Summary
Emilio Martínez is a Head of R&D with 10 years of experience building and operating large-scale audio intelligence systems from research prototypes to 24/7 production services. Based in Málaga, he leads a multidisciplinary team at BMAT focused on audio fingerprinting, version identification, metadata entity resolution and music detection, with measurable wins such as a 300% id-rate boost and large reductions in false positives and computational cost. He combines deep academic roots—a PhD in Music Information Retrieval and teaching experience—with hands-on C++, Python and TensorFlow engineering, owning deployment and maintenance across thousands of CPU cores. Practical and metrics-driven, he repeatedly turns signal-processing research into resilient microservices and annotation tools used across the company and by external collaborators. An often-overlooked strength is his track record mentoring students and integrating university collaborations into product-grade pipelines.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Music Information Retrieval, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Music Information Retrieval at Universidad de Málaga
Master's Degree, Sound and Music Computing, Master's Degree, Sound and Music Computing at Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Engineering, (Electronics, Informatics, DSP), Engineering, (Electronics, Informatics, DSP) at Polytech Lille
English, French, Spanish