Summary
Harvey Alférez is a professor and director of the Center for Innovation and Research in Computing (CIRC) at Southern Adventist University with 11 years of professional experience bridging academia, industry, and research across four continents. He holds a PhD (Summa Cum Laude) in Computer Science from UPV and advanced certifications from MIT and other international institutions, with research strengths in services computing, model-driven engineering, autonomic systems, and big data. Harvey has led data science institutes, directed multi-disciplinary research projects, and contributed to high-impact journals and conferences (Scopus h-index: 9), earning national research distinctions in Mexico and Peru. He combines hands-on postdoctoral work in geoscience data analysis with practical systems development experience from early roles in industry and university IT, reflecting a rare mix of theoretical depth and applied problem-solving. Notably, his career includes establishing academic innovation centers and driving curriculum and industry-aligned data science initiatives across Latin America, Asia, Europe, and North America.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, Information and Communication Technology, MSc, Information and Communication Technology at Assumption University
BSc, Computer Science Engineering, BSc, Computer Science Engineering at Universidad EAFIT
Universitat Politècnica de València
English, Spanish