Diego Zamboni
Chief Information Security Officer - Governance
Zürich Metropolitan Area Switzerland
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Top SchoolDiego Zamboni is a seasoned security and cloud engineering leader with over three decades of multidisciplinary experience and 23 years in senior roles, currently serving as Chief Information Security Officer - Governance in the Zürich area. He blends Ph.D.-level computer science research with hands-on enterprise architecture, threat modeling, and governance from tenures at AWS, Swisscom and CFEngine, driving measurable security programs and championing Security Champions. Diego is an active open-source contributor—helping evolve projects like Hammerspoon, Elvish and CFEngine—demonstrating continued developer fluency in Lua, DevOps and configuration management. He has built teams and products spanning self-healing cloud platforms, logging/monitoring frameworks and secure cloud landing zones, often combining strategic oversight with code-level fixes. An experienced author and educator, he publishes technical books and materials that translate deep technical concepts into practical workflows. Not obvious from his title: he routinely bridges academia and industry, turning research-grade security ideas into operational, auditable solutions.
23 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)Ph.D. Computer Science, Ph.D. Computer Science at Purdue University
Spanish, English, German
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Github Skills (34)
programming-language10
unix10
scripting10
applescript10
configuration-management10
c1110
c1710
lua10
automation10
hammerspoon10
go10
api10
infrastructure-as-code10
cfengine10
automations10
Programming languages (24)
Github contributions (5)
Hammerspoon/Spoons
Apr 2017 - Dec 2020
The official repository of Spoon plugins
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 review, 152 commits, 83 PRs in 3 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Diego primarily contributed to the development of Hammerspoon Spoon plugins. Their work involved implementing new functionalities, such as the "URLDispatcher" for handling URLs, and the "BrewInfo" and "ToggleSkypeMute" spoons. Furthermore, the user addressed documentation issues and performed code refactoring, enhancing the usability and maintainability of the codebase. They demonstrated proficiency in Lua scripting and plugin development.
mingw-w64luadubpluginspoons
elves/elvish
Aug 2017 - Jun 2021
Powerful scripting language & versatile interactive shell
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:33 commits, 20 PRs, 352 comments in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Diego primarily focused on enhancing the functionality and features of the Elvish scripting language. They implemented new modules for the `narrow` feature, including hooks and key bindings. Additionally, the user worked on improving the `epm` package manager by adding features like query and source methods, metadata support, and file-based implementation. They also addressed syntax errors and improved error messages.
unixexpressivecompilerversatileelvish
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