Nestor Urquiza

Nestor Urquiza was born in Santa Clara, Cuba. He went to a Science Institute (IPVCE) for his secondary education. He studied Microelectronics at the High Electro-Mechanical Institute in Sofia, Bulgaria and he later got his Science Bachelor Degree in Electronics Engineering back in Cuba in UCLV, 1994. Nestor got several certifications in the RF and IT fields. He lived in Argentina for almost five years and finally moved to United States in 2003.

Nestor started working with software in the early 1980s. He has been involved from low level microelectronics design up to enterprise software development. He has worked as a system administrator, data base administrator (DBA), developer, architect, project manager and business analyst. In June 2011, after a year leading the IT team, he officially became Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at KRFS[1], a Fund Services firm in Miami, FL.

Nestor Urquiza writes about software on his personal blog[2]. He is currently focused on his Business Hub[3] implementation. Nestor has signed the Agile Manifesto[4] and he is actively evaluating new technologies to increase software productivity in the team he leads.

Nestor lives in Miami Beach, Florida with his wife, two sons and his baby girl. He likes soccer and never misses a Boca Juniors match.