Jose Diacono
Director at CrossCountry App
New South Wales, Australia
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolJose Diacono is a director and founder with 14+ years in software and over two decades in GIS, who builds award-winning equestrian mapping and smartphone apps that are used from Pony Club to the Olympics. He co-founded CrossCountry App and Equimaps to deliver user-focused, design-driven tools that help riders, coaches and organisers visualise courses, improve performance and streamline event operations. A hands-on product leader, he combines expertise in iOS/Android development, GPS, cloud and usability with obsessive user testing and first-line support. His work has been adopted by elite events including Badminton, Burghley and Olympic course designers, and he also runs targeted advertising and integration opportunities through the CrossCountry platform. An active front-end contributor in open-source (notably enhancing body-scroll-lock for better touch handling), he brings practical engineering chops alongside marketing and stakeholder engagement experience. Based in New South Wales, he blends deep technical GIS roots with a competitor’s passion for Eventing that drives continual product innovation.
14 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Lady Lumley'sBA Hons, German, French, Politics, BA Hons, German, French, Politics at University of Bradford
English, German, Dutch, French
Github Skills (5)
javascript10
mobile9
vanilla-javascript6
js6
react4
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
willmcpo/body-scroll-lock
Sep 2018 - Jul 2021
Body scroll locking that just works with everything 😏
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:33 commits in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Jose primarily focused on enhancing the functionality and maintainability of the `body-scroll-lock` library. They introduced an `allowTouchMove` option, replacing a previous attribute-based approach for improved flexibility. The user's contributions included adding a modal example for testing and refactoring code to improve compatibility and remove duplication. Furthermore, the user applied prettier formatting, promoting code consistency.
everythinglockiosmobilereact-scroll-lock
capacitor-community/background-geolocation
Nov 2020 - Jan 2023
A Capacitor plugin that sends you geolocation updates, even while the app is in the background.
Contributions:111 commits, 7 comments in 2 years 2 months
capacitorionicandroidupdatescapacitor-plugin
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