Maximiliano Del Canto
IT Project Manager at University of Cologne
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolMaximiliano Del Canto is an IT Project Manager and seasoned telematics engineer with 10 years of experience building and scaling video management systems for higher education. As Lead Opencast Developer at the University of Cologne he engineered a GPU-based encoder that sped processing up to 1000%, led Opencast releases, and orchestrated campus-wide scheduling and annotation integrations tied to the central university database. He combines hands-on Java and DevOps work—CI/CD with GitLab, Docker, and RPM packaging—with applied AI for automatic transcription and video analysis that cut costs by an estimated €100,000/year. An Apereo Fellow and long-time Opencast committer, he brings open-source stewardship to production-grade deployments. His background in telematics, datacenter projects, and Wi‑Fi analytics shows a pragmatic systems mindset that spans hardware, networking and software. Fluent in turning research-grade prototypes into operational services, he sits at the intersection of engineering, project management and academic IT.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Master of Business Administration - MBA at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus UniversityMaster of Business Administration - MBA, Master of Business Administration - MBA at University of Cologne Business SchoolCivil Engineer in Telematics, Engineer degree in Telematics Sciences, Civil Engineer in Telematics, Engineer degree in Telematics Sciences at Federico Santa María Technical University
English, Spanish, German
Github Skills (176)
lan10
python10
sdl10
automation10
home-assistant10
libfdk-aac10
debian10
video-processing10
mqtt10
linux10
dotnet10
recording10
scale10
video-management10
real-time-strategy10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
mliradelc/ffmpeg-build-script
Dec 2018 - Mar 2023
The FFmpeg build script provides an easy way to build a static ffmpeg on OSX and Linux with non-free codecs included.
Contributions:39 pushes, 11 branches in 4 years 3 months
libfdk-aacosxffmpeg-buildffmpeg-staticlinux
mliradelc/Ilias-Opencast
Oct 2019 - May 2022
Contributions:6 PRs, 60 pushes, 38 branches in 2 years 7 months
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