Patricio Del Boca
Tech Lead And Open Advocate
Netherlands
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Top SchoolPatricio Del Boca is a tech lead and open advocate with 12 years of experience designing and delivering open-source data management solutions for governments, NGOs and enterprises. As Tech Lead at the Open Knowledge Foundation and a CKAN core contributor, he blends backend Python development with clear, user-focused documentation to power major data portals and drive standards like Frictionless Data. He is a seasoned team leader and spokesperson who shapes technology strategy, partnerships and hires while representing the foundation at international fora. A longtime open-movement activist and member of Open Data Córdoba, Patricio pairs civic-minded data work with hands-on implementation—often migrating and reorganizing complex codebases to improve usability. Based in the Netherlands, he brings a rare mix of technical depth, public-facing communication skills and conviction for a fair, sustainable and open data future.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Licenciatura, Filosofia, Licenciatura, Filosofia at Universidad Nacional de CórdobaEngineer's degree, Information Technology Project Management, Engineer's degree, Information Technology Project Management at Universidad Tecnológica Nacional
English, Italian
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Github Skills (11)
python10
documentation10
version-control9
git9
api8
apidoc8
ckan6
azure6
azure-ad-b2c6
openid6
openid-connect6
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
ckan/ckan
Apr 2019 - Jan 2023
CKAN is an open-source DMS (data management system) for powering data hubs and data portals. CKAN makes it easy to publish, share and use data. It powers catalog.data.gov, open.canada.ca/data, data.humdata.org among many other sites.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Documentation Specialist
Back-end Developer & Documentation SpecialistContributions:91 reviews, 630 commits, 298 PRs in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Patricio primarily contributed to the documentation and development of the CKAN platform. The commits show improvements to the user guide, including detailed explanations of search functionality and integration of code snippets within the documentation. Furthermore, the user migrated code to a new file structure. These changes point towards a developer who is comfortable in both backend development and in creating clear, comprehensive documentation for the platform.
portalspythondatadata-catalogdbpedia
pdelboca/ckanext-xloader
May 2019 - Apr 2022
Express Loader - quickly load data into DataStore. A replacement for DataPusher.
Contributions:1 PR, 20 pushes, 6 branches in 2 years 11 months
javascriptexpressdatastorenodejsloader
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