Javier Fernandez

Javier Fernandez has a diverse work experience spanning over several years. Javier is currently the VP of Engineering at Busuu since March 2023. Prior to that, they worked as the Director of Engineering at Busuu from November 2021 to May 2023.

Before their time at Busuu, Javier served as the Engineer Manager at IKEA Group from December 2020 to November 2021. Javier was also the CTO at Savana Médica from July 2018 to December 2020.

Javier has also worked at inSided as a Software Development Manager from July 2016 to July 2018, and as a Backend Developer from June 2016 to August 2016.

In addition, Javier has experience in teaching, having worked as a Professor of entrepreneurship and sustainability at EAE Business School in March 2017.

Prior to their other roles, Javier worked at Etceter as an Associate from August 2011 to January 2017. Javier also co-founded and served as the CEO & Full Stack Developer at Why Not Soluciones, S.L. from March 2009 to June 2016.

Earlier in their career, Javier worked at Visualbox as an IT Advisor from August 2011 to April 2015, and at Aervox S.L. as a Software Engineer (Java J2SE Developer) from April 2008 to December 2009.

Lastly, Javier held the position of Area Manager - Testing at Datatronics S.A. from May 2007 to April 2008, where they established a full environment for managing software deployment and requirements.

Overall, Javier Fernandez has a broad range of experience in engineering, management, teaching, and entrepreneurship.

Javier Fernandez completed their education in Computer Science from 2016 to 2021 at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. During this time, they pursued a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science. In 2011, Javier attended the SANS Institute, where they obtained a degree in SANS SEC560: Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking, specializing in computer security. Furthermore, Javier holds additional certifications, such as AWS Certified Developer - Associate, which they obtained in March 2018 from Amazon Web Services. In July 2011, they also acquired the Certified Penetration Tester (GPEN) certification from SANS - GIAC. There is no available information regarding their education at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.