Working Experience

Software Development Experience

Technical Co-director

I develop open-source web applications related to Himalayan Computing. I am involved in the following projects: Media Management System (creator; Ruby on Rails), Knowledge Maps (creator; Ruby on Rails), Himalayan Languages Dictionary (creator; Ruby on Rails), The Tibetan to English Dictionary and Translation Tool (creator; Java servlet, application, and applet), Places Dictionary (head developer; Ruby on Rails), Transcription QuillDriver (head developer; Java application).

Department of Information and Technology (DIT), Ministry of Communications of the Royal Government of Bhutan

Consultant and Project Manager

Led a core team of six programmers in the development of the National Digital Library of Bhutan (NDLB). NDLB is a powerful digital library for use by all Bhutan government agencies & schools that provides tools for long term storage and delivery of texts, images, and videos. It is fully localized to the Dzongkha language in terms of interface and content. The project is developed in Ruby on Rails and is open source. Later NDLB evolved into Virtual Bhutan.

Director of Research and Development

Developed the overall structure of all computer science related courses K through 12. Developed from the ground up (in Ruby on Rails) the The Feedback System for Educational Institutions, a support system for parents, students, teachers, and administrators for assessing, tracking, and analyzing academic performance and consumer satisfaction. Also setup the SM Cortijo Course Management System based on Moodle (developed in PHP).

Teaching and Technology Support Partner

Provided support for professors working on various on-line projects such as Religious Studies Digital Image Database (developed in ColdFusion) and the THDL Tibetan Collaborative Dictionaries (developed in Java).

Teaching Experience

Lecturer – “Tibetan Buddhist Theory and Practice.”

From 2005 onwards, I have acted as Tibet House Guatemala's Director, developing its pensum of studies, the syllabus for its courses, course structures, and assignments.

Lecturer – “Introductory Literary Tibetan.”

Developed syllabus, overall course structure, and assignments.

Lecturer – “Introductory Classical Sanskrit.”

Developed syllabus, overall course structure, and assignments.

Lecturer – “Tibetan Buddhist Theory and Practice.”

In 1995, I co-founded Tibet House Guatemala,  the first center dedicated to the study and practice of Tibetan Buddhism in Guatemala. From 1996 onward, I acted as coordinator and main instructor developing the syllabus for its courses, overall course structure, and assignments.

Department of Information and Technology (DIT), Ministry of Communications of the Royal Government of Bhutan

Consultant – "Agile Web Development with Ruby on Rails."

Have given two one month workshops (2007 & 2010). Developed syllabus, overall workshop structure, and assignments. Topics covered: Introduction to Controllers, Views, and Layouts, RESTful Controllers, Active Record Associations and Validations with Resouce Mapping, Active Support, AJAX, and Authentication and Permissions Management among others.

Teaching Assistant – to Derek Frank Maher in “Buddhist Meditation.”

I led discussion sections, met with students upon request, and graded all written work, including final exams and term papers.

Teaching Assistant – to Bill Gorvine in “Tibetan Buddhist Culture.”

I led discussion sections, met with students upon request, and graded all written work, including final exams and term papers.

Instructor – Spanish 102, 201

Developed overall course structure, including weekly assignments and exams, and administered all grades.

Lecturer – “Deming's System of Profound Knowledge.”

Developed syllabus and overall course structure, and administered all grades. The course was part of a program developed for teachers and principals of public schools. The course was based on my Bachelor's thesis. It focused on how to apply Total Quality principles such as Deming's 14 Principles to education.

Lecturer – “Object Oriented Programming.”

Developed syllabus and overall course structure, and administered all grades. The courses included Structured programming concepts, Object oriented programming concepts, C, C++, Java Applications, Java Applets, and Unix (as user and as developer).

Teacher – “Structured Programming,” “Object Oriented Programming.”

Developed syllabus and overall course structure, and administered all grades. The courses included Problem solving skills, Structured programming concepts, Object oriented programming concepts, Basic, Pascal, C, C++, Visual Basic, Java Applications, and Java Applets.