Jorge Sanz

Jorge Sanz

OSGeo Member
Name:	Jorge Sanz
Job Title:	Data Engineer
Company:	Elastic
Address:
City:	València
State:	Valencia
Country:	Spain
Local Chapter:	OSGeo-es
Email:	jorge@jorgesanz.net
Phone:
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Website:	http://jorgesanz.net
Language(s):	Catalan; Spanish; English
Personal Description :	Jorge is Charter Member of OSGeo since 2008 and member of the Spanish Language Local Chapter (OSGeo-ES) since its foundation., has been member of the OSGeo Board of Directors in the 2013-2015 term and been part of the gvSIG Technical Steering Committee. He helps on some OSGeo.org systems, participates actively on OSGeo-ES initiatives and Geoinquietos Valencia (a little local group part of a broader network of microchapters). Further details at his OSGeo wiki complete profile page or at linkedin.
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OSGeo Experience and Roles:

       

• OSGeo Charter Member since 2008
• Current co-admin of the OSGeo planet
• Member of the News Queue Team
• Member of the Marketing Committee

Past experience

• Co-admin of the Nabble archives and mailing lists
• Coordinator of Spanish translation of the OSGeo Live documentation (2010-2015)
• Member of the Board of Directors (2013-2015)
• OSGeo-es Board of Directors Member (2008-2012)
• Packager of gvSIG Desktop at the OSGeo Live project (2010-2014)
• gvSIG TSC member (2009-2015)
• Incubation Committee member (as gvSIG contact) (2008-2012)
• Translator of OSGeo.org website into Spanish (2007-2008)

Profile last updated

May 2020

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Past tasks at OSGeo

Translated the OSGeo official site into Spanish

Helped on the promotion and some review of the Spanish Free GIS Book (Libro SIG))

Member of the boards of Directors of the OSGeo Spanish Local Chapter (2008-2012)

Spoken Languages

English, Spanish, Catalan

Location

39.464N 0.459W

Aldaia, Valencia, Spain

UTC (GMT) offset

Standard time zone: UTC +1 hour (details)

Daylight saving time: +1 hour (northern hemisphere summer time)

Additional background

He studied surveying and later Cartography and Geodesy but end up developing Geopraphical Information Systems for web and desktop environments. He started to work at the gvSIG Project in 2006 and nowadays is part of the Board of Directors of the Technical Steering Committee of the gvSIG Project. Since 2008 is Charter Member of the OSGeo Foundation and the contact for the gvSIG Project. He nowadays helps on the administration of the OSGeo Planet and the Nabble archive of the OSGeo mailing lists. He is Charter Member of the OSGeo Spanish Local Chapter and has been part of the Board of Directors of the LC from its inception in 2008 until 2012. Jorge is also one of the promoters of the Geoinquietos Valencia microchapter, a local group devoted to advocate about free geospatial technologies and data. He has presented OSGeo and OSGeo-es in national and international conferences, promoting Free Software for Geospatial, always trying to seed local communities with enthusiasm and hard work. You can find more information about Jorge at his personal site.