Samuel Valdes Gutierrez

Lead Instructor

Coding Dojo LATAM•  May 2023 - Present

• Lecturing Web Fundamentals (HTML, CSS, JS) and MERN stack (MongoDB, ExpressJS, ReactJS, NodeJS) technologies to students with none or minimal knowledge about full-stack development.

Assistant Instructor

Coding Dojo•  August 2021 - April 2023

• Guided 200+ US and LATAM-based students in various web technologies (i.e. HTML, CSS, JS, Python/Flask, Java/Spring, MySQL, MERN, etc), playing a pivotal role in their career transitions to full-stack development. • Conducted tutorials on taught course concepts, enhancing students’ programming proficiency and garnering ~90% satisfaction on course surveys.

FP&A Associate

Credicorp Capital•  October 2017 - February 2020

• Established new procedures for better allocation of firm expenses, resulting in over CLP$ 100MM of savings annually. • Streamlined each company BU's P&L reporting routines, reducing processing time by 85% from 1 week to 1 day. • Developed comprehensive expense analyses used as valuable resources for cost-reduction decisions.

Sales Specialist

Hewlett Packard Enterprise•  May 2016 - September 2017

• Designed and implemented data centre infrastructure solutions (server, storage & networking) worth up to US$ 50M, resulting in a 15% increase in annual sales for the SMB sector. • Increased demand by fostering loyalty towards HPE products/services, growing the public sector's customer base by 20%.

Network Architect

IBM•  July 2014 - February 2016

• Designed pre-sales solutions worth up to US$ 20M for enterprise networking, VoIP, and wireless infrastructure, achieving annual sales of ~US$ 500M. • Certified in Cisco CCNA Routing and Switching (2015).

Imperial College London, London

Computer Science, MS•  October 2020 - September 2022

• Graduated with a Merit degree (70.91%), achieving Distinction in thesis dissertation. • Served as the student representative for 100+ fellow students during the 1st academic year.

Coding Dojo

Online Bootcamp, Web Development, Postgraduated Diploma•  March 2020 - December 2020

• Completed a 10-month online programming course, acquiring practical skills for web development. • Main topics covered: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX, Python, Django, Java, Spring Boot, React.js, Express.js, Node.js, SQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Git.

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Mechanical Engineering, BS•  March 2006 - March 2013

• Majored in Mechanical Engineering, minored in Automation and Control Systems. • Graduated with an overall grade of 6.0 (out of 7.0), ranking within the top 6% of the class (1st Class Honours).