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, web apps, digital marketing, e-commerce and busyness analysis. maccai.com

BUSINESS ANALYST II (PRO)
2021/2023 - VMWare
In this great 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), training, 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 also managed all the meetings with the client (up to 10 people). Finally, I delivered in the stipulated time two unique Wordpress themes using PHP, JS & CSS adjusted to the design. 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/design for the CANAVI. 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 projects, mainly with the fountation Hunger Relief International (USA), analyzing and optimizing all their web resources. Also during that time I regularly has small design projects and developed small websites. During 2019 I worked (Management/UX/UI) in Mexico in a project with some investor to develop a massive App 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 proudly guided and worked with a great team in this successful 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/