Summary
Victor Escobar is an independent IT consultant with over two decades of professional experience and 11 years of recent focused practice delivering infrastructure, DevOps, RPA, and identity/access solutions. He has built and maintained small-business networks, web and mobile applications, and automated processes—developing Automation Anywhere bots that saved clients more than 900 annual staff hours and administering SailPoint IIQ for IAM engagements. Comfortable across front- and back-end development, server and network administration, and managed desktop/security practices, he frequently leverages open-source tools like Samba and Chocolatey to cost-effectively secure and modernize environments. Victor blends hands-on technical delivery with client-facing strategy work, assessing business needs and aligning IT to operational goals for SMEs and non-profits. He is preparing to transition into more quantitative graduate study in operations research or decision support systems, informed by interests in political economy, participatory democracy, and the emerging multidiscipline of services science. Based in Midlothian, VA, he combines practical IT craftsmanship with a long-term research-oriented curiosity about how technology shapes public policy and institutions.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
none, Arts & Sciences Transfer, none, Arts & Sciences Transfer at John Tyler Community College
none, Computer Science, none, Computer Science at Virginia Tech
preparation for graduate course-work, Post-baccalaureate courses in Computer Science, Political Science, and Economics, preparation for graduate course-work, Post-baccalaureate courses in Computer Science, Political Science, and Economics at Virginia Commonwealth University
Advanced Studies diploma w/ Governor's Seal for completing one or more Advanced Placement courses, College/University Preparatory and Advanced High School/Secondary Diploma Program, Advanced Studies diploma w/ Governor's Seal for completing one or more Advanced Placement courses, College/University Preparatory and Advanced High School/Secondary Diploma Program at Clover Hill High School
English, German