Summary
Ricardo Mendoza is a hands-on software engineer and founder with over a decade building low-level Linux and embedded systems, now leading Pantacor to simplify connectivity and app delivery for CPEs and network devices. He combines deep kernel, distribution (Ubuntu, Gentoo, OpenWRT) and Android internals expertise with high-level application design in C, C++, Qt, and Python, enabling full OS bring-ups and productization. His background in electronics and firmware, plus familiarity with IP semiconductor design, gives him rare end-to-end insight from silicon and board bring-up to cloud-connected services. At Canonical he helped architect Snappy Ubuntu Core for IoT, and as an independent contractor he鈥檚 driven large-scale embedded projects and product consultancy. Based in Madrid, he pairs startup leadership with practical engineering rigor, able to move quickly from prototype to production. An early Gentoo MIPS maintainer, he brings an open-source mindset to commercial device ecosystems.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Engineering Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering Computer Engineering at Universidad Sim贸n Bol铆var
BEng (First Class Hons) Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, BEng (First Class Hons) Electronic Engineering and Computer Science at University of Reading
English, Spanish, French