Hi, I'M ED GONZALEZ - Developer

As the VP for Custom Development, my primary responsibility is to lead and grow our team of developers who specialize in developing Data Analytic applications and extending the capabilities of existing BI Tools such as Tableau, PowerBI, and IBM Cognos.
As VP of a growing practice, I had a personal target of 60% billable project work consisting of Project lead and hands-on development. I would lead a team of developers and designers to provide high-quality solutions that meet the client's expectations. I worked closely with the team to design and develop scalable and performant Data Analytic applications, many integrated with various BI Tools such as Tableau. Finally, I would work hand in hand with the team to code and deploy solutions.
In addition to leading project work, I am responsible for business development activities. My responsibilities included collaborating with our sales and marketing teams to identify new business opportunities, develop proposals, and present solutions to potential clients. I also participate in industry events, conferences, and speaking engagements to increase our visibility in the market and establish our thought leadership in the industry.

As the Practice Manager for GeoSpatial analytics, my primary responsibility is to lead and grow our team, which specializes in developing web-enabled GeoSpatial applications using Mapbox, Google Maps, and Leaflet. My overall responsibilities varied, and my time was split into 70% billable project work and 30% admin and business development.
As part of admin and business development, I worked closely with the sales and marketing teams to identify new business opportunities and develop proposals and solutions to meet the needs of our clients. I also participate in business development activities such as networking events, conferences, and speaking engagements to raise awareness of our practice and generate new leads.
My billable project work included working closely with clients to understand their business requirements, identify their technical needs, and develop a roadmap for successfully delivering their projects. In addition, I would lead a team of developers and designers to provide high-quality solutions that meet the client's expectations. I worked closely with the team to design and develop scalable and performant web-based mapping applications integrated with various mapping APIs and geospatial data sources.

As a Solution Architect specializing in Business Intelligence and IBM Cognos, my role was to design, develop and implement effective BI solutions that enabled organizations to make data-driven decisions. I was responsible for analyzing business requirements and translating them into technical specifications, identifying the most suitable BI tools and technologies to meet those requirements, and designing the overall solution architecture.

Design thinking is a powerful process of problem solving that begins with understanding unmet customer needs. From that insight emerges a process for innovation that encompasses concept development, applied creativity, prototyping, and experimentation. When design thinking approaches are applied to business, the success rate for innovation improves substantially.

Familiarizes the students with the most important information technologies used in manipulating, storing, and analyzing big data. We examine the basic tools for statistical analysis, R and Python, and several machine learning algorithms. We examine Spark Core, Spark ML (machine learning) API, and Spark Streaming which allows analysis of data in flight, that is, in near real time.

Human visual system processes and perceives images, good design practices for visualization, tools for visualization of data from a variety of fields, and programming of interactive web-based visualizations using D3.