Rafael Leiva
Research Fellow at Blue Plane
Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
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Top SchoolRafael Leiva is a research-focused software engineer and founder with over two decades of experience designing and delivering enterprise-grade, n-tier web applications and integration solutions. As founder and CTO of OSOCO since 2003 and now a Research Fellow at Blue Plane, he blends hands-on architecture and development expertise (notably in Java/J2EE, Groovy/Grails, SOA and OSS/J) with long-term R&D thinking about the future of software. He has led teams from programmer to chief architect roles, helping large organizations and startups adopt agile and extreme programming practices. Rafael also brings a strong commitment to web accessibility and practical experience deploying government and telecom systems. His background in telecommunications engineering and technology-based business administration informs a rare mix of technical depth, client-facing leadership, and product-minded strategy. Based in Madrid, he continues to explore paradigm-shifting approaches to augment human intellect through software.
16 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Technology-based Business Administration postgraduate degree, Technology-based Business Administration postgraduate degree at ICEIIngeniero Superior de Telecomunicaciones, Telemática, Ingeniero Superior de Telecomunicaciones, Telemática at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
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Github Skills (59)
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pharo10
domain-driven-design10
software-design9
bootstrap9
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object-oriented-programming9
bloom-filter9
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
theratpack/grails-zap-geb-sample-app
Oct 2013 - Jan 2016
Contributions:8 commits, 2 pushes in 2 years 3 months
osoco/osoco-site
May 2017 - Feb 2026
Victor Hugo is a Hugo boilerplate for creating truly epic websites!
Contributions:6 PRs, 128 pushes, 3 branches in 8 years 10 months
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