ sessions for iOS application in 1 year
Have lived in
- Surat, Gujarat (India)
- Chiang Mai (Thailand)
- Austin, Texas (USA)
- St. Petersburg, (Russian Federation)
- Pleasanton, California (USA)
- San Jose, California (USA)
- Queretaro, (Mexico)
- Salamanca (Spain)
- Bangalore (India)
- Edinburg, Texas (USA)
- Normal, Illinois (USA)
When I am not working I am usually:
- Dancing salsa, bachata, cha cha cha
- Watching кухня or some Bollywood movie
- Trying to play the guitar