Ricardo Torres
Chief Technology Officer at Digital Public Goods Alliance
León, Guanajuato, Mexico
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Top SchoolRicardo Torres is a technology leader and civic-tech advocate with nine years of experience building open-source, data-driven solutions and leading community programs across government, NGOs, and international organizations. As CTO of the Digital Public Goods Alliance he shapes technology strategy to scale digital public goods that advance health, education, climate and human rights, after progressing from technical lead roles at DPGA and UNDP. He has led civic tech initiatives at Codeando México and municipal open data programs in León, combining hands-on software and information systems expertise with program design and volunteer coordination. A Master in Software Engineering with executive training from NYU's GovLab, Ricardo uniquely blends research, policy-savvy stewardship and community-building — and is an active civic hacker and LGBT+ rights advocate who channels open-source practices into social impact.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Research Fellowship, Research Fellowship at École de technologie supérieureBachelor's degree Information Systems, Bachelor's degree Information Systems at Universidad de GuanajuatoExecutive Education Course The GovLab Data Stewards Academy, Executive Education Course The GovLab Data Stewards Academy at New York UniversityMaster Software Engineering, Master Software Engineering at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
English, Spanish, German
Github Skills (100)
traceability10
data-storage10
face-recognition10
yelp10
transparency10
collections10
face-detection10
las10
explore10
api9
scalable9
messaging9
pii9
github9
python9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
futurelabmx/beehack
Mar 2019 - Jun 2022
BeeHack
Contributions:5 PRs, 26 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 3 months
android
futurelabmx/futurelabmx.github.io
Mar 2019 - Oct 2021
Sitio oficial de Future Lab.
Contributions:32 commits, 12 PRs, 20 pushes in 2 years 7 months
sitiolab
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