David Macias
Information Technology Technical Support
Greater Verona Metropolitan Area Italy
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Macias is an IT Technical Support specialist and Unix System Engineer with a decade of hands-on experience managing virtualized infrastructures, Active Directory domains, and cloud/Microsoft 365 incidents across public and private sector environments in Italy. He has deep operational knowledge of VMware vSphere, Nutanix, IBM Spectrum storage and backup, and enterprise monitoring (Zabbix, WhatsUp) combined with practical experience tuning network appliances like F5 and security tooling such as Bitdefender and Darktrace. Beyond day-to-day support, David contributes to embedded Linux tooling—adding board support and kernel/U-Boot configuration to the widely used Armbian build framework for platforms like NanoPC T6—showing a knack for low-level systems and IoT hardware enablement. Multilingual (Spanish native, fluent Italian and English), he pairs technical troubleshooting with strong ticketing and remote support workflows (IBM ServiceNow integrations, TeamViewer), and a background in logistics and SAP that sharpens his process and documentation skills. Colleagues rely on him for prioritizing incidents under pressure and for bridging the gap between infrastructure ops and embedded systems development.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Laurea breve in Scienze e Tecnologie Informatiche, Laurea breve in Scienze e Tecnologie Informatiche at CeinmarkBachillerato, Umanistico, Bachillerato, Umanistico at IES llodio
Italian, Spanish, English, German, basco
Github Skills (10)
kernel10
arm10
embedded10
device-tree10
dts10
u-boot10
sys10
dt10
ubuntu7
debian7
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
armbian/build
Aug 2024 - Jul 2026
The official build framework for the Armbian Linux distribution. This repository contains the complete toolchain and scripts required to compile custom OS images from source, including kernel configuration, U-Boot handling, and board-specific tweaks for various ARM and ARM64 single-board computers.
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:71 reviews, 78 PRs, 37 pushes in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:David primarily contributes to the Armbian Linux build framework by adding support for the Youyeetoo R1 and NanoPC T6 boards. Their work involves configuring the build system for these specific hardware platforms, including device tree modifications, U-Boot updates, and adjustments to kernel configurations. The user also integrates board-specific settings, such as enabling WiFi, fan control and USB power supply.
armarmbiankernellinux-distributiontoolchain
SuperKali/BananaWRT
Dec 2024 - Jul 2026
BananaWRT: A simple, optimized firmware for Banana Pi R3 Mini with Fibocom FM350, built automatically with GitHub Actions
Contributions:4 releases, 2 reviews, 134 PRs in 1 year 6 months
banana-pifirmware
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