Rafael Heras
Software Development Manager at IBM
Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
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Top SchoolRafael Heras is a Software Development Manager and seasoned embedded systems engineer with 16 years of experience designing mission-critical hardware-software solutions across telecommunications, SDN, IoT and industrial applications. Currently leading teams at IBM’s IA and Automation BU and contributing to SDN initiatives, he blends hands-on kernel, driver and RTOS development with higher-level architecture and project management. His background spans Linux kernel and driver work, proprietary protocol stacks (ModBus, CAN/CANopen, X-Modem), microcontroller platforms (PIC, ColdFire, HCS12) and cloud-connected IoT analytics—bringing rare full-stack embedded-to-cloud fluency. Rafael’s career includes building RTOS-based platforms for electric IEDs, architecting scalable WiFi analytics and shipping datacenter-grade SDN dataplane code, demonstrating an ability to move between low-level performance tuning and system-level product thinking. Based in Madrid, he pairs deep technical craftsmanship with leadership that elevates teams to tackle complex integrations and reliability challenges.
16 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Universitat Politècnica de València
English, Spanish, Portuguese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (23)
cmock10
unit-testing10
iptables10
mocking10
nftables10
rake10
behavior-driven-development10
testing9
linux9
golang9
ruby8
go7
git-mirror7
openocd6
tdd6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
methril/Ceedling
Aug 2017 - Aug 2023
Ruby/Rake-based build and test system for C projects
Contributions:6 pushes, 4 branches in 6 years
raketestingcodeclimaterubycapybara
methril/zephyr
Sep 2018 - Jul 2024
Contributions:5 pushes, 2 branches in 5 years 10 months
git-repositoryzephyr
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