Ildefonso Marchena
Jefe De Servicio Del Área De Innovación Y Enseñanza Virtual at Software Tools for Makers
Malaga, Andalusia, Spain
Summary
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Top SchoolIldefonso Marchena is a seasoned technology leader and professor with 14+ years steering innovation and virtual teaching at Universidad Internacional de Andalucía while also serving as CTO of startups and founder of community projects like ST4Makers. He blends hands-on engineering—contributing full‑stack improvements to open projects such as emoncms—with strategic leadership in IoT, open hardware, blockchain and free software initiatives (notably helping build Málaga’s LoRa network). A PhD in Computer Engineering with deep roots in AI and software engineering, he has moved between academia, research projects and product-focused ventures, delivering monitoring and PV plant supervision systems. Beyond administration, he remains an active maker and developer who prototypes hardware-enabled software and publishes community tools, balancing academic rigor with practical, citizen‑centric tech.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor en Informática Ingeniería de software e inteligencia artificial, Doctor en Informática Ingeniería de software e inteligencia artificial at Universidad de MálagaTécnico en informática de Gestión Ingeniería informática, Técnico en informática de Gestión Ingeniería informática at Centro de formación
English, Spanish
Github Skills (13)
emc10
php10
dashboard10
backend10
back-end-development10
front-end-development9
internationalization9
localization9
html9
javascript8
css8
database-design7
mysql7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
emoncms/emoncms
Oct 2012 - Dec 2014
Web-app for processing, logging and visualising energy, temperature and other environmental data
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:40 commits, 1 PR in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Ildefonso primarily contributed to the frontend and backend aspects of the emoncms project, demonstrating skills in PHP for backend logic and HTML/CSS for frontend elements. They implemented features such as language localization, database schema improvements, and enhancements to the dashboard interface. The user also refactored code, improved database connection handling, and optimized GUI components, indicating a focus on both functionality and user experience.
environmentalphpdashboardsloggingemoncms
openenergymonitor/emoncms3
Apr 2012 - Nov 2012
Contributions:184 commits in 7 months
environmentalloggingtemperatureenvironmental-dataenergy
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