Víctor Leonel Orozco López

”One of my most productive days was throwing away 1000 lines of code” - Ken Thompson

Personal Details

E-mail

me@vorozco.com

Website

https://vorozco.com/

Age

33 years old

Education

2012-2013

Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science
Focus area: Information security
Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (RS, Brazil)
GPA: 3.84/A-

2005-2009

Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science and Information Systems
Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (Guatemala City, Guatemala)
Academic credits finished in record time (9 of 10 Semesters)

Certifications

2021

CKA: Certified Kubernetes Administrator
The Linux Foundation

2018

Oracle Certified Professional, Java SE 8 Programmer
Oracle Corporation

2018

Principles of Reactive Architecture
IBM - Lightbend

2017

Oracle Certified Associate, Java SE 8 Programmer
Oracle Corporation

2008

Oracle Database Administration
TATA Consultancy Services and India-Guatemala IT Education Centre of Excellence
Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala

Awards

2018

Oracle Groundbreakers Ambassadors
Oracle Corporation
Oracle Groundbreakers Ambassador are professionals with experience in modern software developmen, in areas like Cloud, Microservices, Containers, Java, Devops and Open Source technologies. Frecuent speakers in top developer conferences like DeveloperWeek, DevNexus, Devoxx, Oracle Code One and QCon.

2018

Java Champion
Oracle Corporation
The Java Champions are an exclusive group of passionate Java technology and community leaders who are community-nominated and selected under a project sponsored by Oracle. Java Champions get the opportunity to provide feedback, ideas, and direction that will help Oracle grow the Java Platform

2016

Duke’s Choice Award
Oracle Corporation
Educational outreach award for “The Duke’s Adventures” Project

2011

Grad School Scholarship
OAS-GCUB Scholarship Program
First Generation - Selected between 5000 applicants

Msc. Dissertation

Title

Risk assessment in information security: Quantification of trust as a parameter for human biases reduction

Advisor

Prof. Dr. Raul Ceretta Nunes

Description

This dissertation explored the possibility of using computational techniques (specifically Social Network Analysis) to quantify trust in risk treatment context. Trust notion is used to improve risk assessment accuracy and the effectiveness of security investments.

Experience

2014-currently

Solutions architect
Nabenik
Joint venture focused on research and development of IT solutions and digital maturity.

2020-currently

Lecturer
Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Centro Universitario de Occidente
Computer Science Department. Acting as lecturer in organizational and management system courses and supervising research activity in the department.

2016-currently

Lecturer
Universidad Rafael Landivar de Guatemala
Computer Science Department. Covering Artificial Intelligence and Modeling and Simulation areas.

2018-2019

Vicepresident of the information sciences comission
Senacyt
Vicepresident on the national information science commission on the nacional science an technology system.

2016

Instructor
Edx.org - Galileo University
Instructor and content creator for the “Java Fundamentals for Android” course, first english Micromaster produced in Latin America for edx.org

2014-2015

Associated Professor
Universidad Rafael Landivar de Guatemala
Part-time professor in introduction to computers programing course.

2012-2014

CAPES Msc. fellow
Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Research activities in the Msc. in Computer Science program, member of the research group “Administration and Technologies in Information Security (Gestão e Tecnologia em Segurança da Informação)”.

2010-2012

JavaEE Software Architect
Soluciones Estrategicas S.A.
Software analysis and design, SOA development, mobile platforms development (Android, Blackberry and iOS), IT infrastructure design, FLOSS consultancy, high throughput algorithms, JavaEE specialist.

2009-2010

Freelance Developer
Open Training
Java Web Development (Servlets, JSP, JSTL, persistence), Struts, Richfaces, PostgreSQL Administration, Oracle Administration.

2005-2010

IT Consultant
Asociación de Proyectos de Desarrollo
IT infrastructure administration, software implementation, assistance and support, Linux server administration.

2008-2009

Teaching assistant
Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
Software Analysis and Design aux. instructor
Operating Systems aux. instructor

IT Strengths

Languages

Java, JavaScript, Kotlin, Scala, Python, C, C++, HTML, CSS, TeX

Platforms

Java EE, Java SE, Java ME, Angular, Java FX, Android, iOS, Spring, QT

Databases

Oracle, MySQL, PostreSQL, MongoDB

CS areas

Software Engineering, Information Security, Social Network Analysis

Languages

Spanish

Native

English

Professional working proficiency

Portuguese

Full professional proficiency
CELPE-Bras Certificate 201301002452

Publications

• A new approach to improve accuracy in information security risk management.
  LÓPEZ, V. L. O. ; NUNES, R. C.
  Eighth International Conference on Digital Society (ICDS 2014), 2014, Barcelona, Spain. IARIA, 2014. v. 1. p. 1-6.

