Juan De Castro Fernández
Director Of Virtualization And Digital Strategy
Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain
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Top SchoolJuan De Castro Fernández is a telecommunications engineer and PhD with nearly three decades of combined academic, research and industry experience focused on virtual learning environments, spatial data infrastructures and systems architecture. As Director of Virtualization and Digital Strategy at the Universidad de Valladolid since 2020 and a tenured professor there since 2001, he leads functional and technological deployment of campus-wide ICT services and the Virtual Campus. He has directed research at CEDETEL, advised technology firms, and coordinated the interuniversity UNIMOODLE project that produced widely used Moodle plugins like QUESTournament, Treasurehunt and MSOCIAL. His work sits at the intersection of e-learning pedagogy and practical software integration, producing both pedagogical modules and infrastructure strategy. Notably, he blends hands-on plugin development for real classroom activities with high-level digital strategy, a mix that drives adoption across institutions. Based in Valladolid, he continues to consult on I+D and spatial data infrastructure projects while steering institutional digital transformation.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
E.G.B. (Basic education grades), E.G.B. (Basic education grades) at San Pedro Advíncula de BenaventeMaster Engineer, Master Engineer at Universidad de ValladolidPh.D. Eng. (Doctor Ingeniero de Telecomunicación), Ph.D. Eng. (Doctor Ingeniero de Telecomunicación) at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Spanish, English
Github Skills (86)
moodle10
snow10
grass10
mobile-web10
engage10
home-assistant10
sprinkler10
geolocation10
openweathermap10
iobroker10
multiple-choice10
jstree10
delay10
tilt10
webcam9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
juacas/MoodleQUIZ_template_UVa
May 2020 - May 2021
Contributions:1 release, 10 commits, 9 pushes in 11 months
juacas/moodle-message_appcrue
Jul 2021 - Dec 2022
Integración de la mensajería push de AppCrue con Moodle.
Contributions:11 releases, 31 commits, 3 PRs in 1 year 5 months
conmoodlepushappcrue
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