Helder Sepulveda

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12629 NW 13th Street
Sunrise, FL, USA 33323
(305)-450-8292
heldersepu@gmail.com 
    SKILL SET PROFILE
Computer Programmer Specialist
Technical Support Engineer
Multi-lingual (English, Spanish & Italian)
Virtualization Technology
IT Vision & Leadership
Strong TCP/IP knowledge
  • Progressive IT database and project execution career, specializing in developing and managing a network of clients achieve their IT project objectives. Expertise in aligning and directing technical teams to deliver technical solutions.
  • Experienced and qualified on a wide diversity of platforms, architectures, and applications. Outstanding record in the design, installation, and management of technology solutions to meet complex operational demands. Multi-lingual in English, Spanish and conversational Italian.
  • Proven ability to win client confidence by providing business knowledge and supporting technical business requirements development. Partner with developers to identify functional requirements in the design of new or enhanced systems.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE


QQ SOLUTIONS (FORMERLY QUICKQUOTE), Deerfield Beach, FL 09/2006 – Present
    Database Conversion Engineer
    Convert customer’s data to our Agency Management System. Maintain and enhance multiple projects written in many languages such as (C#, Delphi, VBA & SSIS). Assist in the creation of the Professional Services department.

    Delphi Programmer
    Key responsibility is to write clean, well-engineered code, properly commented, that adheres to the standards and policies within the insurance industry; translate companies requirements into technical specifications, work with testers to ensure systems function properly.

    Key Contributions & Results:
  • Create KB articles for every conversion, used by the sales team
  • Read and interpret insurance company underwriting manuals
  • Program insurance company rates and underwriting in Delphi
  • Program rate and underwriting changes as required by insurance companies
  • Compare old insurance company underwriting manuals to new ones to determine changes
  • Research and debug errors or questions discovered by testing, tech support or clients
  • Test all programming that you do for both underwriting changes and rates
  • Create and use Excel spreadsheets to manually calculate rates to insure they are correct according to the insurance companies underwriting manuals
  • Assist quality control by answering questions or helping them in rate calculations when discrepancies arise
  • Review and test company changes made by fellow programmers
  • Research on the web when necessary to insure information provided by companies is accurate
  • Ability to read and debug code written by other programmers
THE ANSWER GROUP, North Lauderdale, FL 04/2005 – 09/2006
Technical Support Engineer for Sprint
Provide prompt and courteous customer service in a call center. Assist installing and configuring home networks, wireless security; troubleshoot and resolve hardware and software issues over the phone, customer training and education on the proper operation of computers and network equipment. Clarify all billing questions

OPEN SOURCE EXPERIENCE


GMAPCATCHER 01/2009 – Present
Lead Software Developer
This project is a platform for offline maps, written in Python; it downloads maps from popular online services such as Yahoo, Bing, OpenStreetMap, and many more. It also provides integration with NMEA GPS receivers.

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT


MIAMI DADE COLLEGE – Miami, FL
Vocational Credit Certificate in: Business Computer Programming
Microsoft Certified Professional – MCP
UNIVERSITY OF HABANA – Mathematics and Computer Science

TECHNICAL SUMMARY


        Databases MS SQL, MySQL, Microsoft Access, dBase, SQLite3, Paradox
        Programming C++, C#, Delphi, PHP, Python, VBA, VB.net, VBScript, JavaScript
        Revision Control SubVersion, GIT, MS SourceSafe & TFS
        Windows Installers NSIS, Wise Installation System
        Office Software Microsoft Office (Access, Word, Excel, Outlook), Open Office
        Graphics Editors Adobe Photoshop, Microangelo, Gimp