Emiliano Heyns
Information Analist Data Architect
Arnhem-Nijmegen Region Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolEmiliano Heyns is an experienced information analyst and data architect with 12+ years shaping enterprise data landscapes for the Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen, where he designs the enterprise data model, integrates systems, and sets policies for data reuse and quality. He combines a deep engineering background—spanning BI architecture, data warehousing, time-series pipelines and sensor-data cleansing—with practical leadership as a team lead and scrum master across multiple decades. His hands-on contributions to open-source projects like Zotero translators and the CSL styles repo show a knack for reliable data extraction, transformation and test automation in scholarly data ecosystems. Emiliano’s academic foundation in computer science and a MSc in Philosophy of Science, Technology and Society inform a pragmatic, model-driven approach to untangling organizational data meaning and flow. He is particularly skilled at reducing complex data problems to actionable design decisions that balance governance, usability and technical feasibility.
12 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
Propaedeuse, Technische informatica / Computertechniek / Technische computerkunde, Propaedeuse, Technische informatica / Computertechniek / Technische computerkunde at University of TwenteIng, Informatica (Software engineering) / Hogere opleiding Software engineer, 9 (with honors), Ing, Informatica (Software engineering) / Hogere opleiding Software engineer, 9 (with honors) at Hogere Informatica Opleiding Enschede
Dutch, English
Github Skills (10)
data-extraction10
javascript10
html-parsing10
testing10
ruby9
yaml9
cicd7
bibliography7
cd7
json6
Programming languages (32)
Github contributions (5)
zotero/translators
Jan 2016 - Aug 2021
Zotero Translators
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 reviews, 90 commits, 103 PRs in 5 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Emiliano's primary contribution to the `zotero/translators` repository involved creating and modifying JavaScript translator files for the Zotero platform. These changes focused on extracting and structuring data from various websites, specifically academic and scholarly sources, to facilitate bibliographic data import. The user's commits demonstrate proficiency in parsing HTML and manipulating extracted information to meet Zotero's data format requirements, which shows experience with data extraction and transformation within the Zotero ecosystem. The changes involved adapting to evolving website structures and ensuring compatibility.
translatorstranslationzotero
citation-style-language/styles
Jun 2019 - Jul 2022
Official repository for Citation Style Language (CSL) citation styles.
Role in this project:QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:13 reviews, 38 commits, 32 PRs in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Emiliano's contributions center around modifying and updating the testing infrastructure within the repository. Their work includes adjusting test filters, modifying spec helper files, and adding tests for pull requests. The changes suggest an effort to improve the testing process, potentially by adding features, refining existing tests, or adapting to changes in the codebase. These modifications appear focused on enhancing the quality assurance and testing capabilities of the project.
citationcitation-style-languagebibliographycsscitations
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