About

Hector Ventura

Lead Software Engineer · Backend & real-time systems

Based in McKinney, Texas, with 18+ years building backend systems, distributed services, and cloud-native applications. Creator of the Floci local cloud emulators.

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Hector Ventura
What I do

Cloud-native backends & real-time comms

My core stack is Java on Quarkus, Vert.x, Spring Boot, and Jakarta EE, running in containers and deployed to the cloud. Alongside that, I have deep VoIP and telecom experience. The blend of cloud-native development and real-time communications is where I'm most at home.

Languages

JavaShell

Frameworks

QuarkusVert.xSpring BootJakarta EE

Cloud & infra

CloudContainersTerraformAnsibleDockerPodmanBuildahSkopeo

VoIP / Telecom

FreeSwitchAsteriskKamailio

Data & streaming

PostgreSQLMongoDBMySQLDynamoDBDebeziumKafkaPentaho
Open source

I build tools I actually need

Free, MIT-licensed, built with Quarkus and compiled to native binaries with GraalVM. Each starts in ~24 ms and idles around 13 MiB. I'm also a Quarkus 1,000 Contributor and have contributed to Debezium and Eclipse Vert.x.

Azure

Floci-Az

The Azure companion: Blob, Queue & Table Storage, Functions, Key Vault, Event Hubs, and Service Bus.

GitHub →
GCP

Floci-GCP

The Google Cloud companion: Cloud Storage, Pub/Sub, Firestore, Datastore, Secret Manager, IAM, and Managed Kafka.

GitHub →

Browse the full project write-ups, including the TelePulse real-time telephony platform →

Community & teaching

Sharing what I learn

  1. 2007 to 2012

    Linux Administration Instructor · Fundación Código Libre Dominicano

    Taught Linux fundamentals and advanced server administration: LDAP, DNS (Bind), Apache, SAMBA, Cron, and Kerberos.

  2. 2017 to 2020

    Java Tutor · ITLA · Santiago

    Tutored the next generation of developers at the Instituto Tecnológico de las Américas.

  3. Years active

    Core member, talks & workshops · Java Dominicano

    A long-time contributor through talks and workshops; still returning for events like JConf Dominicana.

  4. Now

    Active member · Postgres MetroPlex Dallas

    Part of the DFW Postgres community since relocating to Texas.

Education & certifications

Credentials

B.Sc. Computer Science, Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (2007 to 2013).

Containers, Kubernetes & Istio on IBM Cloud

IBM · 2020

IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service

IBM · 2020

MongoDB for Java Developers

MongoDB University · 2014

MongoDB for Developers

MongoDB University · 2014

MongoDB for DBAs

MongoDB University · 2014

Languages

How we can talk

🇩🇴 Spanish: Native 🇺🇸 English: Full professional

Let's connect

Open to consulting, collaboration, and speaking: backend architecture, a tricky VoIP system, or Floci itself. I read every message.

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