Resume

Computer Engineer and Privacy Researcher with over 15 years of experience across academia, open-source infrastructure, and the tech industry. Specializes in privacy-preserving technologies, secure communication, and ethical software systems. Lead contributor to the Tor Project and experienced university lecturer in information security. Passionate about open-source, privacy advocacy, and building resilient, transparent digital systems.

Experience

Network Health Team Lead & Metrics Data Architect

2016 - Present — The Tor Project
https://www.torproject.org
Lead engineer on privacy metrics and network performance and security.
Architect for the Tor Metrics ecosystem for transparency and accountability.
Ford Foundation / Media Democracy Fund Tech Exchange Fellow.

On-Call Lecturer – Information Security & Data Privacy

2025 - Present — Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya – Dept. of Telecommunication Engineering and Applied Mathematics
Deliver MSc-level lectures on secure systems, privacy, and cryptography.
Step in for faculty during absences in postgraduate programs.

Adjunct Professor – Information Security

2020 - 2023 — Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Designed and taught MSc-level course projects on cybersecurity and privacy.
Provided student supervision and contributed to academic program development.

Research Engineer & Ph.D. Candidate

2012 - 2017 — Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya – Dept. of Telecommunication Engineering and Applied Mathematics
Focused on user profiling, anonymity risks, and privacy-enhancing technologies.

Technical Architect

2015-2016 — Fablabbcn
https://fablabbcn.org
Developed digital fabrication infrastructure within the global Fab Lab network.

Software Engineer

2014 - 2015 — Ztory
Built Ruby on Rails applications for a digital publishing platform.

Software Engineer

2013 - 2014 — 3Scale
Developed scalable API management systems.

Enterprise Engineer

2011 - 2012 — Google, Dublin
Supported global rollout and adoption of Google Apps in enterprise environments.

Corporate Operations Engineer

2009 - 2011 — Google, Dublin
Led infrastructure deployments and operations across EMEA regions.

Field Engineer

2007-2009 — Google, Milan
Managed cross-regional IT deployments and launched new office locations globally.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Analysis, Modelling and Protection of Online Private Data. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2017
On the Anonymity Risk of Time-Varying User Profiles. Entropy, 2017
On Web User Tracking of Browsing Patterns for Personalised Advertising. Int’l Journal of Parallel, Emergent and Distributed Systems, 2017
MobilitApp: Analysing Mobility Data of Citizens in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona. LNICST, 2016
On Web User Tracking: How Third-Party HTTP Requests Track Users' Browsing Patterns. Med-Hoc-Net, 2016
RESTful Rails Development: Building Open Applications and Services. O’Reilly Media, 2015
You Never Surf Alone: Ubiquitous Tracking of Users’ Browsing Habits. DPM, 2015
On Content-Based Recommendation and User Privacy in Social-Tagging Systems. Computer Standards & Interfaces, 2015
Potential Mass Surveillance and Privacy Violations in Proximity-Based Social Applications. IEEE TrustCom, 2015

🔗 Full list available at: https://sifr.tech/publications

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Telematics Engineering (Cum Laude) Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2017 Dissertation: Analysis, Modelling and Protection of Online Private Data
M.Sc. in Management of Information Systems Trinity College Dublin, 2012
B.Sc. in Computer Engineering Politecnico di Milano, 2007

SKILLS

Privacy & Security Engineering
Secure System Design
Network & Infrastructure Architecture
Open Source Project Leadership
Research Methodology & Publication
Public Speaking & Technical Advocacy