RAFAEL HERNANDEZ


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PROJECTS | SKILLS | EDUCATION | EXPERIENCE | INTERESTS


I am a recent Junior Full Stack Developer, based in London, recently gratuated from a intense and selective development course in Makers Academy, London.

A Lawyer and General Manager of my own company with more than 15 years of professional experience, with a strong background in Law, business and managing teams. At this point I am going into a selective and intensive course in Makers Bootcamp, London, to become and specialise as a Software Developer.


PROJECTS

For a complete list of what i am working on GitHub

Project Description Tech Stack Testing Links
DateSpot Functional webapp to obtain a list of spots for a date and to be advised for a complete success on that endeavour. Rails, React, Postgres, CSS Rspec github
Acebook Clone of some Facebook functionalities using rails as a framework for back and front end. Rails, Postgres, Devise, Bootstrap Rspec, Capybara heroku github

SKILLS

  • Quick learner. I have the ability to engage any intellectual or learning activity and in a short amount of time getting the enough insight to offer solutions. Along my past professional activities I have been challenged many times with new learning needs in several fields.
  • Excellent Communicator As a Lawyer an a General Manager I have developed the skill of clearly communicate problems and look for the correct answers from clients, providers, or partners. In my professional career due to the characteristic of the responsibilities I have held, I have been in the need of cooperating with others on a regular basis, being this skill a key component of my activities.
  • Team Player Linked with being proficient in communication I have developed through my years of labour experiences the skill to cooperate with others and learn how to do a job within a team of professionals. Sometimes being lead, sometimes as a leader, always with a humble perspective, learning from others strong points, opinions and experience, adding my ones when required, always having in mind the task and the service to the client.
  • Problem Solver Since the very beginning of my career the main part of the job I have been in, has consist in to resolve problems on a daily basis. Due to that, I have developed the ability to deal with a high level of stress, general organisation skills to be able to prioritize what is important and a high understanding of how resolves a problem dividing them in small tasks which become totally doable.

EDUCATION

Makers Academy (January 2020 to May 2020)

Highly selective 12 weeks intensive coding bootcamp.

  • Focus on Test Driven Development, with an emphasis on pair programming and working in an agile way
  • Object oriented programming & software design
  • Full stack web development
  • Experience with MVC framework patterns
  • Independent learner and problem-solver
  • Ruby, Rails, JavaScript and React
  • RSpec and Jasmine

Law Degree, Oviedo University, Spain, with one year completed at Aberyswyth University, Wales, within the Erasmus European Program. (2006)


EXPERIENCE

  • MONTAGAS LLC , 2006 - 2019 General Manager of my Own company. The company activity was within the Energy sector, being the main operations related with gas pipe works to provide service to factories industrial process and central heating systems. As a General Manager I supervised all the process of selling our services, designing the engineering needed for every project being sure about all the details, sector law regulations, European rules on the subject etc.... The job had a main B2B and B2C component being essential the constant communication with clients, providers, logistic operators, etc...
  • SELF EMPLOYED LAWYER , 2013 - 2020 As a lawyer within the last 10 years I worked with many clients being specialised as a consultant expert in criminal and civil Spanish Law. As a private Lawyer my job has consisted in understand perfectly the client situation, explain accurately the best legal option to follow and try to resolve the problem first by negotiation and if that is not possible taking the case to courts representing the client interest in the trial.

INTERESTS

Passionate about technology, movies and any adventure book. There is nothing better for me than to spend an evening playing board games with friends (Risk is a must). Hiking, discover new places and travel.