Herbert Barrientos

Software Architecture and Engineering services to clients such as Allianz, STI International, and the Volkswagen Group

Provided IT services in the areas of software development and maintenance, as well as data management.

Worked in the development and maintenance of internal, business-critical applications for Resource and Capacity Management (R&CM). Conducted research on topics of importance for R&CM, and provided method mentoring.

Managed IT infrastructure projects for IBM's Custom Hosting Services (IGA Canada), IBM's Costa Rica Service Delivery Center, and FCA (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles).

Responsible for all development efforts. Ensured that functional and non-functional requirements were met. Stood abreast technological trends to propose new application capabilities.

I was the founder of the company. I designed a cloud-based, SaaS, multi-language, appointment scheduling and time management solution aimed mainly at the healthcare sector. I coordinated all development, testing, and deployment activities. I set up all legal, tax and financial, operational, sales, and client support roles.

Principal Consultant and Software Architect in web application inception and development projects, as well as teaching and mentoring. I also provided Software Engineering & Project Management services.

Member of the analysis, design, development, and documentation team that built the first institutional Biodiversity Information Management System (BIMS. I was later promoted to Project Lead for the re-engineering of BIMS’ second version, now called Atta. I was responsible for the design, implementation, and integration of the institute's first geographic information system, and for the specimen labeling process using barcode technology.

I built several modules for an industrial software system called SIM (Integrated Manufacture System). I also developed customized systems for clients such as a customs agency and a pension plan financial corporation. All implementations were done in C.

Extensive research in dynamic memories, Case-Based Reasoning (CBR), symbollic representation, machine learning techniques, fuzzy sets, Object Oriented Analysis and Design (OOAD), Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Smalltalk, Lisp, information retrieval

Programming languages, data structures, algorithms, complexity analysis, computer graphics, computer architecture, system development and integration, discrete mathematics, statistics, biology.