Director of Engineering
Nicolás spends most of his time as a software designer, developer and project manager, crafting software with a strong technical and scientific background. Prior to founding the technology company, Manas Technology Solutions, Nicolás spent 10 years as a software architect and project leader for a diverse range of organizations, including startups and large corporations, acquiring a varied background in information retrieval, machine learning, information visualization and web application development.
During the last 7 years, he founded two other companies in the fields of e-Learning and consumer-end social applications and guided several development teams through a wide variety of projects, ranging from digital photogrammetry and biomedical signal processing to internet research tools and enterprise applications. Working both for small startups and Fortune 500 companies in various countries and cultures, his teams have always proudly delivered usable and effective software on time.
Passionate about the possibilities of the convergence between technology, science and art, Nicolás currently leads the design and development of InSTEDD’s software platform, coordinating the distributed development team, open source contributors, interns and volunteers.