Begoña Alvarez
Heart & Co-Founder at Boxfish Studio
Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
Summary
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Top SchoolBegoña Alvarez is a telecoms-trained engineer and co-founder of Boxfish Studio with 11 years of experience turning IoT and blockchain research into practical products and consultancy for companies of all sizes. Based in Madrid, she blends full-stack development chops with a founder’s mindset, having contributed front-end work to the notable IOTA Smart Contracts ecosystem—building UI features for a fair roulette demo and improving UX, analytics, and code hygiene. Her background includes international study in computer science and workshops in multimodal emotion detection and text-search algorithms, giving her an uncommon mix of signal-processing and human-centered design perspectives. Energetic about democratizing innovation, she focuses on making advanced tech accessible, deployable, and user-friendly.
12 years of coding experience
Erasmus student, Computer Science, Erasmus student, Computer Science at Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamWorkshop, Text Searching Algorithmics, Workshop, Text Searching Algorithmics at Czech Technical University in PragueWorkshop, Multimodal Emotion Detection, Workshop, Multimodal Emotion Detection at Delft University of TechnologyEngineer's Degree, Master of Science (MSc), Telecommunications Engineering (ABET accredited), Engineer's Degree, Master of Science (MSc), Telecommunications Engineering (ABET accredited) at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
English, Spanish
Github Skills (6)
css10
javascript10
user-interface10
svelte10
front-end-development10
iota9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
iotaledger/wasp-legacy
Sep 2021 - Mar 2022
Node for IOTA Smart Contracts
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:94 commits, 25 PRs, 13 pushes in 5 months
Contributions summary:Begoña primarily contributed to the frontend of the IOTA Smart Contracts node, specifically focusing on the user interface for a fair roulette demo. Their work involved cleanup and modifications of the CSS, development of Svelte store connections, implementation of features for the roulette demo, adding Google Analytics, and improvements to the UI. The user also merged branches and addressed code cleanup tasks.
smart-contracts
boxfish-studio/evm-toolkit
Mar 2023 - Apr 2024
EVM Toolkit is a frontend offering user friendly interaction with a L2 ISC chain, including Faucet and Withdrawal from a L2 chain
Contributions:1 review, 4 PRs, 22 pushes in 1 year
evmfrontend
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