
Roberto Álvarez Ceballos
Hello, my name is Roberto Álvarez Ceballos. Since I was a kid I've been always passionate about computers. I got my degree in Computer Engineering in the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and since then I haven't stopped working on the things I really enjoy.
I'm a passionate Android developer, but what I really enjoy is solving problems through software development. I'm always looking for new challenges where I can prove and improve my skills as wells as discover and learn new technologies.
About

3D Reality is the result of our ability to create 3D environments of augmented reality or virtual reality oriented to provide a web or mobile application of this innovative technology

AR Navigation is a multi-platform application that integrates Augmented Reality technology with a real-time user positioning system.

Register the time worked by your employees with Time’Up and manage all the data from a simple dashboard. Time’Up is a powerful and complete solution featuring an app for iOS and Android for employees, as well as a web dashboard for companies. Using the app, employees can register their work time from any predefined location, such as work, home or a customer’s office

“ARHelp!” it’s a multiplatform application that integrates augmented reality technologies into a real-time video call, creating a unique communication experience. Our platform offers a visual and simple communication, enriched by augmented reality, between a technician and a person who needs remote assistance.

Convert your AutoCad 2D plan to 3D, keeping the same coordinates and dimensions and explore the environment generated using your mobile device. Thanks to Virtual Reality integration, you will be able to see your designs as never before and revolutionise your team and the way you work with a customised solution that can be scaled to any need.

Interior Planner is a multi-tool app designed to offer the user a unique design experience. A lot of tools and possibilities unified in a simple and intuitive interface.

AR TV Picker it´s an augmented reality mobile APP, that allows our users to see how a specific TV would fit in their home space. No matter the size or the place where they want to put it.


Imagine having a mobile phone that is capable of hiding sensitive content from anywhere on your screen on real time

Enagás is Spain’s leading natural gas transmission company and Technical Manager of the Spanish gas system.
In this APP, you may consult details of the inputs/outputs to the Spanish Gas System, demand forecast, predicted closing line pack in the network. In addition, it shows you the conversion factor applicable on your invoice.

Most companies have not yet initiated their own AR Marketing strategies. With a technology that is already sitting in your pocket we wanted to showcase the different possibilities this technology has to offer.

We have development this platform for patients and carers. Using Vigilant, patients can notify an emergency to their carers quickly and easily. Patients can notify an emergency with their Smart Speakers or thanks to our mobile application

Telefónica wanted to develop a tool capable of analysing the security of their devices during the certification process.

This is a skill I’ve created for Alexa (Amazon Echo). Those who are preparing the Life in the UK exam can now practice thanks to this skill just by letting Alexa ask you questions from the exam.

The final chapter. With this application I have managed to cover all the main 3 nautical titles that you can get. I think this is a really addition to the other two applications and I feel really happy to be able to help someone who is just starting from the first to the last exam.

My first skill for Alexa, the engine behind Amazon Echo. It was a nice and fun first contact with this technology. The skill is basically a math game where Alexa can guess your age by asking a few questions.

After the success with the Android apps I decided to move the project into the Web. This is the first web application available to study for the exam «Patrón de Embarcaciones de recreo».
The website is fully responsive and works really well in most browsers including Chrome, Firefox, Safari..
It allows users to practice questions from the exam straight from their computer or mobile device.

Thanks to the success of my first application dedicated to this topic I decided to release a second one. The app will help those won want to take the exam for «Patrón de Embarcaciones de Recreo» which is the first level of these sailing licences and one of the most popular one.

This is version 3.0 of vouchercloud. I’ve been working on this project for more than 4 years. In all that time we have released more than 60 different versions of the app. This version 3.0.0 is a new milestone for us as we have improved once again parts of the UI of the application.

As part of the study to get my sailing licence I deiced to created an application to help me study while travelling and in the move. Thanks to this application and a bit of practice I managed to get my licence. I have published the app in Google Play and made it free for everyone interested on passing this exam.

