Name of the Role Model

Francisco Javier Bonillo Ponce

Age

43

City

Almería

Company

iTenderspro.com

Position

Informatics Engineer

Field of Activity

Software development

Original situation of the Role Model

He finished Vocational Training in electronics, radio and TV when he was 19. Since he did not find a job, he decided to study Informatics Engineering at the University of Almería.

Personal background

His studies not only gave him a chance to develop professional skills, but only gave him tools to understand the world better.

Information on physical, psychological, social, economic condition

He has got two auto immune diseases. One is called Sarcoidosis and the other one Takayasu.

Formal education

Vocational Training in electronics, radio and TV

Studies of Informatics Engineering at the University of Almería

Courses and training

Certificates

Barriers to take ICT training or education

Description of ICT related job

He works as a Software Developer at a software company called iTenderspro.com

Position and responsibilities

Main activities

His job consists in developing an application which allows the user to download public tenders automatically

Skills needed (hard and soft skills) to perform job successfully

The required knowledge to carry out the job is to know how to program in any programming language. Furthermore you need to know how to take a task, break it down into smaller tasks and to solve these smaller tasks

Barriers to engage in ICT sector

What has changed since taking ICT training?

His studies not only gave him a chance to develop professional skills, but only gave him tools to understand the world better. In his point of view it is really important to create and offer courses that prepare people at different kind of risks for the future labour market

What has changed since finding a job in ICT sector?