About me
Felipe Zipitria is an expert in computer security, graduated with an MSc from the Universidad de la República in Uruguay. With over 20 years of experience in SRE, DevOps, and SysAdmin roles, Felipe has transitioned into specialized areas, dedicating the past 5 years to AppSec and Cloud SecOps. His extensive expertise spans security consulting for over a decade. Passionate about education, Felipe instructs pregraduate students in Computer Security Fundamentals and guides postgraduates in Web Application Security at the local public University, with the help of OWASP published materials. He started as the Uruguay Co-Chapter Leader in 2013, and started engaging in projects with global outreach. He is a longstanding contributor to OWASP CRS, serving as a developer and co-leader since 2021 and he is part of the OWASP Coraza leadership team, focusing on the development of new Web Application Firewalls (WAFs). Committed to fostering open-source engagement, he has served as a Google Summer of Code mentor for four consecutive years, nurturing students involvement in open-source and OWASP initiatives.
