Also known as: jozecuervo
SUMMARY Hello world. I am Jose Miguel Hernandez, software developer and independent film producer in SF. Startups are my thing, I've worked on most of the major web trends from content portals to social networks, social games, advertising, social apps and the mobile web. Currently employed by Tastemaker X, a music discovery experience. Experience Managing projects and small teams, estimating and delegating tasks. Planning product, documenting requirements and specifications, flow-charting and wire-framing. Prototyping, researching and developing new technology with unknown hurdles. Reverse-engineering sites in the wild. Building dynamic UI with a real-world approach to standards, agents and devices, backed with tools for content and analytics. Writing, testing and releasing re-usable, maintainable code to millions of users in short cycles. Integrating social platforms, third party API's, ad tags, virtual goods, transactions, videos, etc. Evolving and monetizing existing product through cautious data-driven iteration, A-B testing and analytics. Refactoring legacy code incrementally with short-term work-arounds followed by robust solutions. Internationalizing code as it is written. Debugging and fire-fighting across the stack. Supporting sensitive major brands and clients Coca-Cola, Skittles, Nike, T-Mobile, CBS, SONY, American Idol, MTV. Specialties LAMP, HTML, CSS, canvas, javascript, jQuery, JavaJSP, Flash AS, sshemacs, githubsvncvs, regex, JSONP, HTTP, XSS, memcached, membase, OAuth, curl. Social platform API's (Facebook, Open Social, MySpace, Twitter), widgets, gadgets. Cross-platform "hybrid" mobile web apps. Media syndication and analytics, podcasting, XMLMRSS. Agile development, pair programming. Foundation in digital arts, Photoshop video post production.
