Felipe Montoya
Co-founder And CTO at eduNEXT
Bogota, Colombia
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Top SchoolFelipe Montoya is a seasoned software leader and co-founder serving as CTO of eduNEXT, with 12 years of experience building and maintaining education-focused platforms from Bogotá, Colombia. He blends hands-on backend engineering—demonstrated by contributions to the prominent Open edX platform around microsite configuration and Django template handling—with strategic product and technical leadership for large-scale online learning. His early career included industrial software for production control (J2EE, automation and ERP integrations) and a stint in European research environments via a DAAD fellowship at TUM, reflecting a strong systems and engineering foundation. Felipe holds a honored degree in Mechatronics from Universidad Nacional de Colombia and brings cross-disciplinary fluency between hardware-aware thinking and web-scale software design. Known for refactoring legacy CMS components into modern JavaScript and designing database-backed microsite configurations, he focuses on pragmatic architecture that accelerates adoption in education. He combines entrepreneurial grit with deep backend expertise to turn complex educational requirements into reliable, deployable software.
12 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Ingeniero Mecatrónico, Grado de Honor, Ingeniero Mecatrónico, Grado de Honor at Universidad Nacional de ColombiaInformation an der Elektrotechnik, Becario del DAAD, Information an der Elektrotechnik, Becario del DAAD at Technische Universität München
Spanish, English, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (20)
data-service10
python10
django10
webservice10
backend10
html-template9
python-templates9
apptemplates9
cpp-templates9
code-templates9
javascript8
mongodb6
mongoengine6
php6
django-rest-framework6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
openedx/edx-platform
Sep 2013 - Jul 2022
The Open edX LMS & Studio, powering education sites around the world!
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:161 reviews, 62 commits, 76 PRs in 8 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Felipe contributed to the Open edX platform by implementing and modifying features related to microsite configuration and django template handling. Their work included adding support for custom template paths, integrating microsite settings, and creating a database backend for microsite configuration. The user also refactored and converted CMS code to JavaScript, demonstrating a focus on improving the platform's backend functionality and overall architecture.
edxlmssitesbackend-serviceopen-edx
eduNEXT/edx_xblock_scorm
Nov 2017 - Dec 2020
Contributions:1 review, 9 pushes, 3 comments in 3 years 2 months
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