José Higino
Research Computing And Data Platforms Manager
Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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Top SchoolJosé Higino is a research computing and data platforms leader with 12+ years managing HPC, distributed systems, and operational platforms across New Zealand’s research infrastructure. He currently oversees supercomputer operations and platforms teams, bringing hands-on expertise from roles at NIWA, NeSI and a global engineering background at IBM. José blends deep technical fluency in hardware/software architecture, high-performance computing and blockchain with a community-driven, open-practice mindset honed through authoring IBM Redbooks and collaborative projects. He is equally comfortable with disruptive technologies and pragmatic service delivery, shaping policy, procurement and day-to-day reliability for research and commercial workloads. Known for “trying stuff,” he continuously experiments and adapts, turning prototypes and community insights into production-ready services. Trained as a master’s-level electrotechnical and computer engineer, he excels at translating complex infrastructure challenges into operationally resilient solutions.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Masters degree Electrotechnical and Computers Engineering, Masters degree Electrotechnical and Computers Engineering at Universidade Nova de Lisboa
English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian
Github Skills (83)
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Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
forkyishere/he-awm
Mar 2021 - Feb 2022
Hive-Engine Auto Witness Monitor
Contributions:7 releases, 31 commits, 14 PRs in 11 months
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4Ykw/ecency-vision
Jun 2021 - Dec 2021
Immutable, decentralized, uncensored, rewarding communities built, owned and operated by its users
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
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