Olmer Bedoya
Research Development Team Lead at Ekumen
Bogotá D.C. Metropolitan Area Colombia
Summary
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Top SchoolOlmer Bedoya is a technical team manager and software developer with over a decade of hands-on experience bridging robotics research and production-grade software, including a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering focused on autonomous vehicles. He leads R&D and ML-embedded systems at Ekumen, mentors engineers, runs hiring processes, and builds data pipelines and C++ edge deployments. His background spans academia and industry—over 30 scientific publications, visiting researcher roles, and years teaching AI and robotics—giving him uncommon depth in both theory and implementation. A co-founder and former CTO, he combines product-minded engineering with systems-level thinking across ROS, Python, C++, backend ETL, and embedded architectures. Based in Bogotá, he is known for translating complex control and autonomy research into deployable solutions and for nurturing high-performing teams.
12 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree mechatronics engineering, Bachelor's degree mechatronics engineering at Universidad Militar Nueva GranadaDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Mechanical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Mechanical Engineering at Universidade Estadual de CampinasUniversidad de los Andes
Spanish, English, Portuguese
Github Skills (113)
ros10
robotics10
dynamics10
gazebosim10
trajectory-generation10
mcl10
urdf10
robotics-simulation10
rendering9
openai-gym9
python9
monte-carlo9
simulation9
robot-simulator9
motion-planning9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
olmerg/olmerg.github.io
Jul 2017 - Apr 2026
Contributions:39 pushes, 1 branch in 8 years 10 months
olmerg/rtb_serial_robot
Apr 2021 - Aug 2022
Contributions:28 commits, 16 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
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