Miguel Prieto

Teletón is a nonprofit organization that hosts fundraising events a couple times a year that rely on heavy media coverage for their success.

Teletón needed to evolve, to move beyond traditional media (TV and radio) into social media as an organization. So, with Sodep S.A., it started a massive project which included a complete restructure of the communication workflow and the development of software that would allow efficient live storytelling of the events.

The mobile applications (which can be downloaded from the stores) are some of the visible results of the whole project.

Captura is a product that allows users to capture field data through mobile devices.

An admin user designs a form with an easy-to-use drag-and-drop form designer in the web application. Then he/she sets the appropriate permissions and the form is synced to the devices.

Mobile users who receive that form will be able to input data in various formats (simple text, time, date, pictures, location, etc.) according to the form's design.

Input data can then be visualized through several customizable reports on the web application or it can be accessed through a REST API which allows integration with other existing systems or applications.

Through Toptal, I was Rooam's first hire in 2016. As the first full-time engineer at a well-funded but early-stage startup, I took part of the bootstrapping and setup of almost all back-end components (services and infrastructure) and mobile applications.

For someone who loves technology and building applications, Rooam was a great experience because I was one of the main contributors in an awesome and ambitious project which resulted in an app that solves a major pain point at bars and restaurants in the US, paying your tab.