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Project team · 2026–2028

Regional capacities for shared infrastructure.

The project brings together expertise in coordination, development, metadata, artificial intelligence, persistent identifiers, Dataverse, support, infrastructure, design, documentation and training.

One regional team

Complementary expertise, integrated work.

The grid presents each person’s country and main role. The team works in an integrated way across the three components to sustain shared regional infrastructure.

LM

Lautaro Matas

AR Argentina

General coordination of the components, architecture and cross-cutting development

Coordinates technical coherence, defines the global architecture and develops cross-cutting software to integrate the three components’ services.

GM

Guillermo Murillo

CR Costa Rica

Technical support coordination

Coordinates technical support, the help desk and assistance for nodes and institutions.

JM

Juan Manitta

AR Argentina

UI/UX development

Designs accessible interfaces, workflows, visualizations and experiences for the project’s services.

LS

Luciana Mara Silva

BR Brazil

Dataverse operations coordination

Coordinates the regional repository, federated support, training and documentation.

JV

Jessiel Viana da Silva

BR Brazil

Software development

Develops aggregation, metadata pipelines, APIs, multilingual semantic search and services associated with the regional portal.

JS

Juan Pablo Sokil

AR Argentina

Artificial intelligence solutions

Researches and develops strategies for applying AI, including multilingual semantic search, automated enrichment and the evaluation of open models.

JE

José Edilson Silva Filho

BR Brazil

Blockchain/IPFS architecture and development

Designs and develops dARK and its distributed identification and preservation infrastructure.

MG

Marcio Gurgel

BR Brazil

Java/Python software development

Develops metadata quality, service integration and Docker infrastructure components.

MG

Mariana González

VE / EC Venezuela / Ecuador

Metadata management, curation and quality

Works on standards, normalization, curation, validation, enrichment, auditing, interoperability and good-practice documentation.

SP

Steffy Patino

CO Colombia

Metadata management, curation and quality

Works on standards, normalization, curation, validation, enrichment, auditing, interoperability and good-practice documentation.

HD

Horacio Degiorgi

AR Argentina

Infrastructure and service integration coordination

Coordinates infrastructure, service integration, documentation and technical planning for project deployments.

AS

Analía Salazar

AR Argentina

Dataverse support and development

Supports Dataverse development, deployment, operations and support, together with documentation, monitoring and technical assistance for institutions.

AT

Alejandra Tenorio Robles

MX Mexico

Dataverse support and development

Supports Dataverse development, deployment, operations and support, together with documentation, monitoring and technical assistance for institutions.