Mati Alfaro
Software Development Consultant at Larch Networks
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Top SchoolMati Alfaro is a software development consultant and seasoned engineering leader with nearly two decades of experience building real-time and embedded systems in the semiconductors and networking space. He progressed from real-time software engineer to head of SONiC development and senior management roles at Marvell, combining deep Object-Oriented Design and distributed-systems expertise with hands-on embedded and networking software delivery. Based in Barcelona, he excels at leading cross-functional teams using Scrum to ship complex firmware, OS-level networking stacks, and production-grade distributed services. Known for bridging low-level embedded constraints with higher-level system architecture, he consistently reduces time-to-market while maintaining reliability for hardware-adjacent products. His background—anchored by a Computer Science BSc from Universitat Ben Gurion Ba-Negev—pairs practical engineering with long-term team development and operational ownership.
2 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science at Universitat Ben Gurion Ba-Negev
Hebrew, English, Spanish
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Github Skills (12)
armv610
virtual-network10
sonic10
networking10
sdn10
switch10
cli10
binary-image9
redis-database9
state-management7
redis6
database6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
Marvell-switching/sonic-buildimage
Feb 2024 - Nov 2024
Scripts which perform an installable binary image build for SONiC
Contributions:4 reviews, 5 PRs, 71 pushes in 9 months
installablesonicbinary-imageimage-build
Marvell-switching/sonic-utilities
Feb 2024 - Aug 2024
Command line utilities for the SONiC project
Contributions:3 reviews, 2 PRs, 22 pushes in 6 months
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