Jean Monnerat

Jean Monnerat has a diverse work experience in the fields of software engineering, cryptography, and security. Their most recent role was as a Software Engineer - Applied Cryptography at Aztec since May 2023. Prior to that, they worked as a Senior Security Engineer at SwissBorg from March 2022 to April 2023. Jean also served as a Security Architect at SIX Digital Exchange from August 2020 to March 2022. Before that, they worked as a Blockchain specialist - Cryptographer at PwC Switzerland from November 2018 to August 2020. Jean also has experience as a Security Officer (R&D) at Qnective Inc. from October 2012 to October 2018. Additionally, they worked as a Software Engineer and PKI Architect at SwissSign AG from May 2008 to October 2012 and from January 2011 to December 2010, respectively. Jean started their career as a Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of California, San Diego from March 2007 to March 2008 and held the role of Research and Teaching Assistant at EPFL from October 2002 to February 2007.

Jean Monnerat obtained a PhD in Cryptography from EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne) from 2002 to 2006. Prior to that, they completed their Master's degree in Mathematics at ETH Zürich from 1997 to 2002. Additionally, in January 2020, they obtained a certification in "Become a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)" from LinkedIn.