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Erick Garro

About

Software Development, Design, Innovation

My interest in design and innovation led to my recently completed BSc in Informatics. These new skills complement my background in Marketing, Advertising, and Entrepreneurship. My ultimate goal is to create useful products that people love.

Social Media:

LinkedIn

LinkedIn

GitHub

GitHub

Skills

API Development

API Testing

Adobe Camera Raw

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Premiere Pro

Amazon EC2

Amazon S3

Applications Software Development

BPML

Bootstrap

Branding & Identity

Business Design

Business Innovation

Business-to-Business (B2B)

C#

C++

CSS

CSS Flexbox

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

Central America

Conceptual Design

Costa Rica

Creative Concept Design

Creative Entrepreneurship

Creativity

Database

Flask

GUI development

HTML5

Italian

Java

Javascript

Kanban

MongoDB

MySQL

Node.js

PL/SQL

Python

React.js

Scrum

Solr

Spanish

Transact-SQL (T-SQL)

TypeScript

UX Design

Versioning

Web Scraping

Open for

cofounder

fulltime

parttime

internship

Work Experience

Aditi Multimedia (now part of ADC Móvil)

2011-01 - 2013-11

Workplace
Chief Commercial Officer
Location

Costa Rica

Employement type

cofounder

Designed an on-demand self-service coupon printing app that earned the company a $3.6M post-money valuation after an early-stage investment from different investors, including Grupo Nación, Costa Rica's largest media corporation.

progile GmbH

2022-07 - 2022-08

Workplace
Automation Engineer
Location

Zürich

Employement type

internship

Automated end-to-end test cases for an international medical client using the TestResults.io platform.

Universidad Cenfotec

2017-05 - 2018-05

Workplace
Digital Marketing & Communications Specialist
Location

Costa Rica

Employement type

parttime

Doubled the positive user feedback and decreased the negative by 73% on the university’s website, in 7 months, by designing and managing features development by a provider.

Aditi Multimedia (now part of ADC Móvil)

2015-05 - 2016-04

Workplace
Chief Business Developer Officer
Location

Costa Rica

Employement type

cofounder

Coordinated the software and hardware implementation of event ticket sales through the company's 50+ self-service kiosks.

Aditi Multimedia (now part of ADC Móvil)

2013-12 - 2015-01

Workplace
Chief Operations Officer
Location

Costa Rica

Employement type

cofounder

Reduced response time for technical incidents by 60% by transferring remote and on-site assistance to a specialist; trained them, managed the service, and served as the escalation point.

Academic Experience

Università della Svizzera italiana -

 

2019.09 - 2022.09

Bachelor of Science, BSc in Informatics

Universidad de Costa Rica -

 

2009.02 - 2011.02

Master of Arts, MA in Marketing Communications

Universidad Latina de Costa Rica -

 

1999.01 - 2002.01

Bachelor of Arts, BA in Advertising