Gabriela Gaona
Software Engineer And Product Manager at UCOM - Universidad Comunera
Asuncion, Distrito Capital de Paraguay
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Top SchoolGabriela Gaona is a software engineer and product manager with 15 years of experience building and leading technology projects across private companies, public institutions, and the nonprofit sector in Paraguay. As Director at WillDom she architects solutions and manages end-to-end delivery, while her product work includes a healthcare shift-matching platform that improved staffing flexibility and quality. She teaches Agile project management and undergraduate courses, translating practical delivery experience into classroom impact and mentoring the next generation of engineers. A co-founder of Codium and longtime community organizer for initiatives like Django Girls and Girls Code, she combines technical depth with a passion for widening access to STEAM for underprivileged girls. Her background in telecom billing systems and national academic software reengineering demonstrates strong systems thinking across JavaEE/Postgres stacks and large-scale integrations. Fluent in both hands-on development and strategic product leadership, she often bridges technical design, team coaching, and community-driven social impact.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Professional Photographer, Professional Photographer at La Obra FotógrafosGlobal Competitiveness Leadership Program, Global Competitiveness Leadership Program at Georgetown UniversityInformatics Engineering, Computer Science, Informatics Engineering, Computer Science at Universidad Nacional de Asunción
Spanish, English
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Github Skills (23)
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
GirlsCodePy/girls-code-web
Apr 2020 - Aug 2022
Contributions:77 commits, 68 PRs, 91 pushes in 2 years 4 months
loorely/friendbot
Sep 2019 - Feb 2020
Two out of every 10 students suffer bullying in the world. Bullying is a serious violation of the right to education and a real problem that schools must be aware of. Friendbot born as a solution for the early detection of cases of bullying of children from 8 to 12 years old. It consists of an application that mainly work as a chatbot that can follow the development of children during their growing stage and give them day to day orientation on deep emotional questioning. The bond of the children generated with the application will allow detecting cases of bullying or signs of depression through a base of knowledge and AI.
Contributions:6 commits, 5 pushes, 2 branches in 5 months
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