Virginia Balseiro's Curriculum Vitae
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- Identifier
- https://virginiabalseiro.com/cv
- Topic
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- WebID
- https://virginiabalseiro.com/#me
- info@virginiabalseiro.com
- Document Type
- Personal Profile Document
- Curriculum Vitae
- License
- CC BY 4.0
Summary
I work mostly with web technologies, with an interest in decentralised authoring, semantic publishing, and open standards.
Experience
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- Title
- Software Developer
- Organiser
- Knowledge Pixels
- Location
- Wiesbaden, DE
- Date
- –present
- Description
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Working on Nanopublications and related tooling for scholarly communication.
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- Title
- Tech Lead
- Organiser
- Localyze
- Location
- Hybrid
- Date
- –
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- Title
- Software Engineer
- Organiser
- Inrupt
- Location
- Hybrid
- Date
- –
- Description
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Building applications and developer tools for the Solid ecosystem.
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- Title
- Teacher (HTML & CSS Track)
- Organiser
- ReDI School
- Location
- Wiesbaden, DE
- Date
-
- Title
- Associate Software Engineer
- Organiser
- Times Higher Education
- Location
- Hybrid
- Date
- –
- Description
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Building the Times Higher Education products, including the Rankings, DataPoints and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) visualization products — a set of visualization tools for Higher Education institutions to see their performance against different criteria.
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- Title
- Trainee Software Engineer
- Organiser
- Zuehlke Engineering GmbH
- Location
- Hybrid
- Date
- –
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- Title
- Technical Documentation Intern
- Organiser
- Libre Health
- Location
- Hybrid
- Date
- –
- Description
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Writing and translating documentation and guides (English, Spanish).
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- Title
- Volunteer
- Organiser
- 1MWTT
- Location
- Hybrid
- Date
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- Title
- Director
- Organiser
- ICI
- Location
- Mercedes, UY
- Date
- –
- Description
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Digital marketing services company in Uruguay.
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- Title
- Freelance Translator
- Organiser
- Various: Netflix, Universal, independent publishers
- Location
- Hybrid
- Date
- –
- Description
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Fiction and non-fiction works, technical writing, localization.
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- Title
- English Teacher
- Organiser
- Mercedes English Center
- Location
- Mercedes, UY
- Date
- –
- Description
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English as a Second Language, all age groups (5 year-olds to adults).
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- Title
- Freelance Web Developer
- Organiser
- Independent
- Location
- Mercedes, UY
- Date
- –
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- Title
- Freelance English Teacher
- Organiser
- Various organizations: Mercedes English Center, Alianza Uruguay-Estados Unidos, Uruguayan American School, others
- Location
- Mercedes, UY
- Date
- –
- Description
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English as a Second Language, all age groups (5 year-olds to adults).
Speaking
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- Title
- Workshop Facilitator
- Organiser
- Cibervoluntarios and dokieli
- Location
- Madrid, ES
- Date
- –
- Description
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Credibility assessments pilot: kickoff workshop. Workshops for journalists, educators, and citizens on authoring systems, credibility, and information literacy.
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- Title
- Speaker
- Organiser
- ETH Prague
- Location
- Prague, CZ
- Date
- Description
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- Title
- Speaker
- Organiser
- Solid Symposium 2026
- Location
- London, GB
- Date
- Description
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- Title
- Speaker
- Organiser
- W3C Credible Web Community Group
- Location
- Online
- Date
- Description
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- Title
- Speaker
- Organiser
- EmpoderaLIVE 2025
- Location
- Málaga, ES
- Date
- –
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- Title
- Speaker
- Organiser
- W3C Solid Community Group
- Location
- Online
- Date
- Description
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dokieli – Practising Standards at Solid Practitioners
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- Title
- Speaker
- Organiser
- Women of Solid
- Location
- Online
- Date
- Description
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What is Solid? Introduction to Solid, the technologies and principles behind it, and its benefits for users and developers.
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- Title
- Guest
- Organiser
- PEUM Podcast
- Location
- Online
- Date
- Description
Skills
Education
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- Credential
- Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
- Institution
- University of London
- Date
- –
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- Credential
- Licenciatura en Ciencias Políticas, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales
- Institution
- Universidad de la República
- Date
Certifications
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- Credential
- NASM Personal Fitness Trainer Professional Certificate
- Institution
- National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM)
- Date
- –ongoing
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- Credential
- Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Certification
- Institution
- Arizona State University
- Date
Courses
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- Credential
- Introduction to Software Product Management
- Institution
- University of Alberta
- Date
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- Credential
- Introduction to Typography
- Institution
- California Institute of the Arts
- Date
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- Credential
- Camera Control
- Institution
- Michigan State University
- Date
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- Credential
- Cracking the Creativity Code: Discovering Ideas
- Institution
- Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
- Date
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- Credential
- Fundamentals of Graphic Design
- Institution
- California Institute of the Arts
- Date
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- Credential
- Cameras, Exposure, and Photography
- Institution
- Michigan State University
- Date
Technical and Community Contributions
- W3C Solid Community Group, 2023–2024: Co-chair
- W3C Solid Community Group, Solid WebID Profile, 2021–present: Editor, Author
- W3C Solid Community Group, 2020–present: participant
- Solid Team, 2020–present: Code of Conduct Committee Member, Creator
- Women of Solid, 2020–present: Founder, Chair
- Open-source and open standards communities, 2018–present: Technical Writer/Editor