Recruiter perspective
Recruiter Resume
A concise, role-alignment view of leadership progression, breadth, and core capabilities.
Systems and technical operations leader with progressive experience across financial services, medical devices, and manufacturing. Brings cross-functional leadership, quality and regulatory expertise, enterprise systems support, and hands-on software and AI learning.
Career Snapshot
A concise chronology of cross-industry leadership, product quality, and technical operations.
Special assignment — transition, remediation, and operational continuity
Philips · July 2026–September 2026
Bothell, Washington, United States
- Supported remediation workstreams focused on evidence, systemic corrective actions, and sustainable operating controls.
- Built capability and transferred critical operational knowledge to successor leaders and cross-functional partners.
Safety, Quality and Regulatory Leader
Philips · September 2021–June 2026
Bothell, Washington, United States
- Led the Quality and Regulatory groups for the Oral Healthcare business unit.
- Oversaw quality and regulatory support across design, development, manufacturing, launch, and post-market surveillance for global software and hardware products.
Head of Product Quality Engineering
Philips · August 2019–September 2021
Bothell, Washington, United States
- Led Product Quality Engineering support for software and hardware development projects.
- Supported Design History Files, design controls, and product risk management.
Sustaining Quality Assurance Manager
Philips · January 2018–July 2019
San Diego, California, United States
- Managed design changes across the existing product base.
- Oversaw post-market surveillance monitoring and reporting.
Quality Operations Manager
Philips · July 2015–December 2017
Costa Rica
- Led Quality Receiving Inspection, Quality Engineering, Quality In-Process Inspection, and Quality Final Inspection departments.
Quality Operations Supervisor
Volcano Corporation · August 2014–June 2015
Costa Rica
- Led Quality Engineering, Quality Receiving Inspection, and Quality Training departments.
Quality Compliance Supervisor
Volcano Corporation · August 2013–August 2014
Alajuela, Costa Rica
- Led compliance, documentation, and training groups.
- Served as an internal auditor for the Volcano Costa Rica site.
Senior Validation Administrator
Hospira · January 2011–August 2011
San José, Costa Rica
- Supervised validation engineers and technicians and supported validation-system design and maintenance.
Lead Systems Support Engineer
Western Union · January 2008–March 2009
San José, Costa Rica
- Supervised five engineers responsible for implementing and supporting internal applications.
Skills and Capabilities
A screening-friendly view of documented technical, operational, and domain capabilities.
Programming languages
- Python
- JavaScript
- SQL
Platforms and frameworks
- Node.js
- Express
- React
- PostgreSQL
Practices and domains
- OAuth
- REST APIs
- AI applications
- Machine learning
- LLM and RAG pipelines
- Automation
- Technical operations
- Product quality engineering
- Software validation
- Design controls
- Risk management
- Regulatory compliance
- Post-market surveillance
- Continuous improvement
- Systems integration
- Tier 2 application support
- Team leadership
Spoken languages
- English — Full professional proficiency
- Spanish — Native or bilingual proficiency
Selected Projects
Selected examples of software, AI learning, and digital product work.
AI Trip Planner
A Streamlit itinerary planner using OpenAI tool calling, verified place data, optional travel-guide retrieval, interactive maps, and PDF or JSON export. Optional model and place services can fail independently of itinerary planning.
- Python
- OpenAI
- Streamlit
- PostgreSQL
- Geoapify
- PyDeck
IntakeWise
A responsive organizer for medication, supplements, vitamins, and custom intake schedules. Account holders can manage a private item catalog, review schedules in a calendar, and adjust or skip individual intakes.
- React
- Node.js
- Express
- PostgreSQL
- Vite
Nomadant Tech Store
An academic full-stack electronics storefront with GitHub OAuth sign-in and Stripe test-mode checkout. Its React storefront and Node.js REST API are deployed separately.
- React
- Vite
- Tailwind CSS
- Node.js
- Express
- PostgreSQL
- GitHub OAuth
- Stripe
AI Engineering Lessons
A collection of AI, machine-learning, and RAG learning projects. It includes a historical archive of an exercise deploying Microsoft's Azure Search and OpenAI sample; the repository states that the model service has been retired.
- Python
- RAG
- Azure
- OpenAI
- Machine Learning
Full Stack Engineering Lessons
Coursework and projects spanning frontend, backend, APIs, databases, authentication, testing, and Git. The repository includes RESTful Restaurants and an e-commerce REST API.
- JavaScript
- Node.js
- Express
- React
- PostgreSQL
- REST APIs
RESTful Restaurants
A responsive application for organizing restaurants into categories, maintaining a starred list, and managing records through an Express API backed by Supabase.
- React
- Express
- Supabase
- REST APIs
Tara Hidalgo Artist Portfolio
A bilingual portfolio for creative workshops and event services, with facilitator profiles and an artwork gallery. Spanish is the default language, with English available throughout the site.
- Next.js
- React
- TypeScript
- Tailwind CSS
- Netlify
Python Lessons
Python exercises, university assignments, data-analysis notebooks, and personal learning projects, including an interactive multimodal commute-map project.
- Python
- Jupyter
- Data Analysis
- Visualization
Unbound Root
A static, multilingual educational website about digital safety and cybersecurity awareness for families and everyday internet users.
- HTML
- CSS
- JavaScript
- Accessibility
HusKey Manager Security Coursework
A course repository centered on learning to identify and remediate security issues in a sample password-manager application.
- Application Security
- Docker
- PHP
- MySQL
Education and Certifications
Verified degrees, studies, and professional credentials.
- Master of Science in Information Management — University of Washington — March 2024–June 2026 — Graduated with a 4.0 GPA.
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering — Universidad Fidélitas — 2005–2008
- Electrical Engineering studies — Universidad de Costa Rica — 2001–2005 — Partial studies.
- Software Validation
- Integrating Risk Management into the Product Lifecycle
- Full-Stack Engineer Career Path
- AI Engineer Career Path