Jorge Vargas
Managing Partner at Startup Weekend Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Summary
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Top SchoolJorge Vargas is a seasoned entrepreneur and managing partner with 19 years of experience building and investing in technology ventures from the Dominican Republic. He founded and led multiple companies and programs—Codemera, Printhouse.io, Venture Do, Finext Do and the country’s first pre-acceleration program—combining hands-on software experience with strategic mentorship and capital to scale founders into investable businesses. Jorge is deeply embedded in the local tech ecosystem as founder of Python Dominicana, organizer of Startup Weekend Santo Domingo, and board leader of CASA, demonstrating a rare blend of community building and deal-making. He also contributes to open-source projects like django-cms through documentation and configuration guidance, reflecting attention to developer experience. Known for seeking the “1% within the 1%,” he pairs a product-focused, outcomes-driven approach with networks and operational know-how to turn bold ideas into sustainable companies.
19 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering at Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo
English, Spanish
Github Skills (6)
cms10
documentation10
django10
web-content8
python8
webpages8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
django-cms/django-cms
Mar 2011 - Oct 2011
The easy-to-use and developer-friendly enterprise CMS powered by Django
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:7 commits in 6 months
Contributions summary:Jorge primarily focused on documentation and configuration snippets within the django-cms project. Their contributions include adding examples for configuring the Wymeditor and correcting typos. The user also made style adjustments and small corrections in configuration and upgrade documentation.
cmspythondjango-frameworkdjangodjango-cms
elpargo/foxhole-rats-debrief
Apr 2023 - Apr 2023
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 16 days
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