Education and Courses

Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technologies - University of Guadalajara

Information Technologies, systems management, databases, programming, project management, etc.

MMS in Composition and Performance of Contemporary Popular Music - Tiempo Música

Where I acquired knowledge of composition, classical counterpoint, music history, recording, editing, mixing, improvisation, film scoring, and composition.

Courses

• Film Scoring - Private composition and production classes with Maestro Milo Coello.
• Applied Synthesis to Sound Design - SAE Institute Mexico.
• Introduction to Max/MSP - Interespecifics.
• Audio Design for Video Games - SAE Institute Mexico.

Work Experience

As a consultant

• Ricoh Services (formerly Capa 4) - Sr. Consultant in Citrix and virtualization (4 years).
• HASAN/HP - WinTel Consultant and Administrator for Sura, formerly Afore ING (1 year).

As a software engineer

• MA The Media Marketing Agency - Web developer and head of the technology area (8 years).
• Freelance - As an independent consultant and software developer (3 years).
• Wizeline - As a Senior Software Engineer, mentor, and trainer (3 years, current job).

As a musician

• Steps on the Roof (cover band) - Participating as a drummer (3 and a half years)
• Independent Composer and Producer - Participating in various initiatives and independent projects, as a drummer, bassist, and recording assistant (3 years).

Areas of Interest

I am interested in the combination of technology and music, procedural generation, video game development, and experimentation and sound design.

Skills and Tools

Use of tools and software such as:

• Digital Performer
• Komplete Suite from Native Instruments
• ProTools
• LA Scoring Strings
• Subtractive, FM, wavetable, physical modeling, and granular synthesis.
• FMOD (sound middleware for video games)
• Go programming language
• SQL and non-relational databases (such as MongoDB)
• Google Cloud
• Sonic Pi
• Max/MSP