Carlos Manuel Vidal Figueroa

Carlos Manuel Vidal Figueroa has a strong background in database administration and IT operations. Carlos Manuel started their career as a Systems Analyst at the Instituto Salvadoreño de Transformacion Agraria in 2007 and worked there until 2011. Carlos then joined Citibank in 2011 as a Database Administrator, where they were responsible for planning and implementing disaster recovery strategies, ensuring high availability of database instances, and implementing security measures. Carlos Manuel worked on standalone and cluster environments for SQL Server, Sybase, and MySQL.

In 2015, Carlos moved to Mobile Money sv, where they held multiple roles. Initially, they served as an IT Operations Manager, and later as a Senior Database Administrator. In these positions, they focused on maintaining disaster recovery and business continuity strategies, troubleshooting hybrid environments, managing database performance, and implementing security and audit strategies. Carlos Manuel also owned the database infrastructure and deployment on SQL Server and MySQL.

From 2018 to 2021, Carlos worked at Euronet Worldwide as a Lead Database Administrator. Their responsibilities included planning and implementing disaster recovery strategies, designing and implementing database backup strategies, and managing database security administration.

Currently, Carlos is employed at Xe.com as a Database Administrator, starting in 2022. No end date has been provided for this role.

Carlos Manuel Vidal Figueroa has a diverse education history. Carlos Manuel obtained a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in "Administración y gestión de empresas, general" from the Universidad Centroamericana 'José Simeón Cañas' in the years 2016 to 2018. Prior to that, they pursued a degree in "Ingeniería informática" from the Universidad de El Salvador from 2003 to 2009.

In terms of additional certifications, Carlos obtained the "GOETHE-ZERTIFIKAT A1" from the Goethe Institut München in October 2020, indicating proficiency in the German language. Carlos Manuel also acquired the "IELTS" certification from the British Council in September 2021, demonstrating proficiency in the English language.

Carlos Manuel Vidal Figueroa has also completed several training courses from Microsoft in the field of "Modelado y almacenamiento de datos/Administración de bases de datos." In 2015, they underwent training on "SQL Server 2012 Always on high availability and Disaster Recovery Planning," while in 2014, they took courses on "SQL Server 2012 performance tuning, design, internals and architecture" and "SQL Server hands-on troubleshooting."