Andres Pagliano, Developer in Córdoba, Cordoba, Argentina
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Andres Pagliano

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Algorithms Developer

Location
Córdoba, Cordoba, Argentina
Toptal Member Since
June 17, 2013

Andres has worked at Gameloft as a mobile game developer and Intel as a software engineer. After experiencing the world of big corporations for several years, he has co-founded two startups and worked as software engineer and architect on them. He's a big proponent of Linux, C/C++, Python, open source technologies, mobile development, and algorithms.

LinuxGame DevelopmentCryptographyAgile Software DevelopmentGitC++PythonQtSubversion (SVN)AndroidAndroid SDKJavaCBashAlgorithms

Portfolio

FASTech
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Docker, Linux, Android, C++, Python
LVK Labs
Google App Engine, Python, C++, Java, Objective-C, Google Glass, iOS, Android
Intel
SQLite, Boost, Qt, C++

Experience

Linux - 10 yearsC++ - 6 yearsAlgorithms - 4 yearsData Structures - 4 yearsQt - 4 yearsR&D - 4 yearsAndroid - 3 yearsObjective-C - 3 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

GitHub, Git, Python, Qt, C++, Android, Linux

The most amazing...

...software I've developed is a platform to make chatbots for Facebook and Google Talk, written in Qt and built with its own Natural Language Processing engine.

Work Experience

Co-founder, Software Engineer, and Architect

2014 - PRESENT
FASTech
  • Implemented custom algorithms quickly for image and video compression using Python and C++.
  • Prototyped several algorithms for camera self-calibration using Python.
  • Implemented an algorithm to estimate the zoom ratio of a camera using Python and optical flows.
  • Implemented an Android application to record video synchronized with metadata read from the phone sensors (camera pose, location and zoom).
  • Implemented a target geolocation algorithm with Kalman Filtering.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Docker, Linux, Android, C++, Python

Co-founder, Software Engineer, and Architect

2010 - 2014
LVK Labs
  • Designed and developed a platform to make chatbots for Facebook, Google Talk, and other XMPP servers. The application implements its own natural language processing engine.
  • Designed and developed a game for iOS using the Cocos2d-iPhone framework.
  • Ported the aforementioned game from iOS (Objective-C) to Android using the Cocos2d-x (C++) framework and Android NDK.
  • Collaborated on several open source projects. See https://github.com/lvklabs?tab=repositories.
  • Implemented and trained an Artificial Neural Network in Python. See https://github.com/paglian/afip-query.
  • Implemented a prototype of a tourism application for Google Glass using Python, Google Mirror, Google Maps, and HTML/CSS. See http://okmapit.com.
Technologies: Google App Engine, Python, C++, Java, Objective-C, Google Glass, iOS, Android

Software Engineer

2008 - 2011
Intel
  • Developed an augmented reality application using Google Maps and Qt to run on prototype MID devices.
  • Worked on development of the Intel Services Manager framework (similar to the Java OSGi framework).
  • Developed on the Moblin and Meego, both Linux distributions for mobile devices currently merged in the Tizen project.
  • Provided software update solutions for several Intel projects such as WiDi (Intel Wireless Display) and others not publicly released.
  • Designed and developed the Intel Manageability Firmware Recovery Agent.
  • Worked on the development of a high performance persistence library using template metaprogramming.
  • Worked with a long list of technologies such as Qt, boost, POCO, gSOAP, XML, and operating systems such as Windows XP, 7, Ubuntu, Fedora, Moblin, Meego, etc.
Technologies: SQLite, Boost, Qt, C++

Mobile Game Developer

2007 - 2008
Gameloft
  • Ported J2ME (Java Micro Edition) games to different devices such as Sony Ericsson, Samsung, LG, Motorola, HTC, etc.
  • Ported J2ME games to BlackBerry OS.
  • Ported BREW (C++) games to Windows Mobile (C++).
  • Collaborated in the development of a tool to translate J2ME Games to C++.
Technologies: C++, J2ME, Java

Chatbot

https://github.com/lvklabs/chatbot
Chatbot is an open source platform for high-school students which allows them to create Facebook or Google Talk/Mail chatbots and learn basic computer science concepts.

Julia: A Pick-up Adventure

A graphic adventure game built for both iOS and Android.

iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/julia-a-pick-up-adventure/id496632104?mt=8

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lvklabs.JuliaAPickUpAdventure

Black Holes Collision Waveform

http://youtu.be/4L03Nv86zxs
A scientific application developed for a group of physics at Caltech (California Institute of Technology). The application implements the state of the art of a new math theory. It makes complex evaluations and plots the waveform of two black holes colliding. Developed for iOS and Android but not publicly released yet.

Intel Personal Vacation Assistant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxXANZWWaWU
A context-aware travel application.

Intel Manageability Firmware Recovery Agent

http://software.intel.com/en-us/blogs/2013/02/06/intel-manageability-firmware-recovery-agent
An agent for updating firmware when critical security vulnerabilities have been discovered.

Intel Services Manager

A C++ Framework similar to Java's OSGi.

Radio Bicicleta

iOS and Android app for an online radio. Available in the App Store and Google Play.

iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/radio-bicicleta/id722402842?mt=8

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ar.com.radiobicicleta.player

Web Scraper

Web scraper to collect information from different eCommerce stores. Implemented using Python and the ScraPy framework.

Custom Algorithms

Researched and implemented custom algorithms in several fields such as image and video compression, camera self-calibration, and geolocation.

Back-end for a Vehicle Monitoring System

Back-end for a vehicle monitoring system similar to https://www.traccar.org/. Vehicles with a GPS periodically pushes small packets with their location and status flags using a GSM network. The back-end provides a RESTFul to read the data and to manage several features. Implemented using Node.js and CouchDB.

Languages

Bash, Python, Java, C, C++, JavaScript, Objective-C

Platforms

Linux, Android, J2ME, Docker, Amazon EC2, Amazon Web Services (AWS), MacOS, Google Glass, iOS, Windows, Google App Engine

Frameworks

Android SDK, Qt, Scrapy, Cocos2d, iOS SDK, Boost

Tools

Git, Subversion (SVN), Android NDK, FreeLing, GNU Dev Tools, GitHub, Google Analytics

Paradigms

Agile Software Development, Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Functional Programming, Template Metaprogramming, Scrum

Other

Video Compression, Game Development, Cryptography, Algorithms, Geolocation, R&D, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Data Structures, Decision Trees, GPT, Generative Pre-trained Transformers (GPT)

Libraries/APIs

Matplotlib, NumPy, Google Maps, GDK, Google Mirror, QXmpp

Storage

SQLite, CouchDB, MySQL

2001 - 2007

Licentiate (Master's) Degree in Computer Sciences

Facultad de Matemática, Astronomía y Física - Córdoba, Argentina

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