PhD in Engineering with Electronic Orientation. National University of Mar del Plata, Argentina. Thesis: Low power integrated circuits for the detection and localization of firearm shots. Thesis advisor: Dr. Pedro Julián. May, 2009.

Master of Literature, mention in English Literature, University of Costa Rica, 2004. Thesis: Salman Rushdie's Shame: The Polyphonic Construction of an "Improbable Country". Thesis director: M.L. Rocío Miranda Vargas.

Post bachelor's Degree in Electronic Engineering, Technological Institute of Costa Rica, 2003. 

Bachelor's Degree in Electronic Engineering, Technological Institute of Costa Rica. 1990.

CEO. Rydev ASIC Design House. January 2026 to present.

VP of Business Development. Rydev ASIC Design House. January 2024 to December 2025.

Senior RTL and Backend Lead Designer. Rydev ASIC Design House. Responsible for managing the company's RTL design unit and backend, with direct client service. August 2021 to December 2023.

Academic Experience

Full Professor at Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica

Postgraduate Studies: High-Speed ​​Microelectronic Design (Postgraduate). Digital Integrated Circuit Design. Analog Integrated Circuit Design, Master's Program in Electronic Engineering, School of Electronic Engineering, 2011 to 2016.

Bachelor's Degree: Active Components. Discrete Circuits, Introduction to Integrated Circuit Design, Digital Systems Design Laboratory, Logic Design, Logic Design Laboratory. School of Electronic Engineering. Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica. January 2016 to present.

Director of Graduate Studies. Vice-Rectorate for Research and Extension. Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica. January 2012 to January 2014.

Coordinator of the Integrated Circuit Design Laboratory (DCILab), School of Electronic Engineering, Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica. January 2011 to November 2022.

Coordinator of the Specialization in Applied Electronic Technologies. PhD in Natural Sciences for Sustainable Development. July 2009 to January 2012.

Associate Professor, courses: Discrete Circuits, Introduction to Integrated Circuit Design, Digital Systems Design Laboratory. School of Electronic Engineering. Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica. July 2009 to December 2015.

Part-time Professor. Semiconductor Devices. School of Electrical Engineering. University of Costa Rica. July 2010 to December 2010.

Doctoral candidate funded by the Organization of American States, the Ministry of Science and Technology of Costa Rica, and Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, at the Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata and the Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina. March 2005 to June 2009.

Spanish (native), English, French

Analog design of low-power mixed-signal integrated circuits.

RTL-level digital design and physical layout of VLSI integrated circuits for high-performance computing applications.

FPGA design for data-intensive processing.