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