This was a request from a friend who was working on this application and didn’t have the resources to build this component. It’s a custom date picker that allows you to add icons to each field as well as displaying more than 3 options at a time which is default in Android.

Helped a friend with his project by developing the Android application as well as the API inside WordPress, needed to power up the mobile apps.

With our two biggest platforms ready it was time to interconnect them. We added a whole new section inside Vouchercloud where users can browse through all our gift cards. To finalise the purchase users will be redirect to the application (if installed) or the mobile website.

As part of the Vouchercloud proposition we have always supported the deal type of offer. This is an offer that the user needs to purchase in advance. We moved from our own set of deals to a new feed of them from the best deals websites. As part of this integration we changed the look and feel of this section inside the application.

This is one more of the of applications I built for IDL. With Loyaltycloud users can store as many cards as they want, there is no need to carry those loyaltycards in your wallet any more.

Platform developed for Vodafone Italy. It’s based on vouchercloud and was developed as their loyalty program Vodafone Rewards.

Giftcloud has been one of the biggest challenges at IDL. A fantastic platform to revolutionise the industry of gift cards allowing users to buy digital gift cards from their phone.

This is version 2.0 of vouchercloud. During all this time there has been many versions but this was a major released as we made big changes on the UI and overall user experience.

Application developed for Vodafone UK based on vouchercloud. It was released in 2013 and was live for more than a year until Vodafone stopped supporting the VIP program.

This is my first fully functional game, developed using Unity and a bunch of assets that I bought from a preexisting game.

As part of the agreement with Vodafone we started to release Vouchercloud in more countries like Germany, Netherlands, Malta and South Africa. Vodafone customers do have access to better content inside the application, and to validate them as customers we developed a full telephone + pin journey as well as an automatic recognition of the MSISDN via Header Enrichment.

Vouchercloud has had its logo placed on the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes car for the Formula 1 Grand Prix at Silverstone.

Vodafone Group («Vodafone») announced the increased its shareholding in Vouchercloud’s parent company, Invitation Digital Limited (IDL), to 57%. Vodafone took a 21% stake in IDL in May 2011 and, further to the transaction announced today, has the first option to increase its direct shareholding in the future.

After the success of vouchercloud in Android and iOS we worked on the Windows Phone version. We managed to release this version in 7 countries around Europe.

With the support of Vodafone and their interest on supporting all mobile platforms we managed to released the BlackBerry version.

After six months I became the Head of Mobile of IDL and since then I took care of all the mobile development within the company. I started managing the development of our vouchercloud application in other platforms as BlackBerry and Windows Phone.

For the second year in a row I was able to attend the Google I/O in San Francisco. There is no better place to meet talented people.

After a couple of weeks working at IDL I released the first version of vouchercloud for the Android platform. It was a big milestone for the company and the begging of my long career here at IDL

In March 2011 I decided to move to the United Kingdom and join IDL (Invitation Digital). I was hard to leave everything behind, but after many good years at Indra I knew it was the right time for new challenges.
I decided to move to IDL as I wanted to experience what is like to join a startup in the early days and help it growth.

After Christmas of 2011 I decided to work on a small project that took a month to see the light, it was my first live wallpaper for Android. I wanted to developed a game but didn’t have the time and resources necessaries so I went for something much smaller. I based the wallpaper on one of my favourite games from my childhood, Bomberman. The application was LIVE in the Android Market for almost a Year until got removed due to Copyright.

I was the Android teacher during the release of the Máster Universitario Informática Móvil (Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca). It was a great experience where I really enjoyed teaching what I learnt during the last couple of years.

For about five months I spent most afternoons and weekends working as a freelance for Capital Energy Read. I was in charge of developing an Android application for their final client ENDESA. The application PORTAE was the mobile version of their real estate portal.

Thanks to my contacts I had the fantastic opportunity to organise a trip for a couple of Directors in Indra to meet the offices of Google and Microsoft. What a great experience.

We won the «Reto Móvil» of the BBVA Open Talent 2010 with our application Inmobialia. We built a real estate portal based on location services and augmented reality.

