Ignacio Freiberg, Argentina

Member since November 2010

Front-end PHP JavaScript HTML5 CSS3 SQL C# C++ jQuery
ActionScript Node.js Flash

Software engineer with more than 6 years of work experience in many programming languages, libraries, and frameworks. Has always worked in freelance mode to afford him the opportunity to constantly learn and develop new skills. Understands how start-ups and start-up financing works from direct experience. Very familiar with different work modalities (waterfall, iterative, scrum, TDD), many technologies, programming languages, operating systems, and hardware configurations.

Employment

2011 — 2011

IDEO (via toptal), front-end developer

  • Created prototype websites for market testing.
  • Set up Google Analytics and Goal Tracking to measure their success.
  • Contributed to the UI / UX design process based on knowledge of usability best practices from Steve Krug of http://www.sensible.com/.
  • Implemented many variations of User Experience using jQuery and Youtube Custom Player.
  • Basic Flash development in ActionSript 3.0.
  • Technologies: HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, Flash, ActionScript 3.0, HTML5, CSS3.
2011 — 2011

GoChime (formerly Twepto & via toptal), web developer

  • Built prototype system with heavy integration with Twitter API and automatic querying and posting based on what twitter users were sharing in real-time.
  • Designed and built reporting systems for actionable data analysis and client reports.
  • Technologies: PHP, JavaScript.
2011 — 2011

TopTal Platform, project manager

  • Defined requirements and managed a team of Ruby on Rails developers.
  • QA/Testing.
  • Technologies: Ruby on Rails
2010 — 2012

smsPREP (via toptal), lead developer

  • Joomla! component development to allow for the sending and receiving of millions of multiple choice questions and responses via SMS.
  • Designed and built a smart Learning Management System (LMS) from scratch.
  • Designed and built an adaptive learning algorithm that continually targets multiple-choice questions according to a current users difficulty level.
  • Designed multiple reporting systems for actionable data analysis and business intelligence.
  • Developed smsPREP API to allow for 3rd party integration into the system for sites such as Zinch.com and CollegeProwler.com.
  • Designed and built social gaming and social modes for eLearning.
  • Developed Facebook integrations for social learning.
  • Kannel SMS Gateway development and integration.
  • Technologies: PHP, Joomla!, JavaScript, HTML, CSS.
2011 — 2011

Circlefy (via toptal), web developer

  • Responsible for the prototype development of the social network working under the “Scrum” model.
  • Managed the R&D team as “Scrum Master” (defining requirements, PM, etc.).
  • Technologies: PHP, JavaScript.
2010 — 2010

ConsumerBell (via toptal), developer

  • Creation of a Wordpress plugin that allowed clients to post comments about any company, service or product.
  • The plugin included a “feed” to show the posted comments in real time.
  • This plugin also had a Backend integrated with Wordpress administration panel.
  • Implemented Facebook and Twitter integration.
  • Developed different UI / UX elements using jQuery.
  • Technologies: PHP, Wordpress, HTML, CSS, JavaScript.
2009 — 2010

DWP Internet, developer

  • Joomla! component and theme development.
  • Developed a generic “directory site” and then customized/deployed it to create 3 websites.
  • Optimization of the Mosets Tree component code—increasing site performance by ~200%.
  • Created a web-crawler from scratch using C++ / Python.
  • Converted many gigabytes of data into importable SQL, only using a couple regular expressions.
  • Executed full data mining processes, downloading, parsing and importing over a 400.000 records for 3 databases.
  • Technologies: PHP, Joomla!, HTML, CSS, JavaScript.

Skills

OS, Tools, Libraries

Windows, Mac, Linux, UNIX, Bash, gcc, g++, TCP / UDP networking, Joomla!, Wordpress.

Languages

PHP, JavaScript, C++, C#, Node.js, ActionScript.

Web Design

UI/UX design and implementation, HTML5 / HAML / CSS3 / SASS / SCSS, jQuery, MooTools, Prototype, CoffeeScript.

Other

Server configuration and administration, source control with GIT/SVN, data mining, data analysis/visualization.

Interests

  • IT Security / White Hat Hacking
  • Cognitive Neuroscience / Artificial Intelligence
  • Neurolinguistic Programming
  • UI development (touchscreen, gestures/voice recognition, etc.)
  • Playing the piano and guitar
  • Language learning: Fluent in Spanish, English; Learning Japanese