Andres Montano
Director And Lecturer at Tibetan and Himalayan Library, University of Virginia
Guatemala
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Top SchoolAndres Montano is a director, lecturer, and software engineer with 16 years of experience building open-source web applications and language technologies for complex Asian scripts such as Tibetan, Dzongkha, Chinese, Hindi, and Nepali. He leads curriculum and product development at Casa Tibet Guatemala while co-directing technical projects for the Tibetan and Himalayan Library, where he created multiple Ruby on Rails and Java tools including multilingual dictionaries and media/knowledge management systems. His background blends a B.S. in Systems and Computer Science Engineering with advanced humanities study in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, enabling a rare cross-disciplinary fluency in software, linguistics, and religious studies. Andres has managed international teams and government projects—most notably leading development of Bhutan’s National Digital Library localized in Dzongkha—demonstrating practical delivery in multicultural settings. Fluent in Spanish, English, and Tibetan, he teaches and consults across Guatemala, the U.S., and Bhutan, pairing technical problem-solving with cultural and doctrinal insight. Colleagues value his ability to translate complex script challenges into robust, user-focused software and educational programs.
16 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Suger MontanoB.S., Systems and Computer Science Engineering, B.S., Systems and Computer Science Engineering at Universidad Francisco MarroquínA.B.D., History of Religions, Indo-tibetan Buddhism, A.B.D., History of Religions, Indo-tibetan Buddhism at University of Virginia
English, Tibetan, Sanskrit, Spanish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (42)
phonetics10
structures9
linguistics9
french9
rails-api9
dictionary9
attribute9
collections9
role-based-access-control8
twine8
user-management7
look-and-feel7
sweeper6
exposed6
nodes6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
thl/mms
Jan 2015 - May 2023
Contributions:139 pushes, 1 tag in 8 years 5 months
thl/attachment_fu_patch
Apr 2015 - Aug 2022
Contributions:3 pushes, 3 tags in 7 years 5 months
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