Sergio García-vergara
CTO & Co-founder at RIF Robotics
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSergio García-vergara is a robotics-focused technology leader and co-founder with 11 years of experience building autonomy-driven solutions across healthcare and national security domains. As CTO of RIF Robotics he leads development of robotic sterilization and automation systems deployed in hospital Sterilization and Processing departments, translating research-grade ideas into operational products. He holds advanced degrees from Georgia Tech and spent years as a research engineer and Ph.D. candidate designing VR rehabilitation systems and sensor-driven autonomous platforms. Sergio combines deep academic rigor with hands-on startup execution, having accelerated RIF through Creative Destruction Lab and consulted on commercial robotics projects. His long-term ambition is to apply autonomy to disaster response—forest fires, floods, and hurricanes—bringing practical resilience to society. Notably, his background blends control systems, human-centered rehabilitation tech, and entrepreneurial scaling, a mix that helps bridge lab innovation and real-world impact.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Electrical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Electrical Engineering at Georgia Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science (BS) Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS) Electrical Engineering at University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez
Spanish, English
Github Skills (60)
mahjong10
multiagent-systems10
simulator9
robotics9
simulation9
rviz9
multi-agent9
occupancy9
elevation9
bootswatch9
terrain9
pybullet8
ros8
jekyll-theme8
bootstrap-theme8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
sgarciav/scrimmage
Sep 2017 - Aug 2020
Multi-Agent Robotics Simulator
Contributions:163 pushes, 20 branches in 2 years 11 months
roboticsagentsimulationsimulatormulti-agent
sgarciav/personal-webcam-server
Sep 2017 - Jun 2022
Code to display and stream your webcam over the internet using flask and OpenCV.
Contributions:2 PRs, 17 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 9 months
pythonwebcamflaskstreaminternet
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