• Opinions classification in information security risk assessments with social networks analysis.
  LÓPEZ, V. L. O. ; NUNES, R. C.
  Brazilian Workshop on Social Network Analysis and Mining (BraSNAM), 2013, Maceió, Alagoas.
  XXXIII Congresso da Sociedade Brasileira de Computação (CSBC 2013).

• Building Situation Awareness to Monitor Critical Infrastructures.
  PETRI, Giani ; NUNES, R. C. ; SANTOS, O. M. ; CEOLIN JUNIOR, T. ; LÓPEZ, V. L. O.
  Latin-American Symposium on Dependable Computing, 2013, Rio de Janeiro-RJ.

• KBAM: Data Model of a Knowledge Base for Monitoring Attacks.
  PETRI, Giani ; NUNES, R. C. ; SANTOS, O. M. ; CEOLIN JUNIOR, T. ; LÓPEZ, V. L. O.
  Latin-American Symposium on Dependable Computing, 2013, Rio de Janeiro-RJ.

• Definição do Comitê de Análise/Avaliação de Riscos Baseado em Competências.
  Primão, A. P. ; NUNES, R. C. ; LÓPEZ, V. L. O.
  XII SEPROSUL Semana de Engenharia de Produção Sulamericana, 2012, Assunção-Paraguai: UNA, 2012. v. 01. p. 01-11.

• Distributed compilation with Distcc and Icecream clusters using Gentoo, a benchmarking study case.
  LÓPEZ, V. L. O. ; LOBOS, J. F.
  Workshop Software Livre 2012, 2012, Porto Alegre, Rs. Anais do WSL 2012. Porto Alegre, Associação Software Livre.Org., 2012.

Highlighted Talks ¹

• Microservices Patterns with MicroProfile • The Developer Conference - Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil • Dec 2020
• Securing Java EE applications for the OWASP Top 10 • OWASP Infosec Conference (University Talks), Argentina • Nov 2020
• From the TV to the Cloud, the Java ecosystem in 25 years • Oracle’s Java 25th Anniversary talks, Worldwide • Oct 2020
• From Java 11 on premise to Java 14 to the Oracle Cloud • Oracle GroundBreakers Tour, LATAM • Aug 2020
• From Java 8 on premise to Java 14 on the Cloud • MitoWeek Conference - Peru • May 2020
• Take advantage of MicroProfile benefits in your monolithic applications • The Developer Conference - Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil • Nov 2019
• Take advantage of MicroProfile benefits in your monolithic applications • Oracle Code One - San Francisco, United States • Sept 2019
• Kotlin+MicroProfile: Teaching 20 year old tricks to a new language • Oracle Groundbreakers Tour - Panama City, Panama • Aug 2019
• Kotlin+MicroProfile: Teaching 20 year old tricks to a new language • The Developer Conference - São Paulo, Brazil • Jul 2019
• MicroProfile for the busy developer • Es-Conference CDMX - CDMX, México • Mar 2019
• MicroProfile for the busy developer • The Developer Conference - Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil • Dic 2018
• Introduction to Java EE 8 with Payara 5 • Comunidad Hipana JUGs - jEspañol • Jul 2018
• Functional Microservices with Java 8 and Java EE • JavaUp - Instituto Politecnico Nacional, CDMX, México • Abr 2018
• Functional Microservices with Java 8 and Java EE • DevNexus - Atlanta, GA, United States • Feb 2018
• Microservices With Java 8 and Java EE 7 • III CONING 2017 - Trujillo, Peru • Oct 2017
• Microservices Data Patterns: CQRS and Event Sourcing • Java One 2017 - San Francisco, CA, United States • Oct 2017
• Microservices With Java 8 and Java EE 7 • Java Cloud Day 2017 - Mexico City, Mexico • Aug 2017
• Reaching the Java Lambda Heaven • DevNexus - Atlanta, GA, United States • Feb 2017
• Increasing the Maturity of Our Java User Groups • Java One - San Francisco, CA, United States • Sep 2016
• A new approach to improve accuracy in information security risk management • Eighth International Conference on Digital Society - Barcelona, Spain • Mar 2014
• Security on WiFi Networks • CIETEC Professional Education School - Santa Maria, RS, Brazil • Dec 2013
• Opinions classification in information security risk assessments with social networks analysis • XXXIII Congresso da Sociedade Brasileira de Computação (CSBC 2013) - Maceio, AL, Brazil • Apr 2013
• High performance and flexibility with Gentoo Linux • Fórum Software Livre Tchelinux.org - Santa Maria, RS, Brazil • Dec 2012
• Distributed compilation with Distcc and Icecream clusters using Gentoo, a benchmarking study case • Forum Internacional de Software Livre (FISL) - Porto Alegre, RS Brazil • Apr 2012

