Jose Torres
CEO And Founder at 8bitcollective Inc.
Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China
Summary
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Top SchoolJose Torres is a hardware-focused entrepreneur and engineer with nine years of professional experience leading product design and manufacturing across electrical, computer, and software domains. As CEO and founder of Source Parts (Popcorn Computer) and 8bitcollective, he has shipped consumer Linux handhelds and built one of the internet’s earliest chiptune communities of 50,000 creators, blending hardware design with community-driven software. His background includes PCB and production leadership at Next Thing Co., experimental robotics platforms, and a JPL summer research stint—demonstrating a range from space research to mass-market production. Based in Shenzhen, he combines hands-on circuit design, embedded systems, and product management to move concepts through prototyping to crowdfunding and manufacturing. An unusual strength is his ability to bridge retro-music culture and modern IoT hardware, turning niche creative communities into tangible products.
9 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Electrical Engineering; Computer Science; Psychology;, Electrical Engineering; Computer Science; Psychology; at Rochester Institute of TechnologyNY Regents Diploma Science Honors, NY Regents Diploma Science Honors at Horace Greeley High School
English, Spanish, Chinese
Github Skills (153)
python10
windows10
wireguard10
security10
backup10
visual-studio10
gemma10
encryption10
javascript10
openlibrary10
vpn10
vpn-client10
ipsec10
editor10
s3cmd10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
rampageservices/ollama
Feb 2024 - Mar 2025
Get up and running with Llama 2, Mistral, and other large language models locally.
Contributions:18 pushes in 1 year 1 month
PopcornComputer/PopStick
Jul 2022 - Jan 2023
This repository contains the source files for the PopStick™ documentation website.
Contributions:33 commits, 1 PR, 28 pushes in 6 months
documentation-websitesource-files
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