Summary
Cristian Kong is an experienced software and robotics engineer with over a decade designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise software and automation solutions, currently leading the Automation and Robotics Laboratory at Universidad Católica del Norte. He combines hands-on development across C#, VB.NET, C and web stacks with deep experience integrating SAP, Oracle and SQL Server in large mining and corporate environments. His background includes application lifecycle work for major projects at BHP Billiton and the Central Bank, where he delivered intranet portals, mobile .NET solutions and SAP-integrated systems under operational constraints. As a part-time academic and robotics researcher, he blends practical industry engineering with teaching and lab leadership, enabling rapid prototyping and applied research. Notably, his career spans both field work in mining sites and enterprise IT modernization efforts, giving him a rare mix of operational and systems-level perspective.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Ingeniero de Ejecución en Computación e Informática, Sistemas, Ingeniero de Ejecución en Computación e Informática, Sistemas at Universidad Católica del Norte