Summary
Marcelino Cancio is a CTO and research-driven engineering leader with 12 years of experience building high-performance systems at the intersection of fashion tech, DSP, and compiler-level optimization. He leads Couture Technologies’ effort to commercialize virtual try-on experiences while maintaining R&D roles that translate academic results into production-grade tools. His background includes modifying OpenJDK compilers, inventing a lossy compression approach for ARM instructions, and creating cloud data systems for healthcare — work that has earned peer-reviewed publications and an EIT grant. Comfortable both in T-shirt-and-jeans startup mode and in rigorous research environments, he combines hands-on systems engineering with a knack for turning academic proofs-of-concept into shipped products. Based in Nashville, he brings rare cross-domain expertise spanning computer vision, performance engineering, and practical machine learning.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science at Université de Rennes I
Doctoral School Business Management Marketing and Related Support Services, Doctoral School Business Management Marketing and Related Support Services at EIT Digital Alumni
Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas
Spanish, English, French