Jose Tallon
President at Aizen Security
Greater Madrid Metropolitan Area Spain
Summary
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Top SchoolJose Tallon is a seasoned technology executive and entrepreneur with over a decade of experience building and leading multiple tech firms from Madrid, currently serving in C-level roles across several companies including We Are Technology, Beskar Forge, and as CTO/CEO of Aizen Security. He combines hands-on systems and back-end engineering expertise—evidenced by contributions to the libconfig C/C++ library adding include_dir support, octal integer handling and precision fixes—with strategic leadership in infrastructure, virtualization and resilient IaaS platforms. His background spans founding and scaling businesses, product and brand creation, and deep technical ownership as lead architect and sysadmin. Comfortable both shipping low-level code and steering company vision, he repeatedly spins off viable business lines from technical platforms. He holds advanced engineering degrees from KTH and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, underscoring a strong foundation in networks and distributed systems. A detail-oriented problem solver, he brings rare visibility into file-format parsing quirks and system-level precision issues that most executives overlook.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
MSc. Eng Information Technology, MSc. Eng Information Technology at KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyHigh School, High School at Colegio Nuestra Señora del RecuerdoMSc Engineering in Computer Science Networks and Distributed Systems, MSc Engineering in Computer Science Networks and Distributed Systems at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
English, Spanish, French, Swedish
Github Skills (9)
c-language10
lexical-analysis10
cprogramming-language10
file-parsing10
configuration-file10
strings8
data-structures8
text-manipulation8
data-structure8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
hyperrealm/libconfig
Nov 2015 - Dec 2015
C/C++ library for processing configuration files
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 17 commits, 13 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Jose primarily contributed to the `libconfig` library by adding features related to configuration file parsing and processing. They implemented support for the `@include_dir` directive, enabling the inclusion of configuration files from directories. Furthermore, the user made several code improvements, including enhancing the handling of absolute pathnames and adding support for octal integers. Additionally, the user addressed issues related to float precision and indentation in the library.
configuration-filesconfigurationc-library
doblenet/go-doblenet
Aug 2016 - Feb 2021
Contributions:19 pushes, 1 branch, 1 tag in 4 years 7 months
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