Summary
Sebastián Ruiz is a Chief Information Security Officer and former software engineer with 12 years of experience building and securing enterprise-grade applications from Santiago, Chile. A Civil Engineer in Computing from Universidad de Chile, he moved from hands-on development—delivering national platforms for the Coordinador Eléctrico Nacional, Caja Los Andes and banking clients—to leading company-wide security strategy and ISO 27001 certification efforts at Synaptic. He combines practical full-stack development experience with governance: defining security missions, policies, and certification roadmaps while keeping engineering teams productive. Sebastián’s background in performance tuning and dynamic content platforms gives him a strong appreciation for secure, scalable user-facing systems. He’s comfortable translating technical controls into auditable processes and has repeatedly led projects that bridge frontline engineering and executive risk management. Quietly, his career shows a pattern of turning internal developer tools and monitoring improvements into broader operational capabilities.
12 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Ingeniería, Ingeniero Civil en Computación, Ingeniería, Ingeniero Civil en Computación at Universidad de Chile
English, Spanish