Axel Candia

Axel Candia has held a number of roles in the technology industry since 2015. Axel began their career as a Full Stack Engineer at Visa in 2015, where they worked as an external contractor for Consensus. Axel then held the role of Lead Developer at MentorRoom in 2016, followed by Full Stack Engineer at Finnegans and Chief Technology Officer at Smarketeer in the same year. In 2017, they were appointed Chief Technology Officer at Ando., where they maintained two mobile apps and two web applications, directed a team of four JavaScript developers, and migrated the platform from .NET. In 2019, they were promoted to Lead Developer at Moova, the company that acquired Ando. in 2018.

Axel Candia has an education history that includes a Perito Mercantil degree from Escuela Superior de Comercio "Carlos Pellegrini" (2010-2015), a Full Stack Web Developer degree from freeCodeCamp (2015-2016), and currently attending the University of Washington. Axel has also obtained various certifications, such as Member from Leaders Excellence at Harvard Square (2021), Big Data and Social Physics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (2014), Think101x: The Science of Everyday Thinking from The University of Queensland (2014), Gamification from University of Pennsylvania (2014), CS50x Introduction to Computer Science - EDx from Harvard University (2014), Introduction to Computer Science and Python from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (2013), The Language of Hollywood: Storytelling, Sound, and Color (Coursera) from Wesleyan University (2013), Game Development from Escuela Da Vinci (2013), and Mathematical Thinking from Stanford University.