Raul Jimenez Herrando

Barcelona, Spain

Member since July 27, 2015

Raul is a front-end architect and technical consultant with over 15 years of experience. He's an expert with AngularJS, JavaScript, high-performance web applications, and video streaming. While he's not working on his open source project Videogular, you can find him practicing with new frameworks like React, Angular 2, and Polymer to stay always up-to-date.

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Portfolio

Freelance
AngularJS, JavaScript, Angular 2, Web Components, Polymer, CSS3, HTML5, Grunt...
Agile Contents
ActionScript, JavaScript, CSS3, HTML5, Video Streaming, Flex
Ogilvy Interactive
ActionScript, JavaScript, HTML, CSS2, Video Streaming, Photoshop, Fireworks

Experience

JavaScript, 14 years
Video Streaming, 9 years
Design Patterns, 9 years
Agile Software Development, 7 years
HTML5, 6 years
AngularJS, 3 years
Protractor, 3 years
Sass, 3 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Mac OS X, WebStorm, Git, GitFlow

The most amazing...

...thing I've developed is a streaming video platform used by millions of users and an AngularJS meta application for Smart Cities.

Employment

Front-end Architect
2011 - PRESENT
Freelance
- Contribute to the development of Android, iOS, BlackBerry, and web apps for Synctur as a mobile and JavaScript engineer.
- Work on the mobile viewer and some panels of the web app for Cl3ver as a JavaScript engineer. The 3D editor was made with ThreeJS.
- Create a streaming solution for Focus On Emotions' digital signage platform as a streaming and AngularJS architect. I also worked for 8 months in a big project for Orange, creating an AngularJS back-end and a high-performance AngularJS PhoneGap application for Android.
- Migrate the FCC's Smart City platform from Dojo to Angular as an AngularJS architect to make it work on mobile devices.
- Create Videogular, an HTML5 video player for AngularJS.
Technologies: AngularJS, JavaScript, Angular 2, Web Components, Polymer, CSS3, HTML5, Grunt, Karma, Jasmine, Protractor
Mobile and Devices Architect
2007 - 2011
Agile Contents
- Developed ACT, an in-house video player used in the biggest TVs in Spain: RTVE, Telecinco, CuatroTV Mobile, Vocento, Grupo Zeta, and more.
- Built front-end features for ACT's CMS for digital goods.
- Architected for ACT Media Encoder's streaming media platform, VOD, and codec management.
- Developed front-end features for ACT's HTML5 Layout Editor.
- Prototyped a DVB-H video streaming player, called FURIA, for Nokia devices.
Technologies: ActionScript, JavaScript, CSS3, HTML5, Video Streaming, Flex
Senior Front-end Developer
2006 - 2007
Ogilvy Interactive
- Developed front-end features for several microsites with ActionScript for Absolut.
- Built the first Tous online store worldwide with HTML, CSS2, and JavaScript.
- Developed front-end features for Cambra de Comerç's website with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- Developed front-end features for Cruzcampo's games and several micro-websites with ActionScript.
- Built an intranet for Gas Natural with ActionScript, HTML, CSS2, and JavaScript.
- Developed a BlackBerry mobile application for Ogilvy International with HTML, CSS2, and JavaScript.
Technologies: ActionScript, JavaScript, HTML, CSS2, Video Streaming, Photoshop, Fireworks
Front-end Developer
2005 - 2006
Pukka's Web Design
- Built an original Chameleon online store with ActionScript, integrated the online payment platform, and set up t-shirt customization, SAP integration, and more.
Technologies: ActionScript, HTML, JavaScript, CSS2
Front-end Developer
2003 - 2005
Simaport
- Developed a web application to show sea forecast for the next five days, with animated charts and creation of safe routes for the ships.
Technologies: ActionScript, HTML, CSS, JavaScript
Web Developer and Computer Science Teacher
2001 - 2003
Freelance
- Developed the website for the Spanish Association of Pediatrics.
- Built the website of the Spanish Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.
- Created the website of the Spanish Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.
- Taught at several companies for a wide range of ages.
Technologies: ActionScript, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP

Experience

Videogular (Development)
http://www.videogular.com
Videogular is the HTML5 video player for AngularJS.
Cl3ver (Development)
https://www.cl3ver.com/
Worked on their animation panel and their mobile viewer.
Synctur (Development)
http://synctur.com/
Worked on their mobile and web applications.
Building an Angular Video Player with Videogular (Publication)
https://www.toptal.com/angular-js/angular-video-player-videogular
Video accounts for more than three quarters of all bandwidth used today. That’s why developers need a solid, extensible, and advanced media framework that doesn’t come with a steep learning curve. In this tutorial, Toptal Freelance Software Engineer Raul Jimenez will introduce you to one such framework – Videogular. If you need to harness the power of Angular for HTML5 video, look no further.

Skills

Languages
JavaScript, ActionScript, CSS3, HTML5, Sass
Frameworks
JavaScript MVC, AngularJS, Protractor, Angular, Jasmine
Other
HTML5 Video, Videogular, Usability, Video Streaming, HTML5 WebSockets, Video Encoding, Web Components, Mockups
Libraries/APIs
Restangular, Mobile HTML5, WebRTC, Polymer, Node.js, PhantomJS
Tools
Karma, Grunt, Bower, Gulp.js, Yeoman, NPM
Paradigms
Agile Software Development, Test-driven Development (TDD), REST, Design Patterns, Continuous Deployment
Platforms
Proto.io
Storage
MongoDB

Education

Associate's degree in Software Development
1995 - 2001
Escuela Superior Salesiana María Auxiliadora - Barcelona