I taught an introductory course about Android in 8 different Universities around Spain. We did it as part of the relationship between Indra and those Universities as we worked really close in many projects.
- University Autonoma de Madrid
- University Carlos III
- University Juan Carlos I
- University Alcalá de Henares
- University de Salamanca
- University Pontificia de Salamanca
- University de Extremadura
- University de Castilla la Macha

I worked as a freelance for Mobile Snack Labs helping them build the Android version of the application ServiCaixa. We migrated their iOS version into Android in three months. The application allows users to buy cinema tickets among others tickets straight from the phone.

Once my scholarship was over INDRA offered me a position as part of their R&D team in Indra Software Labs (Madrid). I spent two incredible years learning new technologies and being part of some incredible projects.

With two other friends we decided to found a new portal to talk and learn about Android. It was the first Spanish website to focus on Android and one of the first ones around the world. We kept the portal live for many years but due to different paths in our lives we couldn’t maintain it for much longer.

I joined INDRA as part of a scholarship sponsored by the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. I was working there for 6 hours every day while finishing the few subjects I had left to finish my degree.
Portfolio
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3D Reality
3D Reality is the result of our ability to create 3D environments of augmented reality or virtual reality oriented to provide a web or mobile application of this innovative technology
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AR Navigation
AR Navigation is a multi-platform application that integrates Augmented Reality technology with a real-time user positioning system.
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Time Up
Register the time worked by your employees with Time’Up and manage all the data from a simple dashboard. Time’Up is a powerful and complete solution featuring an app for iOS and Android for employees, as well as a web dashboard for companies. Using the app, employees can register their work time from any predefined location, such as work, home or a customer’s office
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The AR Help APP
“ARHelp!” it’s a multiplatform application that integrates augmented reality technologies into a real-time video call, creating a unique communication experience. Our platform offers a visual and simple communication, enriched by augmented reality, between a technician and a person who needs remote assistance.
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3D PLAN GENERATOR
Convert your AutoCad 2D plan to 3D, keeping the same coordinates and dimensions and explore the environment generated using your mobile device. Thanks to Virtual Reality integration, you will be able to see your designs as never before and revolutionise your team and the way you work with a customised solution that can be scaled to any need.
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Interior Planner
Interior Planner is a multi-tool app designed to offer the user a unique design experience. A lot of tools and possibilities unified in a simple and intuitive interface.
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Card Scanner with AR
Augmented Reality, Mobile Applications
We want to improve the online banking using AR, in order to do this we have developed a native library for both platforms Android and iOS.
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AR TV Picker
Augmented Reality, Mobile Applications
AR TV Picker it´s an augmented reality mobile APP, that allows our users to see how a specific TV would fit in their home space. No matter the size or the place where they want to put it.
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Scan & Block
R&D
Thanks to our modified version of the Android Operating System you can now hide sensitive content from images in real time.
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Enagás EnergyData
Mobile Applications
In this APP, you may consult details of the inputs/outputs to the Spanish Gas System, demand forecast, predicted closing linepack in the network. In addition, it shows you the conversion factor applicable on your invoice
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AR Virtual Shop
Augmented Reality
AR allows users to experience new ways to interact with their environment and discover additional content anywhere they go.
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Vigilant – Looking after your loved ones
Alexa Skills, Mobile Applications
We have development this platform for patients and carers. Using Vigilant, patients can notify an emergency to their carers quickly and easily.
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Android security dashboard
Mobile Applications, Web
We built a security monitoring tool for Telefónica, capable of detecting potential harmful applications installed on the device.
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Life in the UK – Alexa Skill
Alexa Skills
Life in the UK will help you prepare the Life in the UK Test using your Amazon Echo
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Test Capitán de Yate – CY
Mobile Applications
