Sonya has been with Cotton & Company for 8 years. As director of Web Development, she leads the web team, manages the technical infrastructure for fulfilling web services, oversees the project lifecycle, and ensures that projects are on time and on budget. Sonya also provides guidance on new technologies including AI and Learning Machine, and how they can be used to improve the user experience.
With over 30 years in the technology development industry, Sonya has considerable experience as a Senior Full-Stack Web Developer, DBA, System Analyst, Intranet Programmer, and Website and CMS Developer. Prior to Cotton & Co., she worked for Action Online Technologies, Inc. where she was responsible for creating and deploying websites for Starwood Hotels, Sheraton, Marriott BonVoy, iHealthspot(Health Industry), Houston Zoo, and Jimenez Y Fernandez, a major Puerto Rican coffee producer. Sonya’s experience also includes working for a Brazilian Newspaper, where she developed a classified ad system integrating both printed and online newspaper versions, while also being responsible for the latter. She earned a Bachelor of Mathematics and Science from FURB, University in Brazil. Sonya is fluent in Portuguese and Spanish, and successfully interacts with professionals of varying technical backgrounds.
Sonya likes to travel around the world and visit new places. On her free time she likes to spend time with family and friends, travel around the world learning about other cultures, food and gardening.
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