Hi, I'm Javier. Or Xavi as many call me. I was born in the summer of 1983 in Washington, D.C. where I have spent almost all my life in or around the metropolitan area. I now live in New York City. I have been working in ColdFusion since January 2004 but now specialize in front-end development where I've been working with Flex and AJAX since September 2007. I'm a supporter of web standards and do my best to stay on top of the latest. I don't have any design talent but I'm learning on my own and applying what I can to my site. For those wondering this site was built by utilizing the best in valid XHTML Strict 1.0 markup, CSS, a pinch of JavaScript, and ColdFusion 8.
Besides programming, in my free time I really enjoy anything and everything soccer. I read about the sport daily with my favorite news regarding several of the top European leagues. I stay in shape by going to the gym regularly and eating well. I play whenever I can even if it means just kicking the ball around with a friend or two. I recently played in an indoor league for the winter. In the future I would like to return to coaching.
I'm quite fond of EA Sports' FIFA Soccer and Manager series and have been playing them since 1998. I try to watch what matches I can that are shown on television. My favorite club teams are Newcastle United (England), Valencia (Spain), and Lazio (Italy). In the international scene I follow Argentina, Italy, Spain and USA.
Other interests of mine include traveling and gaming. I've traveled to over 25 international cities, the majority being in Europe. The countries I've visited are Spain, Argentina, France, Italy, Greece, Holland, and Canada. On PC I enjoy playing Mass Effect 2, Borderlands, the Orange Box, and Republic Commando. As far as consoles go I own several. On PSP I'm big Mercury and Wipeout fan and I do my FIFA and GTA gaming on the PS3.