Daniel Laguna is a seasoned software director and engineering leader based in Costa Rica with nine years in senior roles and over two decades of hands-on Java and .NET experience. He currently runs R&D, blockchain development, and customer onboarding initiatives while leading teams at NearLinx and Costa Rica Software Services, combining people coaching with delivery accountability. Technically strong in Hibernate, WCF, the .NET Framework and Java ecosystems, he has contributed backend fixes and OSGi improvements to the notable dotCMS open-source core. His background spans enterprise banking, e-commerce and integration projects, reflecting a consistent focus on robust architectures and test-driven improvements. Daniel pairs a Master of Computer Applications with practical leadership that bridges legacy J2EE systems and modern headless CMS and blockchain work.
9 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachillerato Ingenier铆a Sistemas, Bachillerato Ingenier铆a Sistemas at Universidad Latina
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Computer Engineering at Universidad Latina de Costa Rica
Bachiller, Bachiller at Colegio Humboldt
Master of Computer Applications (M.C.A.) Computer and Information Sciences General, Master of Computer Applications (M.C.A.) Computer and Information Sciences General at Tecnol贸gico de Costa Rica
Maestr铆a Sistemas de Informaci贸n, Maestr铆a Sistemas de Informaci贸n at ITCR
Headless/Hybrid Content Management System for Enterprises
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:33 commits, 41 PRs, 76 pushes in 3 months
Contributions summary:Daniel primarily contributed to the back-end functionality of the dotCMS project, focusing on improving core features. Their work included implementing new features for marshalling and unmarshalling data, as well as addressing and fixing key-value pair logging errors. The user also made improvements to the OSGI framework, including fixes for the base folder path and adjustments to the UI elements. Additionally, they made contributions to the unit tests, removing unused code and adapting to reflect changes in project structure.
Contributions:1 PR, 3 pushes, 3 branches in 3 days
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Daniel Laguna - Director Of Software Development at NearLinx