Miguel Torres
IUCN Red List Systems Manager
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolMiguel Torres is an experienced systems manager and developer with 12 years building data-driven GIS and web applications, currently leading the information systems for the IUCN Red List. He blends Ruby on Rails backend development, PostGIS/Leaflet geospatial expertise, and data management to deliver robust conservation information platforms used globally. His career spans roles from web and GIS developer to technical officer and project manager, demonstrating an ability to translate complex spatial and conservation requirements into reliable production systems. Based in Cambridge, he brings a rare mix of environmental planning training (MSc in Civil Engineering – Planning) and hands-on software engineering, including past work on transit WiFi systems and large-scale GIS deployments. Colleagues value his pragmatic approach to data governance and his knack for making spatial datasets both usable and auditable.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Msc Civil Engineering - Planning, Msc Civil Engineering - Planning at Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do PortoTraining Certificate, Training Certificate at E-Comenius
English, Portuguese, Spanish, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (20)
back-end-development10
modeler10
rails10
modello10
activerecord10
backend10
ruby-on-rails10
modeling10
database-relations9
relationship9
database-design9
relation9
cms8
factory-bot6
connection-pooling6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
unepwcmc/protected-planet-consumer
Feb 2015 - Oct 2016
Contributions:43 PRs, 88 pushes, 37 branches in 1 year 8 months
apiprotected
unepwcmc/ipbes
Jan 2015 - Nov 2015
Catalogue of Assessments on Biodiversity and Exosystem Services for the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).
Contributions:8 PRs, 28 pushes, 3 branches in 10 months
cataloguebiodiversityassessmentsecosystemdigital-humanities
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