Henry Ruiz

My name is Henry Alonso Ruiz Guzman. I am from Cali, Colombia. I obtained my B.A. degree in Computer Systems Engineering from Antonio Jose Camacho University in Cali. I am a Microsoft Community Specialist and Microsoft Certified Professional Developer. Before joining Harvest Plus, I worked as a Systems Analyst for the Systems Information Unit at CIAT, specifically in the Scientific Databases & Web Development for five years. I am experienced in developing mobile (Android and Windows phone 7, 8, 8.1) and web applications in different multiple platforms (Java, .Net, Python using Django, among others). I am also have experience in images processing using OpenCV (an open source library) and c++ (programming language). I received meritorious recognition for my thesis Virtual Interpreter, a communication tool for people with oral and auditory disabilities. I am currently a Research Assistant of Destino Group. This is a group of Computer Science researchers developing and applying computational models to solve multidisciplinary problems. We work in graphical and visual modeling, software and construction modeling, data and information recovery and modeling, and pattern recognition. I had the opportunity to participate in the publication titled “Transforming Learning and IT Management through Gamification” published by Springer where I appear as a collaborator. Currently I'm doing my Master’s in Artificial Intelligence at Autonomous University of Baja California.