Who we are
José Cabrera José has been president and VP Sales and Operations for EMEA in Sun Microsystems Iberia. José is one of the most relevant individuals in the IT world in Spain. Jose`s blog can be found at http://cabreramc.aspgems.com/ Agustín Cuenca Agustín was CEO and founder of qarana solutions, an internet consultancy that developed home banking applications in several continents, he has also managed several services business in the IT sector. Agustín's blog can be found at http://blog.loscuenca.com Ana Isabel López
Ana holds a degree in Computer Science on UPM and has over 20 years experience in computing. She has worked as a Relational Manager with Telefónica España in several companies of the indsutry before joining ASPgems. Rafael Garcia
Rafa holds a degree in Systems Administration by I.E.S. Mare de Déu de la Mercè. He studied Systems Engineering in the University of Barcelona. He's been working as a system administrator for 9 years. He has great experience in GNU/Linux systems and Rails development and deployment. He is a free software enthusiast. Javier Ramirez
Javier got started with web development in 1997 and hasn't stopped since, holding positions from programmer to project manager or software architect, and going through the experience of creating its own company. He has delivered training on software engineering and on several programming languages. He is a founding member of the organization of the Spanish Rails Conference, SRUG, the Spanish Ruby Users Group and madrid-rb, the Ruby users group in Madrid. You can follow him on twitter or on his blog.
Daniel de la Mata
Daniel has an over-10 year development background. He has worked for many companies including IT's (Qarana, VectorSF, EMC), banks (Bankinter) and startups (ASPgems, code4tv) holding several responsibilities with success. He writes regularly in his blog.
Andres Cirugeda
Andrés holds a degree in Astrophysics by the University of Barcelona. He has worked in the software industry since he finished his studies. He has over 15 years experience in software development on different platforms. He started in the good old days with Bull IBM mainframes, worked with Java for a long time after that, and switched to Rails full-time in 2006.
Diego RodriguezDiego studied Engineering and has been working for over 10 years in the web world. Before joining ASpgems he created his own company where he worked as software engineer and project manager. He dedicates part of his spare time to a crown caps collection.
Elliot AcklandFor the past 10 years Elliot has been working as a graphic and web designer starting in London designing Flash animations, then later moving to Madrid and developing web applications at Qarana Solutions. Further down the line he went to Barcelona working on branding and packaging design projects. Finally he is once again in Madrid collaborating with ASPgems and adding a touch of style to their projects. Daniel Cabrera
Daniel holds a degree in Business Administration and Management. Since the beginning of his professional career in telecommunication multinationals has shown enthusiasm and passion for the development of the online channel. A young and enterprising talent with passionate and proactive mentality, he is a good communicator and is in continuous search for new opportunities and partnerships.
David Pérez
David is a programmer with over 10 years experience using languages like C, C++, Java and .NET. He has a diplomature in Computer Science at Universidad Politecnica de Madrid. Now he works with dynamic languages like ruby.
Ricardo Pérez
Ricardo holds a diploma in Computer Science from the University of Salamanca, and a degree from the University of Valladolid. He has over 9 years experience in the field of web applications development. Ricardo worked for several banks such as Bankinter and Banco Sabadell Millennium BCP (major Portuguese banking group), offering services online for individuals and businesses. He has also worked for tgestiona, Telefonica Mobile, and SEPBLAC (which is an agency of the Bank of Spain to fight against money laundering and other monetary crimes).
Ana holds a degree in Computer Science on UPM and has over 20 years experience in computing. She has worked as a Relational Manager with Telefónica España in several companies of the indsutry before joining ASPgems. Rafael Garcia
Rafa holds a degree in Systems Administration by I.E.S. Mare de Déu de la Mercè. He studied Systems Engineering in the University of Barcelona. He's been working as a system administrator for 9 years. He has great experience in GNU/Linux systems and Rails development and deployment. He is a free software enthusiast. Javier Ramirez
Javier got started with web development in 1997 and hasn't stopped since, holding positions from programmer to project manager or software architect, and going through the experience of creating its own company. He has delivered training on software engineering and on several programming languages. He is a founding member of the organization of the Spanish Rails Conference, SRUG, the Spanish Ruby Users Group and madrid-rb, the Ruby users group in Madrid. You can follow him on twitter or on his blog.
Daniel de la Mata
Daniel has an over-10 year development background. He has worked for many companies including IT's (Qarana, VectorSF, EMC), banks (Bankinter) and startups (ASPgems, code4tv) holding several responsibilities with success. He writes regularly in his blog.
Andres Cirugeda
Andrés holds a degree in Astrophysics by the University of Barcelona. He has worked in the software industry since he finished his studies. He has over 15 years experience in software development on different platforms. He started in the good old days with Bull IBM mainframes, worked with Java for a long time after that, and switched to Rails full-time in 2006.
Diego RodriguezDiego studied Engineering and has been working for over 10 years in the web world. Before joining ASpgems he created his own company where he worked as software engineer and project manager. He dedicates part of his spare time to a crown caps collection.
Elliot AcklandFor the past 10 years Elliot has been working as a graphic and web designer starting in London designing Flash animations, then later moving to Madrid and developing web applications at Qarana Solutions. Further down the line he went to Barcelona working on branding and packaging design projects. Finally he is once again in Madrid collaborating with ASPgems and adding a touch of style to their projects.
Daniel holds a degree in Business Administration and Management. Since the beginning of his professional career in telecommunication multinationals has shown enthusiasm and passion for the development of the online channel. A young and enterprising talent with passionate and proactive mentality, he is a good communicator and is in continuous search for new opportunities and partnerships.
David Pérez
David is a programmer with over 10 years experience using languages like C, C++, Java and .NET. He has a diplomature in Computer Science at Universidad Politecnica de Madrid. Now he works with dynamic languages like ruby.
Ricardo Pérez
Ricardo holds a diploma in Computer Science from the University of Salamanca, and a degree from the University of Valladolid. He has over 9 years experience in the field of web applications development. Ricardo worked for several banks such as Bankinter and Banco Sabadell Millennium BCP (major Portuguese banking group), offering services online for individuals and businesses. He has also worked for tgestiona, Telefonica Mobile, and SEPBLAC (which is an agency of the Bank of Spain to fight against money laundering and other monetary crimes).