Talks²

• Evaluating Java security with OWASP Top 10 • JUG Merida Meetup, Mexico • Aug 2020
• From Java 8 to Java 14 • SOUJava Meetup, Brazil • Mar 2020
• Introduction to Microservices with Eclipse MicroProfile and Java EE • Oracle Developer Tour LA - GOUG, Guatemala • Ago 2018
• 101 on securing Java EE 7 and 8 Applications OWASP Latam Tour May 2018 • OWASP Latam Tour 2018 - OWASP • July 2018
• Bootstraping Java EE 7 Applications with Eclipse Neon and JBoss Forge • Java Day Guatemala - Guatejug • July 2016
• Privacy vs Open Data • Technologies for crime prevention forum • Ministerio de Gobernación Guatemala • Mar 2016
• Functional development with Java 8 • Java Day Guatemala - Guatejug • Oct 2015
• HTML5 applications with Java EE and AngularJS • V Engineering Congress - USAC-Cunori - Chiquimula, Guatemala • Oct 2015
• Getting started with Git • VIII Engineering Symposium - Universidad Rafael Landivar - Quetzaltenango, Guatemala • Oct 2015
• Java 8: Functional than ever • Technology Transference Department - ECYS/USAC • Sept 2015
• State and challenges of Information Security • VII Engineering Symposium - Universidad Rafael Landivar - Quetzaltenango, Guatemala • Oct 2014
• Myths and realities of Java Security • Java Day Guatemala - Guatejug • Oct 2014
• Getting started with Free Software • Latin American Festival of Free Software - San Marcos, Guatemala • Abr 2014
• New features in Java 7 • Java Day Guatemala - Guatejug • Oct 2011
• Java security and frameworks • OWASP Day Guatemala • Ago 2011
• Java as development platform • Guatemalan Congress of Free Software • Nov 2010
• Java applications development with QT Jambi • Guatemalan Congress of Free Software • Oct 2010
• A brief introduction to the Java language • Third Engineering Congress - Universidad Mesoamericana de Guatemala - Quetzaltenango, Guatemala • Ago 2009
• Linux security fundamentals • II Engineering Symposium - Universidad Rafael Landivar - Quetzaltenango, Guatemala • Ago 2009
• SOA, Web Services and other stuff - Second Barcamp - Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala • Jul 2009
• Free Software in Guatemala • Free Software Saturdays - Linux Users Group - Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala • Jul 2009
• Using Hibernate as ORM in JDeveloper • Guatemalan Congress of Computer Science and Information Systems • Abr 2009
• Developing OOP applications with Netbeans • Science and Technology convention - Universidad Mariano Galvez - San Marcos • Sept 2008
• Creating Java applications with Netbeans RCP • Guatemalan Congress of Free Software • Ago 2008
• Getting started in Linux with Ubuntu • Linux Users Group - San Marcos, Guatemala • Mar 2008

Other activities

2016-currently

JUG Leader
Guatemalan Java Users Group

2013-2015

Gentoo Linux Spanish translation team
Gentoo Foundation

2012-2015

JUG board member
Guatemalan Java Users Group

2011-2012

JUG Leader
Guatemalan Java Users Group

2009-2010

Coordinator/Country leader
Latin American Festival of Free Software

Other interests

Backpacking, running, natural languages, science and free software advocacy.

References

• Inga. Msc. Andrea Rodas
  General Department of Research
  Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
  andyscreations2012 <at> gmail <dot> com

• Inga. Maria Castillo
  Academic coordinator
  CS Program • Universidad Rafael Landivar
  carmen.castillo <at> gmail <dot> com

• Ing. Javier Gramajo
  CEO • SQMOS
  jgramajo <at> gmail <dot> com

• Ing. Jose Lobos
  Bsc. thesis advisor
  Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
  joseflobos <at> gmail <dot> com

• Ing. Ricardo Morales
  Tenured professor
  CS Program • Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
  ricardo.moralesp <at> gmail <dot> com

• Ing. Antonio Sobalvarro
  CEO
  Soluciones Estrategicas
  as <at> mobilges <dot> com

• Prof. Dr. Raul Ceretta Nunes
  Msc. dissertation advisor
  Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
  ceretta <at> inf <dot> ufsm <dot> br

• Prof. Dr. Ana Trindade Winck
  Tenured professor
  CS Program • Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
  ana <at> inf <dot> ufsm <dot> br

LinkedIn • CV’s source at: GitHub
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