Iddar Morales is a CTO and seasoned engineering leader with 16 years building full-stack, embedded and AI-driven systems, currently leading engineering at Magma Partners and shaping portfolio companies through applied AI. A YC w21 alum, he blends startup and fund-side experience with a hands-on background in robotics, embedded design and large-scale data architectures. He has repeatedly founded and led engineering teams—rewriting core platforms, managing multidisciplinary teams of 10+ and shipping production-grade software and hardware. An active member of the free software community and frequent hackathon winner, he pairs pragmatic product focus with deep technical curiosity. Based in Mérida, Mexico, he is comfortable moving between low-level firmware and high-level ML experimentation, often surfacing unconventional technical leverage across investments. Colleagues know him as a collaborative mentor who accelerates teams by combining craftsmanship, systems thinking and a willingness to get into the code.
16 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Ingeniera Mecatronica, Automatización y Control por Internet, Ingeniera Mecatronica, Automatización y Control por Internet at Instituto tecnologico de veracruz
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Ingeneria Mecatronica, Robotics Technology/Technician, Ingeneria Mecatronica, Robotics Technology/Technician at Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Xalapa
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