About Us

He´s done almost all there is to do at Crowd. He started as an Agile Project Lead, and now he is part of the Customer Service and Project Assignment. When he has a task, he does not stop until he gets it done.

Edwin has plenty of experience in the IT field and he always takes past results into consideration. He seems to be more productive when he does not have a task assigned to him (he reevaluates something and improves it just for fun). When he has time available, he invests it on finding solutions for a specific organizational or project need. Right now, Edwin is assigned to ModCloth and he is working on-site in San Francisco, CA. Edwin can identify the weak links of a project, and he does not give up until he is satisfied with the results. He comes up with the most ingenious solutions for every situation, an intricate mix of what he learnt before arriving at C.I. and all the new stuff that he has learnt while being with us. He has a very interesting background that includes working for one of the most important web companies in the world based in Northern California (guess which one it is… you probably use their search engine). We are lucky to have him on board, because he brought all his experience with him and he has shared it all with us.

When working with Karla a.k.a "matarranas", one can only hope that she does not burn up! Always on work mode, always doing thing after thing. And she does it all! And somehow she manages to join the rest of the guys for chicken wings at night... I´m telling you, she´ll burst into flames one day, seriously. Her creativity and ability are well balanced, and when you add her experience into the ecuation, the result is always positive. Her super power? her laughs, can be heard from miles away.

Gonzalo “Chalo” Fernández was born in Colima, but he has also lived in Mexico City, San Francisco California, and Alicante, Spain. He likes to develop web applications that are complex and that can represent a challenge to him. He has been in the Rails world for over a year now. In his personal life he enjoys watching and playing sports, especially playing soccer and watching football. Chalo has a grumpy dog called Niko, and sometimes you can spot them running along Colima´s highways.

Emmanuel is a very inquisitive and devoted Systems Engineer. He does not stop until he´s got things under control. Having worked at a very big software company, Emmanuel has a good sense of teamwork. But now at Crowd, he appreciates the advantages of being in a company where every person matters a lot! He really cares about how things are done and he is always striving to improve. He is an avid reader, and he focuses not only on his work but also takes notice on everyone else´s, in order to be able to repeat the best practices and achieve success as a team.

Jorge Pardiñas is truly an Agile Developer. He works fast, decides things at the very moment when they are needed and finds always a way to get things done. He is a web developer for Crowd Interactive, and has been a Team Lead for over a year now. He began using Rails two years ago, upon his arrival to Crowd Interactive. Previous to that, he was a freelancer coding in PHP. He has never walked down that path again after diving into RoR.

We call him Fanta, which is short for "Fantasma", since his skin is almost transparent. Fanta is a very calm and quiet person, he knows how to write code in a very fast and clean way. He has been part or Crowd Interactive for almost 2 years now, and we are very glad to have him on our team. Fanta is the kind of guy who will take a task and follow through until finished. No breaks needed. He also likes to practice Kung Fu, and he enjoys working out. A very good friend to all of us at Crowd.

Panchew (as he is known at Crowd Interactive) is a sportsfan who loves to spend his free time with his family. He likes videogames and enjoys surfing through the web reading technical blog and sports news. He aims to become an outstanding Rails developer and a great project manager. He is very good at communicating and constructive criticism. He is a very good administrator of his resources.

Omar is an Agile Developer, codes in RoR and has a lot of experience with .Net developing. He comes from the northern part of Mexico, but has been living in Colima for almost a year now. He worked for 2 year in Softek, where he developed desktop apps with VB.NET, C# and C++. Since his arrival to CI he has been learning and using RoR, and has prooved to be a fast learner, a great developer and a really interesting friend. Don´t be fooled, he seems grumpy, but he´s actually nice... at least once you get to know him.

Ruby developer, enthusiast in mobile development technologies and new tendencies. Recently he worked in San Francisco Bay Area, developing one of the biggest e-comerce systems with Ruby on Rails. Now he works with dev teams in Los Angeles, Colombia, and Dominicana creating new mobile apps using Ruby and jQuery Mobile.

Hector Bustillos Madrid.. a.k.a "fosfo", - is a young RoR developer, but very well known in Colima\'s development community. He has learnt RoR incredibly fast, which lets us know how smart this redhead is. He loves new projects, specially the challenging ones. He also likes to read a lot about technology, and some people say that he makes cheese as a hobby, but we are not very sure about that.

Haro, like we call him, likes being a graphic designer because this activity lets him express ideas in a better way for other people to understand them. Haro enjoys watching movies, listening to music, playing videogames and reading good stories. He is fond of illustration and taking photos, which helps him in the creative process. He is 25 years old and has 5 years of experience with Graphic Design. He loves being able to create designs, his final products are always what our clients want, and sometimes he even exceeds what our clients expected. Truly a designer that is a great asset on any project he is involved in.

Fabian loves being a designer because it gives him the chance to freely express any idea, concept or feeling. He graduated from the University of Colima, and he’s had a lot of experience as a web designer. He is 24 years young, and he is a fan of good music. He enjoys spending time outdoors, but to be more specific: he loves the beach. He has a lot of friends with whom he shares good times with, at the beach of course.

Tania studied Graphic Design at the UACH and has experience in editing images and pictures. She is a very creative person, fond of photography, cinema and music. She is always looking to learn, no matter the subject, asking questions and showing her interest in new things. Tania is our Social Media Expert, she is in charge of sharing with everyone all the exciting stuff we do at Crowd Interactive.

A System Engineer from northern Mexico, before comming to Crowd he was an Independet Consultant, in addition to teaching courses in software engineering at some universities in Tijuana city.

As a computer engineer he was able to discover many things that he enjoys that are not strictly coding; for example he likes audio and video editing, he likes creating animations on flash or stop motion just to mention a few things. Also he had the opportunity to "work" installing networks, making circuits, connecting here and there ... a very crafty developer. He blames his older sister, since she studied computer engineering, and she used to use a Commodore 64 with Basic, so that was also his beginning on programming. He loves RoR for many reasons, but he also loves living in Colima and being part of Crowd Interactive.).

Mariana is a Systems Engineer that has been working on web development for over 4 years now. Her strenght is mainly on PHP, Wordpress, CSS and HTML. She is a technology enthusiast and she is interested in involving more women into technology. Nowadays Mariana is a Ruby on Rails trainee, and she is officially the newest member of Crowd Interactive. She is working on Magma Rails site and also, she is currently getting involved on new projects with new clients. When Mariana is not programming, she is cooking. She is also a Chef wanna be, and at Crowd she found the best group of judges willing to do some tasting! But for now, she is having a lot of fun working with us and learning a lot as each day passes by. We are really glad to have her on our team, and we are sure our clients will appreciate her too.

Nora is a Systems Engineer that has fallen in love with web development and Rails for the past year. She is one of the newest members at Crowd Interactive as a Ruby on Rails trainee. She is beginning to get involved in new projects and She is always looking for learning new stuff. When she is not coding you can find her at the movies or exploring outdoors

Ignacio is a Computer Systems Engineer with expertise in web technologies. He aims to be a polyglot developer, always looking for multiplatform solutions. With a solid background for researching and learning, he enjoys using edge technologies. Nacho, as we call him, is neither a wrestler nor a snack, but an amateur musician. He has join the flock as a Ruby on Rails trainee (very recently), but it did not take long before he started loving RoR.

Victor Velázquez is a front-end developer, he is interested in all development and good looking design, he worries about the final product and give to the clients the quality they deserve, before he was in CI he started his own business in software and web development, he is passionate with new technology, music, and he also is a good dancer.

The truly master caster mind behind Crowd Interactive