It has been about two weeks since Esteban left HPE Aruba to pursue higher education and we are already feeling the loss. For the past several years, I’ve had the pleasure of working with Esteban in the kernel driver and real-time application space. I can say without reservation that Esteban is the most talented and effective engineer I’ve ever worked with. It becomes immediately clear to everyone that Esteban is rigorously technical and immensely capable. It’s not often that highly detailed people who have exacting standards like Esteban also possess the compassion and patience needed to empower their team members and help them grow. Over the past few years, I’ve watched Esteban grow from an immensely talented engineer into a trusted and admired leader. Esteban maintains unimpeachable standards for himself while showing respect and encouraging less capable team members and that, to me, is what makes Esteban so special. People who work with Esteban are made better for it. Esteban is an incredible role model and he has the ability to motivate the people around him to be better and to achieve levels of success that were otherwise out of reach. Collaborating with Esteban has been one of the great joys of my career and I am excited that he is out there inspiring others to excellence.

I have been working with Esteban for the last 5 years as his senior technical lead in HPE/Aruba. Esteban is one of the brightest engineers I have worked with, and that's not even his best trait. Esteban is the rare example of a bright engineer, thirsty for knowledge and experience, yet humble enough to learn from others' experience and advise. This combination makes him someone that can have a huge impact into any engineering organization. I recall being surprised when performing the first code review for a task assigned to Esteban. It was a change in the Linux kernel drivers that I had estimated it would take myself a couple days, but any junior engineer at least 2 weeks. Esteban was a new hire out of school and did it in 2 days and with the quality that had nothing to desire. The change wasn't trivial. Was the first time in my career someone would surprise me like that. Over the years Esteban keep showing his technical prowess, but eventually also grew into leadership role thru mentoring and guiding other team members, as well of driving internship research projects. Some of his research projects turned into features in our products. Several of his ideas where disclosure for patents. Early in 2022 we worked together to create an elective course about software engineering for the Electronic Engineering School in the Universidad de Costa Rica. While we created the outline together, Esteban took the plan and created great materials and exercises for the course. It was the kind of course I would have love to take while at school. Over the last couple years I have provided mentorship to Esteban and watch him grow beyond his already spectacular technical skills, into a well-rounded engineer that can understand the complex dynamics of innovation inside a fast moving international company, and also someone that can translate that knowledge into newer generations both professionally and academically. Esteban has my whole-hearted recommendation for any professional or academic position.

It has been about two weeks since Esteban left HPE Aruba to pursue higher education and we are already feeling the loss. For the past several years, I’ve had the pleasure of working with Esteban in the kernel driver and real-time application space. I can say without reservation that Esteban is the most talented and effective engineer I’ve ever worked with. It becomes immediately clear to everyone that Esteban is rigorously technical and immensely capable. It’s not often that highly detailed people who have exacting standards like Esteban also possess the compassion and patience needed to empower their team members and help them grow. Over the past few years, I’ve watched Esteban grow from an immensely talented engineer into a trusted and admired leader. Esteban maintains unimpeachable standards for himself while showing respect and encouraging less capable team members and that, to me, is what makes Esteban so special. People who work with Esteban are made better for it. Esteban is an incredible role model and he has the ability to motivate the people around him to be better and to achieve levels of success that were otherwise out of reach. Collaborating with Esteban has been one of the great joys of my career and I am excited that he is out there inspiring others to excellence.

I have been working with Esteban for the last 5 years as his senior technical lead in HPE/Aruba. Esteban is one of the brightest engineers I have worked with, and that's not even his best trait. Esteban is the rare example of a bright engineer, thirsty for knowledge and experience, yet humble enough to learn from others' experience and advise. This combination makes him someone that can have a huge impact into any engineering organization. I recall being surprised when performing the first code review for a task assigned to Esteban. It was a change in the Linux kernel drivers that I had estimated it would take myself a couple days, but any junior engineer at least 2 weeks. Esteban was a new hire out of school and did it in 2 days and with the quality that had nothing to desire. The change wasn't trivial. Was the first time in my career someone would surprise me like that. Over the years Esteban keep showing his technical prowess, but eventually also grew into leadership role thru mentoring and guiding other team members, as well of driving internship research projects. Some of his research projects turned into features in our products. Several of his ideas where disclosure for patents. Early in 2022 we worked together to create an elective course about software engineering for the Electronic Engineering School in the Universidad de Costa Rica. While we created the outline together, Esteban took the plan and created great materials and exercises for the course. It was the kind of course I would have love to take while at school. Over the last couple years I have provided mentorship to Esteban and watch him grow beyond his already spectacular technical skills, into a well-rounded engineer that can understand the complex dynamics of innovation inside a fast moving international company, and also someone that can translate that knowledge into newer generations both professionally and academically. Esteban has my whole-hearted recommendation for any professional or academic position.

It has been about two weeks since Esteban left HPE Aruba to pursue higher education and we are already feeling the loss. For the past several years, I’ve had the pleasure of working with Esteban in the kernel driver and real-time application space. I can say without reservation that Esteban is the most talented and effective engineer I’ve ever worked with. It becomes immediately clear to everyone that Esteban is rigorously technical and immensely capable. It’s not often that highly detailed people who have exacting standards like Esteban also possess the compassion and patience needed to empower their team members and help them grow. Over the past few years, I’ve watched Esteban grow from an immensely talented engineer into a trusted and admired leader. Esteban maintains unimpeachable standards for himself while showing respect and encouraging less capable team members and that, to me, is what makes Esteban so special. People who work with Esteban are made better for it. Esteban is an incredible role model and he has the ability to motivate the people around him to be better and to achieve levels of success that were otherwise out of reach. Collaborating with Esteban has been one of the great joys of my career and I am excited that he is out there inspiring others to excellence.

I have been working with Esteban for the last 5 years as his senior technical lead in HPE/Aruba. Esteban is one of the brightest engineers I have worked with, and that's not even his best trait. Esteban is the rare example of a bright engineer, thirsty for knowledge and experience, yet humble enough to learn from others' experience and advise. This combination makes him someone that can have a huge impact into any engineering organization. I recall being surprised when performing the first code review for a task assigned to Esteban. It was a change in the Linux kernel drivers that I had estimated it would take myself a couple days, but any junior engineer at least 2 weeks. Esteban was a new hire out of school and did it in 2 days and with the quality that had nothing to desire. The change wasn't trivial. Was the first time in my career someone would surprise me like that. Over the years Esteban keep showing his technical prowess, but eventually also grew into leadership role thru mentoring and guiding other team members, as well of driving internship research projects. Some of his research projects turned into features in our products. Several of his ideas where disclosure for patents. Early in 2022 we worked together to create an elective course about software engineering for the Electronic Engineering School in the Universidad de Costa Rica. While we created the outline together, Esteban took the plan and created great materials and exercises for the course. It was the kind of course I would have love to take while at school. Over the last couple years I have provided mentorship to Esteban and watch him grow beyond his already spectacular technical skills, into a well-rounded engineer that can understand the complex dynamics of innovation inside a fast moving international company, and also someone that can translate that knowledge into newer generations both professionally and academically. Esteban has my whole-hearted recommendation for any professional or academic position.