BlackBox Vision

At BlackBox Vision we specialize in turning your ideas into game-changing digital products, helping startups and established companies alike to innovate, transform, and succeed in today's competitive landscape.

We offer a comprehensive suite of services tailored to meet your needs at any stage

Product Discovery: Validate your idea’s product-market fit with expert guidance and thorough market analysis. This service focuses on risk mitigation, market validation, understanding user needs, and achieving a faster time-to-market.

Brand & Website: Elevate your brand identity and online presence with compelling brand stories, visually stunning logos, and user-friendly website design. Our services include strategic brand elevation, online presence enhancement, visual appeal, and enhanced user experience.

MVP Builders: Turn your visionary ideas into tangible products. From concept inception to market entry, we provide innovative product realization, strategic concept inception, expert ideation assistance, and an efficient path to market.

Product Evolution: Revitalize and optimize your existing product with strategic enhancements. We ensure your product remains competitive with optimized performance, cost-efficient upgrades, and adaptability to market changes through our monthly agile squads.

Automation as a Service: Streamline operations and boost efficiency with tailored automation solutions. This service focuses on operational streamlining, tailored automation solutions, increased productivity, and cost-efficiency.

CTO as a Service: Access top-tier technical leadership on demand. We provide strategic technology guidance, efficient technology oversight, and cost-effective solutions aligned with your business objectives.

Co-Founder & CEO

In my role as Co-Founder & CTO, my primary focus was empowering the team. I achieved this by shaping our client engagement approach and establishing standardized technology practices. Additionally, I spearheaded the company's open-source initiative on GitHub.

Co-Founder & CTO

Acercando Naciones

As the Co-CTO at Acercando Naciones, a news web app backed by a Non-Profit organization, I played a crucial role in redeveloping the platform using React and Next.js, with WordPress as the backend. 

My efforts in implementing technical and on-page SEO strategies were instrumental in increasing our monthly active users from 100 to 20,000. 

Working closely with our team, I ensured the seamless integration and deployment of new features, enhancing both the performance and reach of our platform.

Co-CTO

Unmano

At Unmano, we have developed an innovative application designed to empower people to help each other.

If you have a problem or need assistance, simply open the app, describe your issue, and we will connect you live via video call with someone who can help you. Likewise, you can also be the one providing assistance to others.

Our platform breaks down the traditional barriers between professionals and ordinary people; here, everyone can help everyone.

Co-Founder & Co-CTO

Crypto Remote

As Fractional CTO, my main responsibility was to help speed up the development and the MVP software launch.

Fractional CTO

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Fractional CTO 

Ingenia CA

At Ingenia we help companies to align their IT services with the business goals, defining the architecture fundamentals to meet current demand and face future challenges.

As Solutions Architect, my main responsibility was to work with clients to help define architecture requirements for frontend developments bringing all my expertise with React, React Native, and Node.js.

Solutions Architect

Grupo América

At Grupo America we seek to overcome all the challenges of a society that constantly evolves and demands high quality products. We are a bridge between society and reality in each of its aspects. We assume a great responsibility, that of reaching the public wherever they are and on all platforms in an agile and appropriate manner to their interests.

As Lead Engineer, my main responsibility was to define the frontend architecture and guide the team to develop interactive news sites with cutting-edge technology.

Lead Engineer

Packt

Packt's mission is to help the world put software to work through the delivery of effective learning and information services.

As Technical Reviewer, my main responsibility was to review the writing quality and the code samples that come in books related to React, React Native, and Material UI.

Technical Reviewer

SAM Sistemas

At SAM Sistemas we think that the only way to stay competitive is to know something more than the rest”. We can consider this premise as our mission to know more and continue to lead. Therefore, we do everything with quality. Our motto is: “software that works well is the only object of our work teams”.

As Mobile Tech Lead, my main responsibility was to define the mobile architecture and guide the team to develop and ship mobile apps with cutting-edge technology.

Mobile TL 

As React & Node Developer, my main responsibility was to develop and ship web apps for different clients in the prop-tech niche.

