Jean-noel Avila
Embedded Systems Manager at Aleph S.A.
Chambéry, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Top SchoolJean-noel Avila is an Embedded Systems Manager with 16 years of experience designing vertically integrated systems from imaging sensors to supervision software, currently leading embedded teams at Aleph S.A. He blends system architecture, software development and digital electronics—having shipped X‑ray and laser triangulation gauging systems deployed across 250+ sites—and makes pragmatic technical choices (real‑time OS, VHDL, Java, XML) to deliver robust industrial solutions. His background spans hands‑on hardware design, SPICE/VHDL simulation and production-grade real‑time software, plus leadership as a former Technical Director and project manager. An active open‑source contributor, he has improved Git localization and documentation and added native Gaviota tablebase support to python-chess, showing a taste for tooling and internationalization beyond embedded domains. Based in Chambéry, France, he is particularly interested in technology convergence and finding synergies between disciplines to simplify complex systems.
16 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (42)
markdown10
git10
rails-i18n10
translation10
python10
internationalization10
c1110
ruby10
c1710
localization10
markdown-it10
chess10
ember-i18n10
i18n-js10
documentation10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
jnavila/git-manpages-l10n
Dec 2018 - Dec 2022
Translation of git manpages
Role in this project:
Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Localization / Internationalization SpecialistContributions:392 commits, 60 PRs, 330 pushes in 4 years
Contributions summary:Jean-noel primarily contributed to the internationalization efforts of the project. Their work focused on integrating the `po4a` tool for translating git manpages, including setting up the necessary configuration files and CI/CD integrations. They introduced the German translation and updated the English source files while making various changes to how translations were handled, like switching to plain `po4a` and managing addenda within the tool.
l10ngit-clienttranslationgitbookmanpages
progit/progit
Nov 2009 - Sep 2017
Pro Git Book Content, 1st Edition - This content is deprecated. See 2nd edition at [progit2](https://github.com/progit/progit2)
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:850 commits, 30 PRs, 20 pushes in 7 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Jean-noel primarily contributed to the project by updating the `couchapp/vendor/markdown/showdown.js` file and the `summary.rb` file. These changes appear to involve modifications to the Markdown conversion tool and a Ruby script for summarizing the project. The user's commits also include merging branches, suggesting an active role in integrating updates and resolving conflicts. The changes to the `summary.rb` script indicate the user focused on refining the analysis of the project's progress.
progit2version-controlpro-gitmercuriallibgit2
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