J Villafañe
Technical Director at Globant
Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
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Top SchoolJ. Villafañe is a Technical Director with over two decades in IT and more than a decade focused on front-end architecture, UX and bridging front- and back-end systems. He has led large teams and technical strategy at Globant, repeatedly recognized as a top performer across thousands of employees, and mentors front-end talent via internal bootcamps and public training. His hands-on background spans HTML/CSS/JavaScript, .NET, PHP, Java, Ruby and databases (MySQL, IBM DB2), enabling pragmatic solutions that respect both visual design and backend constraints. He has driven high-profile eCommerce and travel projects for clients like American Express, Gucci and Samsung, and contributed front-end fixes to the well-known Dive Into HTML5 online book. Comfortable switching between coding, architecture and people development, he combines product-focused thinking with deep technical empathy. Based in Rosario, Argentina, he pairs corporate leadership with ongoing community and open-source contributions.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Analista Universitario en Sistemas de Información / Bachelor of Computer Science, Information Technology, Analista Universitario en Sistemas de Información / Bachelor of Computer Science, Information Technology at Universidad del Centro Educativo LatinoamericanoInformation Technology, Information Technology at Universidad Tecnológica NacionalFinance & Accounting Programme, Economics, Finance & Accounting Programme, Economics at University of La VerneFirst Certificate of English (FCE), First Certificate of English (FCE) at Cambridge University
English, Spanish, Portuguese
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Github Skills (14)
html10
geo10
web-development10
html5-video10
geolocator10
geolocation10
browser-support9
css9
compatible9
javascript8
margin6
css-float6
nodejs6
php6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
diveintomark/diveintohtml5
Sep 2012 - May 2014
Dive Into HTML5 online book
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:8 commits in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:J primarily contributed to the front-end aspects of the project, specifically focusing on HTML and CSS modifications. They addressed broken links, updated the documentation for various HTML5 features, including geolocation and input types, and improved the code examples. The user also refactored the code related to HTML5 video and geolocation APIs, ensuring compatibility with older browsers.
cssjavascripthtml5dive
estebanav/javascript-mobile-desktop-geolocation
Sep 2012 - Mar 2013
Mobile and Desktop Javascript Library for Geolocation Fallback. Based on geo-location-javascript framework (http://code.google.com/p/geo-location-javascript).
Contributions:24 commits in 6 months
javascript-librarygeojavascript-frameworkjavascriptfallback
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