Ramón Roche
Executive Director at Airwards
Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Summary
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Top SchoolRamón Roche is a software engineer and open-source leader with 14 years of experience, currently serving as General Manager for the Dronecode Foundation at The Linux Foundation, where he grows a vendor-neutral ecosystem around PX4, MAVLink, QGroundControl and DronecodeSDK. He combines hands-on backend engineering—contributions to DroneKit-Python and notable Ruby e-commerce projects like Spree and spree_active_shipping—with program leadership that nurtures inclusive developer communities. Previously a senior engineer and technical lead at 3DR, Ramón helped ship the Solo platform and drove integration work across DroneKit, ArduPilot and MAVLink. Based in Tijuana, he operates fluently across product, developer relations and ops, pairing system-level thinking with pragmatic tooling and testing improvements. He judges industry innovation for Airwards and brings a practical, shipping-first mindset informed by experience scaling cloud media, streaming and embedded drone systems. Ramón’s bilingual background and space-grade Linux interest hint at a blend of regional leadership and ambition for safety-critical, high-reliability software.
15 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Digital Graphic Design Engineering, Digital Graphic Design Engineering at CETYS Universidad
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Github Skills (30)
git10
ruby-rails10
python10
apidoc10
back-end-development10
mavlink10
ecommerce10
rails10
ruby10
api10
commerce10
dronekit10
spree10
backend10
ruby-on-rails10
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
spree-contrib/spree_active_shipping
Jun 2013 - Jan 2014
Spree integration for Shopify's active_shipping gem.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:60 commits in 6 months
Contributions summary:Ramón primarily focused on refactoring and enhancing the shipping calculation logic within the `spree_active_shipping` gem. They addressed issues related to package weight calculations, ensuring correct handling of international shipping and weight limits. Furthermore, the user implemented and refined testing procedures and corrected ContentItem parameters for improved code quality. The commits show involvement in core functionalities of the shipping calculations.
shopify
dronekit/dronekit-python
Dec 2014 - Apr 2018
DroneKit-Python library for communicating with Drones via MAVLink.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:12 releases, 136 commits, 127 PRs in 3 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Ramón primarily contributed to the DroneKit-Python library, enhancing its core functionality. They added features such as a global load path for app context and streamlined drone control mechanisms. The user also refactored existing examples and added a drone delivery example app, demonstrating their ability to expand the library's capabilities and provide usable code. Additionally, they implemented and fixed REST API client methods.
dronekit-pythonmavlink
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