Mario Baranzini is an IT Support & Development Engineer with nine years of hands-on experience building and product-managing open-source GIS solutions from Switzerland. He has driven QField and QFieldCloud as Product Owner while contributing Android features to the widely used opengisch/QField project, improving file selection, media integration, and asset handling for mobile field mapping. Comfortable across Python, QGIS, PostgreSQL, Django, Docker and JavaScript, he pairs full-stack development with stakeholder-driven solution design and on-site IT support at CSCS. His background spans telecom and banking software (C++, Java, AS/400) and formal training in software engineering, giving him a pragmatic approach to complex systems. A multilingual practitioner (Italian, French, English, some German), he gravitates toward Linux and free-software ecosystems and enjoys continuously leveling up his engineering craft.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Postgraduate Certificate, Computing (Software Engineering), Postgraduate Certificate, Computing (Software Engineering) at The Open University
Diploma Federale Istruttore della Protezione Civile, Salvataggio e Aiuto alla condotta, Diploma Federale Istruttore della Protezione Civile, Salvataggio e Aiuto alla condotta at Ufficio Federale della Protezione della Popolazione
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland
Attestato federale di capacità e Maturità professionale tecnica, Elettronico B, Attestato federale di capacità e Maturità professionale tecnica, Elettronico B at Scuola Arti e Mestieri Bellinzona
Contributions:19 reviews, 35 commits, 37 PRs in 3 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Mario primarily contributed to the Android implementation of the QField application. Their work focused on enhancing the file selector functionality, including adding support for SD cards, recent directories, and favorite directories. Furthermore, the user refactored the asset unzipping process and integrated camera and gallery features within the application. They also addressed the orientation during the QFieldActivity.
Contributions:52 releases, 3 reviews, 515 commits in 4 years 3 months
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Mario Baranzini - IT Support & Development Engineer at CSCS