Hector Tobon
IT Manager at Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA)
Cali Metropolitan Area Colombia
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Top SchoolHector Tobon is an IT Manager and digital product leader with over 12 years of hands-on experience building scalable monitoring, evaluation, and decision-support platforms for global agricultural research programs. He currently leads Innovation and Business Development at the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, delivering interoperable data systems and BI solutions that improve donor reporting and program performance across CGIAR. Hector has driven the design and scaling of MARLO and program-level data management practices that enabled FAIR, open-access workflows and more timely reporting to partners like the World Bank. He combines technical product leadership with a pragmatic focus on data quality, governance, and AI-enabled automation for narrative reporting. Trained in systems engineering and innovation management, Hector bridges strategy, technology, and M&E to turn complex research requirements into reusable digital assets. Based in Cali, Colombia, he’s known for turning program-level needs into shared platforms that increase visibility and reuse across multi-center initiatives.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Innovation Management, Business Innovation and Organizational Change, Innovation Management, Business Innovation and Organizational Change at Erasmus University RotterdamMaestría en Gestión de Informática y Telecomunicaciones, Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management, Maestría en Gestión de Informática y Telecomunicaciones, Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management at Universidad IcesiCertificate in Digital Product Management: Modern Fundamentals, Product Management, Certificate in Digital Product Management: Modern Fundamentals, Product Management at University of Virginia Darden School of BusinessWorkshop, Information Technology, Workshop, Information Technology at Info-Tech Research GroupCertificate, Business Administration and Management, General, Certificate, Business Administration and Management, General at Cornell University
English, Spanish
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Github Skills (32)
evaluation10
maven10
java9
tomcat9
planning9
monitoring8
api-client7
api7
python7
eclipse6
backgrounds6
mysql-workbench6
cmd6
encoding6
machine-learning6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
CCAFS/ccafs-ap
May 2015 - Feb 2016
Contributions:1 release, 690 commits, 391 pushes in 9 months
CCAFS/One-stop-shop
Feb 2017 - Feb 2017
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 day
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