Selected work & proof
Founder-owned products, multi-country telecom platforms, AVFoundation video engines, TDD katas, and research prototypes. Every project is backed by real constraints, clean architecture, and complete ownership.
Founder product / private chat archive
A private iPhone, iPad, and Mac app that turns WhatsApp exports into searchable conversations, media galleries, timelines, and local analytics.
Staff engineering / real-estate media
A native AVFoundation video editor for real-estate media, plus the testing, CI, and architecture work that made releases safer.
Team leadership / operator TV across Europe
A TV streaming platform and SDK deployed across 7+ countries by major European telecom operators, with massive gains in reliability and ratings.
Freelance / enterprise business banking
Modernized the flagship business banking app for BNP Paribas Fortis from legacy Objective-C toward Swift and SwiftUI without pausing ongoing product delivery.
Apple Watch & HealthKit / Product Hunt featured
A pioneer Apple Watch heart rate monitor using HealthKit sensor streams to detect irregularities, reaching Top 3 Health & Fitness in Germany and earning AppAdvice Top Watch App of 2015.
Early widget innovation / watchOS & Today Extension
An innovative game playable entirely inside the iOS Notification Center widget and Apple Watch, solving undocumented Today Extension memory constraints.
Offline-first publication / constrained connectivity
An offline-first digital reader for an independent publication in Cuba, engineered to download and cache stories fast during scarce, expensive internet sessions.
Freelance / high-frequency sports betting
Designed a hybrid native and web architecture that allowed native and web engineering teams to ship betting features in parallel with 30% faster time-to-market.
Open source / reactive architecture playground
A showcase iOS application consuming the Marvel API using RxSwift, custom blur transitions, Alamofire, Kingfisher, and automated GitLab CI pipelines.
TDD Kata / algorithm & visual time encoding
A precision implementation of the Berlin Clock (Mengenlehreclock) in Swift built with strict Test-Driven Development (TDD) and illuminated colored time blocks.
Architecture Kata / Swift & SwiftUI pair programming
A TicTacToe game engine engineered using Test-Driven Development and Domain-Driven Design (DDD), with a reactive SwiftUI visual interface.
MapKit & Geo / high-density clustering
A high-performance MapKit application locating betshops across Germany with dynamic clustering, opening hours parsing, and route navigation.
Luxury fashion catalog / high-res visual showcase
A luxury fashion catalog app for iPad and iPhone showcasing premium yarn and fabric collections, built during the first generation of Swift.
Hospitality & coworking MVP / rapid turnaround
A members-only mobile app for luxury London coworking spaces with concierge messaging, meeting-room booking, resident connections, and live travel updates.
Wearable mobility / Samsung Gear 2 Hackathon
A wearable traffic safety app for Samsung Gear 2 smartwatch alerting pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers about collision hotspots using NYPD vehicle collision data.
Research prototype / spatial computing
AR guidance for industrial assembly using HoloLens 2, Apple Vision Pro, object detection, spatial overlays, and structured instructions.
Public infrastructure / Android app
Maintenance and extension work on FBrake, the Android app used in Spain’s national ITV brake-efficiency process, alongside mobility research and teaching.
Interactive & Live Captures
Real recordings of gesture navigation, algorithmic state transitions, and widget execution.
Shipped Catalog
From Apple Watch heart monitors and notification widgets to offline readers, coworking MVPs, and smart mobility tools.
Apple Watch & HealthKit / Product Hunt featured
A pioneer Apple Watch heart rate monitor using HealthKit sensor streams to detect irregularities, reaching Top 3 Health & Fitness in Germany and earning AppAdvice Top Watch App of 2015.
Early widget innovation / watchOS & Today Extension
An innovative game playable entirely inside the iOS Notification Center widget and Apple Watch, solving undocumented Today Extension memory constraints.
Offline-first publication / constrained connectivity
An offline-first digital reader for an independent publication in Cuba, engineered to download and cache stories fast during scarce, expensive internet sessions.
Hospitality & coworking MVP / rapid turnaround
A members-only mobile app for luxury London coworking spaces with concierge messaging, meeting-room booking, resident connections, and live travel updates.
Luxury fashion catalog / high-res visual showcase
A luxury fashion catalog app for iPad and iPhone showcasing premium yarn and fabric collections, built during the first generation of Swift.
Wearable mobility / Samsung Gear 2 Hackathon
A wearable traffic safety app for Samsung Gear 2 smartwatch alerting pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers about collision hotspots using NYPD vehicle collision data.
Assistance services
Mobile flow for requesting road and emergency assistance services and communicating with operators.
Sports events / contest project
A proposal to connect sports hobbyists and schedule local sport events naturally; received a special mention.
Credibility & Scope
Academic signal
Master in Computer Science (Best Thesis of Graduation, UC3M) + Bachelor in Informatics Engineering (Summa Cum Laude, CUJAE).
Languages
English (Fluent, C1+), Español (Native), Dutch (Intermediate 2.2 certificate), French (Basic understanding).
International Reach
Lived and worked in Cuba, Spain, and Belgium. Shipped software operating in Austria, Croatia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Greece, Belgium, and Trinidad.
Spatial computing
Applied research prototypes in AR/VR interaction, spatial tracking, object detection, and ontology-backed instructions.
Recommendations
Recommendations from engineering managers, clients, and professors who worked with Hugo up close.
From the start of my collaboration with Hugo, it was clear that he is an expert programmer with a structured way of working. He is eager to learn and apply new things, especially related to AR and AI... Besides this, he has a feeling for UI design, and he skilfully contributed to user research. I happily recommend Hugo for any innovative app development, especially when it includes AI, AR, or Apple devices (iOS or visionOS).
Hugo is an excellent professional and sharp analyst... He is actually an amazing team member and a natural leader. His energy is incredible, and he is passionate about what he does. That is why you should hire him or work with him — it will change your working experience and your team considerably.
Hugo delivered reliable AR and AI solutions... He built production-grade apps on iOS and Apple Vision Pro. He paired strong computer vision skills with solid software engineering, moving fast from prototype to field-ready builds. He owned the full stack: OS-level components, spatial tracking, rendering, and UI. If you need AR on Apple platforms, Hugo is a safe hire. I gladly recommend him.
It is a pleasure to recommend Hugo. His performance working as a programmer proved that he will be a valuable asset to any company. He was one of the best programmers we have had — highly intelligent, with great analytical thinking and outstanding communication skills.
Hugo is curious, detail-oriented, and reliable. For him, there is no such thing as "a task too difficult to be carried out" — rather "an interesting challenge that will make me learn something new." During the time we worked together, he was an asset to the team, quickly adopting new technologies... I would sincerely recommend Hugo for any position.
Hugo is a great colleague, very hardworking and intelligent. As a student he was outstanding in his studies, which is why he obtained excellent results.
