Hector Vargas Curriculum Vitae

PERSONAL PROFILE
I consider myself as a highly motivated and hardworking individual who has developed a mature and responsible approach to any task that I undertake. I've been working for over 21 years with web technologies and design, and I'm looking forward to starting new projects that represent a challenge for me while meeting your goals and vision. I'm a team player and I truly believe we all have gifts. My goal is to keep on growing as a programmer and designer, getting into new technologies as much as I can and to keep on growing as a positive person.

EDUCATION & COURSES

System Engineering	Universidad Latina de Costa Rica, 1996-2001
Macromedia Flash animator/actionscript developer. Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator.	Cyber U 2001
JavaScript, CSS3, HTML5, Bootstrap, SASS, MYSQL, MONGO DB, UX/UI, Figma, AWS, Shopify, React JS, ...	Other 2002-2024

WORK EXPERIENCE

CO FOUNDER/DESIGNER/DEVELOPER
2024/This day - McCartney Interactive!
Co-founder in this startup dedicated to the creation of conceptual websites and web apps, e-commerce, Shopify and busyness analysis. maccai.com

BUSINESS ANALYST II (PRO)
2021/2023 - VMWare
In this important company I identified and analyzed problems to bring solutions and improvements to their massive intranet. Also designing and developing specific web pages, quality assurance (QA), trainer, video editing and Cerkl Platform Specialist. vmware.com

PRODUCT MANAGER (Design/UX/UI/Front-End developer)
2020 - Arkkosoft
I was subcontracted to take care of two large projects for the Ministry of Finance of the Government of Costa Rica. I was in charge of designing, structuring and assembling the entire front-end of both platforms, included the UX/UI. I was also in charge of all the meetings with the client (about 10 people). Finally, I built two unique Wordpress themes using PHP, JS and CSS adjusted to the design. Both projects were approved in the stipulated time. Arkkosoft.com

COMMUNITY & CONTENT MANAGER
2019 - Oveja Negra Producciones.
Social network management for the IPACC platform of the Faculty of Social Sciences, FLACSO. Conceptual content development and design for the CANAVI. Content development and social network management (Community Manager) for the launch of the new Master's Degree in Hydrological Management at the University of Costa Rica.

FREELANCE / HRI Foundation (Development/design/analysis)
2017/2019
For almost three years I traveled/studied through Europe and America. While doing so I had several short projects. I worked mainly with Hunger Relief International foundation (USA), analyzing all their web resources and optimizing their web platform which was in bad conditions. I also developed small websites, as well as advertising design. During 2019 I was working in Mexico with some colleagues and investors in a project to develop a massive App/Brand that due to the pandemic had to be stopped. Hunger Relief International

FOUNDER/DIRECTOR (Design/Development)
Short Project - Oct 2013 / May 2014 - CirculoDelMiedo Web Magazine
I created this conceptual web magazine to showcase new talent as well as places and stories in Costa Rica. I am proud to have guided and worked with an amazing team in this successful and beautiful project. Archive of the twelve editions here >

WEB PROGRAMMER/WEB DESIGNER
2007/2016 - Bond Enterprises Ltd. Costa Rica
For almost 10 years I worked on a wide variety of projects, first as ActionScript lead programmer. Then designing and developing web pages with HTML, Bootstrap, CSS and JavaScript. I also worked witn SEO, QA and some PHP and Drupal projects to refactor and maintain websites. bond.cr

ACTIONSCRIPT DEVELOPER/WEB DESIGN/ANIMATOR
2006 - Monkey Designers, Costa Rica
For a short time I worked here as a lead Flash animator and ActionScript developer, also designing and developing conceptual websites.

WEB PROGRAMMER AND DESIGNER
2001/2006. BetonSports PLC, Costa Rica
I started as a junior web designer/developer (HTML and Photoshop), then I got involved in ActionScript, PHP, SQL, CSS and JavaScript projects for the first time.

WEB DESIGNER AND GRAPHIC DESIGNER
2000 - RQ. (Advertising Agency)
I was hired by a great American/Costa Rican designer. During this time besides working on Websites I was deeply involved with the essence of what real design is all about (logos, sketches, animations, prints, etc)

SKILLS

PROGRAMMING and Other Skills

HTML, Bootstrap, CSS, SASS, Tailwind
JS (ES6), React JS & Rest API's:
Shopify management/developer (Liquid)
(CMS) Wordpress, Drupal & E-commerce
SEO/Digitall Marketing/Community Manager
Business Analyst, QA and troubleshooting
Data Bases (MySQL, Mongo & Supabase):
Microsoft Office, Jira, Scrum, Asana

DESIGN/UX/UI/VIDEO

Cross Browser & Responsive Design
Figma
Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator, Flash
Adobe Premier (Video creator/editor)

LANGUAGES	Spanish, English and 50% Italian
	Currently studing French

REFERENCES

Alcides Lopez Tel. (+506) 88160604 - linkedin.com/in/alcideslopez/

Jonathan Ramirez Tel. (506) 83876818 linkedin.com/in/jonramirezp/

Luis Carlos Valdelomar Tel: (+506) 88494086 - Linkedin.com/in/luis-carlos-valdelomar-30b752/