Valentin Secades
Adjunct Professor at Merge
Heredia Province, Costa Rica
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Top SchoolValentin Secades is a software engineer and educator with 11 years of experience at the intersection of embedded hardware and intelligent software, currently teaching Software Engineering at Universidad Cenfotec while leading two companies he founded: Merge, a SaaS ERP for medical and professional sectors, and Quality XP Development, an IoT-focused consulting firm. He combines hands-on firmware and mobile app experience from roles at Belkin/Linksys and Cisco with entrepreneurial product delivery across Latin America and an upcoming North American launch. Valentin emphasizes disciplined engineering practices, Agile processes, and system design patterns, and brings practical CI/automation know-how used in hardware certification and firmware quality workflows. His background spans formal engineering study toward an M.Sc. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and long-term commitment to training the next generation of developers, reflecting a rare blend of academic coaching and production-grade technical leadership.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Ba., Software Engineering, Ba., Software Engineering at Universidad Latina de Costa RicaCandidate to Masters Degree, Class of 2019, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Master of Science, Candidate to Masters Degree, Class of 2019, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Master of Science at Tecnológico de Costa RicaHigh School Diploma, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates, High School Diploma, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates at Lincoln School, Costa RicaPost Bachelor's, Chemical Engineering, Electrochemistry and Cost Engineering, Post Bachelor's, Chemical Engineering, Electrochemistry and Cost Engineering at Universidad de Costa Rica UCRAssociate's degree, Software Engineer, Associate's degree, Software Engineer at CENFOTEC en convenio con la Universidad Latina de Costa Rica
English, Spanish, German
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Github Skills (73)
tcp-port9
html8
windows8
css8
chrome8
ios8
macos8
flutter8
android8
nodejs8
javascript7
cordova-plugin7
authentication7
mobile7
eclipse6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
AppliedRecognition/Ver-ID-Flutter
Sep 2020 - Aug 2021
Ver-ID face detection and recognition for Flutter
Contributions:1 review, 29 commits, 13 PRs in 11 months
face-detectionflutter
vsecades/AbuseIpDb
Apr 2018 - Apr 2020
AbuseIpDB - Wrapper around the AbuseIPDb service API
Contributions:21 commits, 20 PRs, 27 pushes in 2 years
apiabuseipdbapi-service
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