Summary
Chihau Chau is a Chilean-Chinese software engineer, professor, entrepreneur and consultant with 16 years of experience building mobile, IoT and Linux-based systems while teaching across several Chilean universities. As co-founder and CEO of QBO Soluciones Tecnológicas and former CTO of AgTech startup SmartHarvest, he combines hands-on product development with leadership in early-stage companies and long-running freelance engagements for banks and industrial clients. His academic roles at Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Universidad Andrés Bello and Universidad Viña del Mar reflect a sustained focus on distributed systems, ubiquitous computing, security, programming languages and AR/VR. He actively bridges research and practice—teaching, consulting and delivering production platforms using Android, iOS, Flutter, TensorFlow, Hadoop and Spark. Based in the Valparaíso region, he is known for organizing developer communities (former GDG Valparaíso lead) and translating cutting-edge topics like ML/AI and extended reality into practical solutions for industry and classrooms.
16 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Licenciado en Ciencias de la Ingeniería / Ingeniero Civil Informático, Licenciado en Ciencias de la Ingeniería / Ingeniero Civil Informático at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
Spanish, Chinese, English