Summary
Andres Ramirez is a Professor and PhD computer scientist with 11 years of experience at the intersection of computer security, distributed systems, machine learning, privacy and blockchain. He has combined academic research and hands-on engineering—designing safety mechanisms for CERN’s ALICE experiment, building GoetheCloud with OpenStack/Ansible, and performing DevOps and monitoring at scale. As a co-founder and blockchain security researcher, he brings practical red-team/blue-team expertise and applied privacy work for AI and decentralized systems. Based in San José, Costa Rica, he teaches blockchain in a cybersecurity master’s program while contributing to industry projects as a blockchain developer and security consultant. Notably, his background blends intrusion-detection research using deep learning with production experience securing high-performance scientific and cloud infrastructures.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Universidad de Antioquia
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at Goethe University Frankfurt