Rafael Saavedra

Rafael is the VP of Research & Development for SecureDocs, Inc. and has been responsible for building and leading engineering teams for several technology companies.

Rafael has been involved in multiple technology companies. First, as VP of Technology at Tensor Biosciences. Later, as Director of Software Development at Expertcity/CitrixOnline from 2003 to 2007, where he was in charge of the GotoMeeting project and the Endpoint group. Most recently, Rafael was founder and VP of Engineering at RightScale from 2007 to 2013. Before working in industry, he was an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southern California, where he worked on parallel and Distributing Computing. Rafael holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley.