Miguel Cardo
Founder And CTO at Fidesmo
Greater Madrid Metropolitan Area Spain
Summary
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Top SchoolMiguel Cardo is a founder and CTO with 11+ years of hands-on experience building telecom-grade systems and a deep technical specialization in NFC, Trusted Service Manager architectures and secure element lifecycle management. As co-founder of Fidesmo he led product, engineering and business development to make remote distribution of contactless services (payments, tickets, access credentials) practical for device makers. His background spans Ericsson roles from software designer to solution architect, giving him rare end-to-end expertise in Intelligent Networks, identity management, SAML/Liberty federation and multimedia brokering. CISSP-certified, he combines strong security credentials with tendering and commercial negotiation experience for large telco engagements. Known for translating complex protocol and systems challenges into deployable products, he also actively shaped NFC standards (Mifare4Mobile, GlobalPlatform) during his consultant work. Based in Greater Madrid, he blends startup agility with decades of carrier-grade engineering discipline.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Colegio Mayor Fundación Empresa PúblicaMasters Telecommunication Engineering, Masters Telecommunication Engineering at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
English, Spanish, German
Stackoverflow
1,383reputation
103kreached
51answers
3questions
nfc
top-5%
Github Skills (28)
nfc9
apdu9
bluetooth-low-energy9
energy8
specification7
bluetooth7
hce6
smartcard6
android6
rfid6
javacard6
smartcard-reader6
mifare6
api-client6
globalplatform6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
fidesmo/gradle-fidesmo-example
Aug 2014 - Dec 2015
Contributions:6 commits, 2 PRs, 1 push in 1 year 3 months
fidesmo/counter-applet
Dec 2015 - Dec 2017
Contributions:4 PRs, 5 pushes, 5 branches in 2 years
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