Julián Díaz is a founder and seasoned technology leader based in Seattle with 11 years of hands-on experience building secure, user-focused products and cloud infrastructure. He has led engineering and security functions at fast-growing startups—serving as CTO and CISO at Hinge Health and later VP of Engineering at Zest Dermatology—while founding and consulting through multiple ventures. His background blends computer science and cognitive psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, which informs a user-centered approach to UI design and product thinking alongside deep infosec expertise. Comfortable shipping across the stack, he’s equally at home architecting cloud systems, hardening security programs, or iterating on front-end experiences. An entrepreneur by trade, he often surfaces non-obvious insights at the intersection of human behavior and technical systems to turn complexity into usable, auditable solutions.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at High Tech High School
Computer Science & Cognitive Science, Comp. Sci, Psychology, Computer Science & Cognitive Science, Comp. Sci, Psychology at University of Pennsylvania
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