Links

• Website: https://jorgesanz.net
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jsanz
• Github: https://github.com/jsanz
• Curriculum: https://mnf.red/jorgesanz

Motto

«To help building a bridge between computer science and geospatial, understanding both worlds and working to get the best of them to create great products.»

Interests

I’m interested in all things geospatial data, cartography, sailing, and software engineering and technology in general.

Maybe showing some of the books on my library work as well 😊

Work Experience

[2019-present] Principal Software Engineer at Elastic

https://www.elastic.co

• Data engineering for the Elastic Application Experience (Kibana) team
• Testing, and minor contributions in code and documentation to the Kibana Maps application
• Maintenance of the different EMS software components: data pipeline, basemaps, website
• Curating geospatial datasets for the Elastic Maps Service (EMS)
• Development and maintenance of the EMS offline offering as a Docker image

[2015-2019] Solutions Engineer at CARTO

http://carto.com

• Support Team Manager (since 2016)
• Pre-sales engineer
• Developing proofs of concepts, testing integrations, etc.
• Talks and trainings at all kinds of events about CARTO technologies, Open Data, etc
• Support and training to partners and enterprise customer

[2006-2015] Geospatial consultant at Prodevelop

http://www.prodevelop.es

• Developer/analyst of web projects: server-side components (mainly in Java), OGC and tile servers, front-end development
• Responsible for the deployment of several GIS projects since 2008
• Lecturer on FOSS4G technologies
• 2009-2011 Responsible of company social media channels
• 2008-2009 Development of the company website
• 2006-2008 Developer/analyst of gvSIG ArcIMS, Oracle, and Normalization extensions

[2008-2012] gvSIG project

http://www.gvsig.org

• Technical collaborations manager
• Coordinator of the gvSIG Technical Steering Committee
• Member of gvSIG Technical Steering Committee
• Co-admin of gvSIG social media channels
• Maintainer of the gvSIG blog, outreach portal and blog aggregator planet

[2004-2006] Researcher and lecturer at UPV

http://www.upv.es/entidades/ETSIGCT/index-en.html

• Researcher on a funded project to study local administration GIS needs
• Lecturer on UMN MapServer
• Author of a published MapServer book (in Spanish)

Education

• 2001-2004 Cartography and Geodesy engineering, Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV)
• 1997-2001 Surveying engineering, UPV

Volunteer experience

OpenStreetMap

http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/XuRxO

• Member of the project since 2007
• Member of the OpenStreetMap Foundation since 2016
• More active on advocating (talks, workshops) and HOT promotion

OSGeo Foundation

http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jorge_Sanz

• Charter Member since 2008
• Member of the board of Directors from 2013 to 2015
• Since 2012 co-admin of the OSGeo planet and the mailing list server and Nabble archive
• gvSIG package maintainer (until 2014) and Spanish Language coordination team member for the OSGeo Live project
• Member of the Incubation Committee from 2008 to 2012
• Translator into Spanish of the Website in 2007

OSGeo Spanish Language Local Chapter (OSGeo-ES)

https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Cap%C3%ADtulo_Local_de_la_comunidad_hispanohablante

• Member of the initial group that founded the Local Chapter
• Member of the Board of Directors from 2008 to 2012

Geoinquietos Valencia

http://geoinquietos.org/grupos/valencia/

• Member of the team that coordinates the activities of the group, workshops and talks mainly

AESIG

• President of the Spanish Association for Geographical Information Systems between 2016 and 2019

Other volunteering

• Many years ago, I’ve volunteered in environmental projects to fight against forest fires.
• I was one of the founders of the Drupal local group in Valencia around 2011.
• I’ve helped on marine research about cetaceans on summer camps between 2013 and 2017.
• More recently (2022) I’ve joined Cibervoluntarios to do trainings on basic Internet skills to seniors and young people.

Short bio (English)

Jorge Sanz is a geospatial technologist from Valencia, Spain. With a Cartography and Geodesy Engineering background, he has worked in Geographical Information Systems and Software Engineering since 2004.

After two years as a postgraduate researcher at his alma mater, Jorge moved to Prodevelop, a Valencian software company, where he took different roles: developer, consultant, lecturer, and technical management. In 2015, Jorge moved to CARTO, a successful Spanish startup where he first took a sales engineer position and later also became the support team manager as well. In 2019, Jorge joined Elastic as a Geospatial Engineer to help maintain the company mapping service for Kibana users, contributing to the Kibana Maps and Dashboards applications.

Jorge was one of the first Spanish-speaking OSGeo community members, joining the foundation charter in 2008, contributing as a community member for the Spanish Language Local Chapter, and as a long-term member of the Systems Administration Committee. Over the years, Jorge also spent time on the Incubation and Marketing committees and the OSGeo Live project. Since 2011, he has also been one of the main coordinators of the local OSGeo microchapter called Geoinquietos Valencia. Finally, Jorge has been an OpenStreetMap casual contributor since 2007, lecturing about the project at conferences and workshops and helping coordinate mapathons for OSM and the Humanitarian OSM Team in Valencia.

Short bio (Spanish)

Jorge Sanz es un tecnólogo geoespacial de Valencia, España. Ingeniero en Geodesia y Cartografía, ha trabajado en Sistemas de Información Geográfica e Ingeniería del Software desde 2004.

Tras dos años como investigador de posgrado en su alma mater, Jorge se incorporó a Prodevelop, una empresa valenciana de software, donde desempeñó diferentes funciones: desarrollador, consultor, formador y en tareas de dirección técnica. En 2015, Jorge se trasladó a CARTO, una exitosa startup española donde primero ocupó un puesto de ingeniero de ventas y más tarde también pasó a hacerse cargo también del equipo de soporte. En 2019, Jorge se unió a Elastic como ingeniero geoespacial para ayudar a mantener el servicio de mapas de la empresa para los usuarios de Kibana, contribuyendo también a las aplicaciones Kibana Maps y Dashboards.

Jorge fue uno de los primeros miembros hispanohablantes de la comunidad OSGeo, uniéndose formalmente en 2008, contribuyendo como miembro de la comunidad para el Capítulo Local en Español, y como miembro a largo plazo del Comité de Administración de Sistemas. A lo largo de los años, Jorge también pasó tiempo en los comités de Incubación y Marketing y en el proyecto OSGeo Live. Desde 2011, también ha sido uno de los principales coordinadores del microcapítulo local de OSGeo llamado Geoinquietos Valencia. Por último, Jorge ha sido un colaborador ocasional de OpenStreetMap desde 2007, dando charlas sobre el proyecto en conferencias y talleres y ayudando a coordinar mapathons para OSM y el Equipo Humanitario de OSM en Valencia.