DiegoFerreiroVal

(+1) (408) 477-0778 - diego@feval.info

Software Developer

1145 Avenida Benito

95131 San Jose, CA

| ABOUT ME

Dedicated professional with a proven record of working through challenging problems and developing creative solutions. Passionate about technology with a thirst for knowledge and a drive for constant self-improvement. Balances technical abilities with business savvy and a strong work ethic.

| EDUCATION

2005 - 2011

B.S In Computer Science
University of A Coruna, Spain
2009 - 2010

Master in “Networking and Security”, Erasmus Program

Universite Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

| EXPERIENCE

Oct.2011 - Present
Technical Yahoo!, Software Engineer – YAHOO! INC, SUNNYVALE

Working in the Mobile-web and Search Platform Team. Currently involved in the development of Yahoo! Search using NodeJS and Cocktails platform.
- Designed and implemented Search client side architecture.
- Implemented and open-sourced Shaker, an asset management tool for Mojito Applications.
- Working as a "Local Paranoid" (Security Engineer) for Search, indentifying potential issues and vulnerabilities.
- Analyzed and improved performance at platform level.
- Named Mojito ambassador: Evangelized and helped teams inside and outside Yahoo! understanding the Cocktails platform.
Jul.2010 - Oct.2010
Mobile Search Engineer (internship) – YAHOO! INC, LONDON

Working with the Mobile Search team creating new user interfaces and backend logic for iPhone and Android-based devices leveraging new web standards (HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript)
- Responsible for migrating graphic and video processing backend into Bing access APIs
- Implemented YUI/JS-based image slider for Yahoo! touch-based search user experiences
- Security owner: Driving team-wide security efforts for web services. Identified dozens of high profile vulnerabilities.
- Developed new IP on mobile device authentication. Assisted with integration and implementation of new YUI-specific features for mobile devices (events, touch, plugins, delegates)
Sep.2009 - Jun.2010
Software Engineer / Security Champion (part-time) – UCL UNIVERSITY, BELGIUM

Working with the security team improving university network infrastructure. Accountable for design, development and testing of innovative in-house web applications
- Delivered JSP-based web solution (JBoss) that enhanced university forms processes
- Reported several vulnerabilities on internal web applications
- Improvement of third-party authentication gateways
- Adopted new VoIP-solutions for increased connectivity at several university locations
Oct.2008 - Jun.2009
Network and computer system Engineer (part-time) – UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA, SPAIN

Working with the operations / infrastructure teams to improve network-level communication schemas among different services and protocols
- Created backend and web-based SMS platform
- Trained employees in the use of various web technologies
May.2005 - Sep.2008
Web Developer/Freelance Consultant (part-time) – SPAIN
- Developed and implemented corporate website and multimedia presentation/corporate videos
- Delivered clean, well presented flyers and Flash-based intros for marketing purposes

| SKILLS

Platforms: Windows, Unix, Mac
Computer Languages: C, C#, .NET, Java, SQL, PHP, JS/CSS
Methodologies: UML, OOP, ITIL, AGILE
Networking: TCP/IP, UDP, SIP, SSL, SOAP, HTTP
Web: HTML5, XML, JSON(P), JavaScript, YUI, jQuery, YQL, CSS3, PhoneGap,
Secure Programming in web applications

| WORKSHOPS & SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

November 2012

Speaker at: Nodejs + Cocktails: Scaling Yahoo!

YUICONF2012, Santa Clara (California)
October 2012

Speaker at: Nodejs + Cocktails: Scaling Yahoo!

HTML5DEVCONF, San Francisco (California)
February 2012

Workshop instructor: Advanced Web security

UDC University, Computer Science Faculty (A Coruña, Spain)
December 2011

Workshop instructor: HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript

Ponferrada Consultant, Galicia (Spain)
October 2010

Speaker at: Web Security, Attacks and countermeasures

XIV International Security Symposium (Toluca, Mexico)
October 2010

Workshop instructor: Web security

UNAM University (Toluca, Mexico)
April 2010

Speaker at: Web Security, Attacks and countermeasures

UCL University (Louvain La Neuve, Belgium)
October 2008

Speaker at: Secure Programming in web applications

UDC University, Computer Science Faculty (A Coruña, Spain)

| ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTS

President of GSIC: Local Security Chapter in A Coruña, Spain
Coruña/Madrid security week: Responsible for annual security briefings planning
Jazz Musician: Funk/Jazz trumpet player

| LANGUAGES

Spanish - Native
Galician - Native
English - Working knowledge / fluent (TOEIC 900)
French - Advanced written and spoken
Portuguese - Intermediate written and spoken