Matias Z
Agentic AI Lead Center Of Excellence at NowVertical Group Inc.
Buenos Aires, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Summary
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Top SchoolMatias Z is an experienced AI and security leader with 26 years bridging deep technical research, product strategy, and organizational learning from Buenos Aires. Currently leading Agentic AI strategy at NowVertical’s Center of Excellence and serving as a Global Ambassador for the Global Council for Responsible AI, he combines hands-on system-level work (including low-level virtualization and KVM hypercall fixes on open-source projects) with product and academic roles across industry and universities. His background spans AI security architecture, Web3 research at Polygon, and building experimentation and learning cultures at Despegar and AERO, giving him rare fluency across research, engineering, and go-to-market execution. He also teaches and mentors frequently, having led academic programs and founded a technical AI safety mentorship initiative, which reflects his commitment to scalable, responsible AI adoption.
26 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Postgraduate Degree, Data Science, Postgraduate Degree, Data Science at MIT Professional EducationPhD candidate, Computer Science, PhD candidate, Computer Science at Universidad Nacional de La Plata
English, Spanish
Github Skills (8)
c1710
kernel10
kvm10
assembly10
c1110
kernel-mode10
virtualization10
x8610
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
jonsmirl/mpc5200
Sep 2008 - Jun 2009
Digispeaker
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:11 commits in 8 months
Contributions summary:Matias primarily contributed to the Lguest project, focusing on low-level system interactions and virtualization. Their work involved modifying and adapting the core components of the Lguest environment, specifically related to handling of KVM hypercalls, page table management, and exception handling. The user also made contributions to address crash issues related to vmlinux images. These modifications included enhancing the system's efficiency and stability by using KVM hypercalls.
matiaszabal/dsdh
Jul 2017 - Oct 2024
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 3 months
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