Bio
Fran was sold on the power of programming when he realized he could command his VCR to record TV shows for him. From there on he has been coding on everything he could get his hands on. He likes to think of programming as a way of building tools that augment human capabilities.
Articulated and with a gentle and calm demeanor, Fran loves teaching as much as building software. He’s teaching Software Architecture –a topic close to his heart– at the University of Buenos Aires. Fran is an expert in GIS and mapping tools and is now itching to blend indoor building mapping with augmented reality.
A big fan of Alan Kay, Fran is a former drummer, recently got into biking and likes building furniture.
Last year’s activity
Blog Posts
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Hello Continuous Code Quality World!
Hello and welcome to the second part of Hello Technical Debt World! In this second part, we’ll focus on some tips, or best practices for handling our system’s immature code. Disclaimer! I must mention that there is no silver bullet; only best practic... -
Hello Technical Debt World
The term technical debt is one of the most interesting (at least to me) in software development. Interesting and important, I should say, since given enough time on a project, we’re going to have to deal with it. The quote First things first. What’s...
Projects
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Connecting trucks with cargo
1 /5 Client Avancargo is an Argentinean company who seeks to optimize land transport in Latin America, by facilitating the process of finding and booking cargo vehicles through a platform that puts together supply and demand in one place, thus simpli... -
Multi-modal survey tool
1 /6 Client Surveda was developed in collaboration with InSTEDD as part of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health Initiative NCD Mobile Phone Survey. In the context of this project, the tool collects critical information about noncommunicable d... -
Service location optimization
1 /5 Client PlanWise is a tool developed by Concern’s Innovations initiative, in partnership with InSTEDD. It helps planners and responders in low-resources settings see how they can serve as many people as possible, as cost-effectively as they can,... -
Telematics for meaningful insights
1 /4 Client Nikola Motor Company designs and manufactures Battery-electric (BEV) and Hydrogen fuel-cell (FCEV) vehicles, vehicle components, energy storage systems, and electric vehicle drivetrains. Nikola has developed several different vehicles, pu... -
A one-stop portal for electric truck dealerships
1 /4 Client Nikola Motor Company is on a mission to transform and disrupt the transport industry on a global scale. They design and manufacture Battery-electric (BEV) and Hydrogen fuel-cell (FCEV) vehicles, vehicle components, energy storage systems,... -
Connected Diagnostics
1 /6 Client CDx (Connected Diagnostics initiative) is a collaborative initiative between InSTEDD and FIND that seeks to use diagnostic data to improve healthcare delivery, outbreak detection and response, and health systems management, working also a... -
Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics
1 /5 Client The RADx-rad Data Coordination Center Discovery & Diagnostics Core (RADx-rad DCC Dx Core), based at UC San Diego, is focused on closing the loop between data acquisition, structuring, analysis, data-driven modeling, decision support, impl... -
Connected communities
1 /3 Client LocalBuzz is a social media company that seeks to bring people, businesses, and communities together via user-generated video content. They propose a novel way for users to find a new restaurant, a great new band to see, or an experience... -
Remote-controlled lighting
1 /4 Client Evolux is a chilean company specialized in efficient lighting using LED technology. They provide lighting fixtures and other equipment to various industries throughout Chile. 2 /4 Requirements & Context As a service to their clients in th... -
Using Crystal to power the IOU economy
1 /5 Client Sikoba is an IOU (“I owe you”) platform that automates the creation, tracking and finally clearing of debt between its users. While Sikoba can be used in a wide array of settings, like business to business contracts and clearings, its des... -
Chatbot builder
1 /5 Client AIDA was developed by Manas.Tech and InSTEDD, in collaboration with mVAM, an innovative team at the World Food Programme (WFP), the food aid arm of the United Nations, and thanks to a grant from the Cisco Foundation and additional support... -
Head-up display for spacesuit
1 /5 Client The Austrian Space Forum, in Innsbruck, defines itself as a network of space professionals and people with a passion for space. One of its members, Dr. Gernot Groomer, has had a lifelong dream: finding life in outer space. Not too ambitio...