Gabriel Montes is a VP of Engineering and veteran software leader who blends 20+ years in IT and telecom with 15+ years managing and delivering large-scale software projects, now focused on accelerating crypto adoption through high-quality Bitcoin and Ethereum products. Based in Miami, he leads web and blockchain engineering at Bloq, driving initiatives like BloqCloud, Metronome and Vesper while contributing stability and protocol features to major open-source projects such as web3.js. A full-stack JavaScript and Node.js expert with formal training (MS in Software & Knowledge Engineering) and certifications (PMP, CSM, SCJP), he pairs hands-on architecture and coding with proven program and process leadership—having led CMMI and ISO efforts at Motorola and multiple operation startups. He’s equally comfortable designing wallets, dApps and microservices or coaching distributed multicultural teams through agile adoption and continuous improvement. Notably, his contributions to WebSocket resilience and chain ID support in web3.js reflect a practical focus on real-world robustness in blockchain tooling.
13 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
Master Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, Master Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering at Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires
Collection of comprehensive TypeScript libraries for Interaction with the Ethereum JSON RPC API and utility functions.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:20 commits, 9 PRs, 20 comments in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Gabriel primarily focused on improving the stability and functionality of the web3.js library, specifically addressing WebSocket provider issues. Their contributions included adding error handling to the `WebsocketProvider`, enhancing subscription management, and implementing WebSocket reconnections. Furthermore, the user added the `eth.getChainId` method and fixed existing bugs and added additional features to the library.
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