Luis Borobia is a seasoned software leader and VP of Platform Innovation and DevOps with nearly three decades of engineering experience and a recent M.S. in Computer Science from UT Dallas. He architects and delivers secure, scalable Industrial IoT and automation platforms, blending hands-on backend development with strategic DevOps and cloud-native practices. Luis has led product and platform transformations at startups and enterprises—building notable products like FictionCity and the Remote Vision IoT/security platform—and currently drives platform strategy at EPIC iO Technologies. An active open-source contributor, he has contributed bug fixes, feature improvements and CI/Docker integration to well-known projects such as Yii and Sails.js/mongo adapters, showing deep competence in backend systems and infrastructure reliability. He combines technical depth in architectures, databases and cloud services with proven people leadership, mentoring teams to production-ready outcomes. Based in Dallas, he brings a practical, multidisciplinary approach to solving complex operational and safety challenges across industries.
14 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.) in Computer Science, Master of Science (M.S.) in Computer Science at The University of Texas at Dallas
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at Universidad de Belgrano
Contributions:26 commits, 13 PRs, 65 comments in 4 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Luis primarily focused on improving the functionality and maintainability of the sails-mongo adapter. Key contributions include fixing reconnection issues with MongoDB, adding configuration options for reconnect attempts, and addressing aggregation issues with newer MongoDB versions. Furthermore, the user implemented significant enhancements to the testing environment, including the addition of Docker-based MongoDB instances and CI/CD improvements. These changes demonstrate a focus on both backend development and infrastructure-related tasks.
An adapter-based ORM for Node.js with support for mysql, mongo, postgres, mssql (SQL Server), and more
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:12 commits, 12 PRs, 82 comments in 4 years
Contributions summary:Luis contributed to the Waterline ORM by fixing association-related issues, including handling null values and optimizing removal processes. They added support for array-based population in queries, enhancing the flexibility of data retrieval. Furthermore, the user addressed a bug related to model attribute validation, improving the overall stability of the system.
sql-servermysqlmongonode-jssql
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Luis Borobia - Vice President Of Platform Innovation And DevOps