Hector Benitez is a Head of Development and Innovation with 14 years of professional experience and a 20+-year background in software, blending hands-on engineering in PHP, Python and JavaScript with strategic product and cloud expertise. He leads R&D and product initiatives at Encora Apps, turning prototype work into a new revenue stream while evangelizing technology through speaking and community engagement. AWS and Azure certifications back his ability to design and deploy scalable cloud architectures, and his career spans roles from CTO to distributed Agile developer, giving him both technical depth and operational judgment. Hector is comfortable across backend systems, databases, messaging and search (MySQL/Postgres/MongoDB, RabbitMQ, ElasticSearch) and in integrating services on AWS and Heroku. Beyond leadership, he’s known for scouting and operationalizing emerging tech internally—often converting research into shipped prototypes that influence company offerings.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí
Contributions:1 review, 121 commits, 53 PRs in 3 years 1 month
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