Application to practice the exam Capitán de Yate, contains questions divided by topic as per the real exam
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Guess my Age
Alexa Skills
A simple mathematical trick implemented for Alexa
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https://estudiarper.com
Web
Responsive website to help you study the exam "Patrón de embarcaciones de Recreo"
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Patrón de Embarcaciones de Recreo
Application to practice the exam Patrón de Embarcaciones de Recreo, contains questions divided by topic as per the real exam
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Vouchercloud 3.0
Latest version available of vouchercloud, we have reached 4 million downloads.
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Share Banner – Vouchercloud
Mobile Applications
Share banner developed using the JBOX 2d physics Engine.
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Patron de Yate
Mobile Applications
Application to practice the exam Patrón de Yate, contains questions divided by topic as per the real exam
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Custom Date Picker – Gousto
Mobile Applications
Easy to use custom date picker based on the requirements from the company behind Gousto's app
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Bristol2Night
Mobile Applications
Find all the latest and upcoming events in Bristol, listen to the artists and play all your favourite events.
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Loyaltycloud
Mobile Applications
Very handy application to save all your loyalty cards in one place.
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Vouchercloud 2.0
Mobile Applications
Version 2.0 of vouchercloud, includes new features and new look and feel
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Vodafone My Shopping
Developed for Vodafone Italy, this application based on vouchercloud was developed as part of our relationship with Vodafone
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Pong – Unity game
This is probably my first game ever developed, it's being made using Unity.
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Vodafone VIP
Mobile Applications
Application developed for Vodafone as part of their VIP program in UK
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Vouchercloud 1.0
Mobile Applications
Flagship of IDL, vouchercloud has more than 4 million downloads just on Android.
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Bomberman Live Wallpaper
Mobile Applications
Live wallpaper based on the game bomberman. The user can place bombs by touching the screen
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Inmobialia (Winner of BBVA OpenTalent 2010)
Mobile Applications
Winner of BBVA OpenTalent 2010. The application was a solution for the problem banks have due to the big stock on real state properties
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ServiCaixa
Mobile Applications
This application was developed for the bank La Caixa to allow customers to buy cinema tickets from their smartphone
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Widget TV 2.0
Mobile Applications
Widget para ver la programación de varios canales de televisión Españoles
Education
UAM is a Spanish public university established in 1968. Throughout its history, it has been one of Spain’s most prominent higher education institutions, being ranked first amongst Spanish universities. It is the Spanish university with the most researchers among the most cited according to the Thomson Reuters ranking citation in 2011. I spent some of the best years of my life here, the friends and knowledge will stay with you for the rest of your life.
The school opened in 1990 and was named after the Everglades environmentalist Marjory Stoneman Douglas. It’s currently rating a 9 out of 10 in the rankings of great schools across the United States. I spent only one year here during my time in the United States as a exchange student, for sure it’s hard to move to a new country, new family and new school when you are only 16 years old but I learned many things about life.
Courses
Indra
- Developing applications for iPhone SDK 3.0 (XtremoByte)
- R&D project management (In-Nova)
- Advanced C++ programming (Ibertech)
- Web development with Jakarta Struts, Spring (Ibertech)
- AJAX and technologies 2.0 (Ibertech)
Invitation Digital Ltd
- Android Performance (Udacity)
- Android Design for Developers (Udacity)
- Advance Android App Development (Udacity)
Publications & Awards

MobiAR
Tourist Experiences through Mobile Augmented Reality, AR is considered to be a new medium of creative expression that can enrich the manner in which human beings experience reality.

BBVA Open Talent 2010
Winner of the first prize under the category «Reto Móvil» with our vision of a real estate application using new technologies of geo localisation and augmented reality.

Android-Spa
Co-founder of the Spanish community specialised on Android. Founded on November 2007 it got more than 50.000 users. It was the first Spanish community to focus on Android and one of the first ones around the world.
My skills
Check out some of my soft skills
Contact
Contact info
- The Robinson Building, Apt 2013.
Norfolk Place, Bristol (UK) - Email: r.alvarezceballos@gmail.com
- Website: www.robertoalvarezceballos.com
- Phone: +44 079 30 51 85 73