React & Node Developer

As Android Developer, my main responsibility was to define the mobile architecture and develop apps for mobile banking platforms and drive R+D initiatives in the mobile spectrum.

Android Developer

Jonatan Salas is the Co-Founder and CEO of BlackBox Vision, with over more than a decade of experience in technology and innovation. His journey began with a deep curiosity for technology, leading him to excel in computer science and software development. 

Early in his career, Jonatan made significant contributions to projects for major companies like A24, Diario Uno, La Capital, SURA Seguros, Banco Galicia and Ank establishing his reputation as a visionary leader.

Jonatan is also deeply committed to the open-source community. He actively contributes to various projects, developing and maintaining libraries that support the wider developer ecosystem.

Driven by a desire to create impactful digital solutions, Jonatan co-founded BlackBox Vision with Manuel Tuero. Together, they built a company known for its creativity and human-centric design around digital products. 

Under Jonatan's leadership, BlackBox Vision has delivered groundbreaking solutions across various industries, while also pioneering progressive work practices like the 4-day workweek in Argentina.

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Jonatan Salas

Zopa

- Design and implementation of the MVP for a Point of Sale with BNPL

- Redesigned and reimplemented core microservices used by company-wide products. This effort will streamline the bank processes, resulting in a 3x increase in the ability to implement changes and roll out new products.

Back End Engineer

MaetaData

- Led design and implementation of new core product features.

- Led a company-wide DevOps and infrastructure upgrade. This resulted in 4x onboardings speed and an 80% reduction in production platform issues.

Full Stack Engineer

Ingenia

Provided consultancy services to one of the biggest banks in Argentina.

Reviewed functional and non-functional requirements, provided technical documentation for Apache Kafka implementation.

Provided consultancy services to one of the biggest banks in Argentina.

Conducted the review and enhancements of the DevSecOps CI/CD pipelines for their microservice architecture.

Full Stack Architect

Maecenas

- Led the technical design and development of the platform SPA UI.

FarmLogix

- Designed and implemented the platform MVP, extended its core features and established a solid foundation for future growth. Implemented DevOps and managed the infrastructure to make the solution fully operational.

- Led a small team of engineers to build additional features. This resulted in FarmLogix achieving +4M in revenue.

Senior Software Engineering

DXMarkets

- Led the technical design and development of the SPA UI for a cutting-edge crypto exchange platform.

Frontend Engineer

Apploi

I worked as a software engineer for Apploi, a recruitment platform.

I contributed to the design and implementation of different features of the platform.

ABC Consulting

Worked as Java developer and then turned into Tech Lead in several projects for Union Pacific.

Design and development of Client-Sever applications.
Built a library for SAP - Java communication.
Guidelines definition that involved frameworks and best practices to improve quality and productivity.
User stories analysis, functional and technical documentation.
Estimates, planning, daily meetings with the client.

Tech Lead

OSDE

SSr Java developer for one of the biggest healthcare companies in the country.

Design and development of many applications.
Helped translate functional requirements into technical specifications to be provided to software development agencies, review implementation.
Run many proofs of concepts and technologies.
Estimates of work, delivery management, code reviews, application tunning.

Application Architect

Accenture

SSr Java developer for an enterprise banking portal.

Fixes and development of new features. Mentoring Jr devs. Helped the team lead with the coordination of technical tasks.

Java Developer

I'm a passionate, team player, fast learner and proactive attitude software engineer with more than 17 years of experience in the IT space. I embrace the philosophy of continuous improvement, constantly seeking to make a positive impact in the organizations I am a part of.

Technical proficiencies:
Software design and development / BDD / Java, Kotlin, Grails, Groovy / Spring Boot / Spring Suite / Hibernate-JPA / JMS / AJAX / Javascript / AngularJs / Bootstrap / HTML / CSS-LESS / Jasper Reports / Lucene - Solr - ElasticSearch / RDBMS / Docker / Kubernetes / Cloud providers (AWS)

Also, have knowledge in:
NodeJS / React

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