Oscar Hernandez
Civic Data & Technology Lead
Mexico City
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Top SchoolOscar Hernandez is a Civic Data & Technology Lead based in Mexico City with 11 years of experience applying data science and engineering to human rights, civic tech, and open knowledge initiatives. He has led data strategy and technical infrastructure at Codeando México and previously consulted for the Inter-American Development Bank, bringing experience translating policy needs into pragmatic, data-driven solutions. As co-founder and Technology & Data Lead of Milenio Data Lab, he built pipelines, interactive storytelling tools, and workflows that turned investigative datasets into compelling public-facing visualizations. Trained in telecommunications engineering and holding a Master’s in Data Science, he bridges rigorous technical foundations with product-facing analytics. He is notable for working at the intersection of rights and technology—favoring open data, reproducible pipelines, and civic impact over purely commercial metrics.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor’s Degree, Telecommunications Systems Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree, Telecommunications Systems Engineering at Universidad Politécnica de MadridUOC (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya)
Github Skills (23)
democracy9
rails8
ruby8
collective-intelligence8
alex7
ruby-on-rails7
static-site-generation6
static-site6
que5
relation4
gtfs3
flutter3
static-site-generator3
blog-engine3
linter3
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
CodeandoMexico/decidim-monterrey
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Plataforma de participación ciudadana para el municipio de Monterrey, Nuevo León, México.
Contributions:33 reviews, 249 commits, 90 PRs in 10 months
participatory-democracycivic-technuevorailscitizen-participation
EL-BID/InstagramWall
Sep 2018 - Feb 2020
Contributions:147 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
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