Luis Diogo Couto

Luis Diogo Couto has a strong background in software engineering and research. Luis Diogo is currently working as a Founding Engineer at dope.security. Prior to that, they worked at Forcepoint as a Software Engineer, where they served as a Lead Software Developer and worked on developing and operating cloud services for millions of users. Luis Diogo also played a role in the product solution team, driving best practices across the organization.

Before joining Forcepoint, Luis worked as a Research Scientist at United Technologies Research Center, where they led various research projects in domains such as Computer Vision, Data Analytics, and Cloud. Luis Diogo was responsible for quickly developing and validating new concepts and ideas through prototype-iterate-learn cycles.

Luis also has experience at Aarhus University, where they worked as both a Postdoctoral Researcher and a PhD Researcher. As a Postdoctoral Researcher, they contributed to a smart agriculture project, designing an innovative architecture that remained in place even after their departure. As a PhD Researcher, they focused on the extensibility of software tools for formal methods and developed experimental extensions using model-based formal methods (VDM). Additionally, they worked as a Teaching Assistant, assisting on software engineering courses and supervising thesis projects.

Overall, Luis has a diverse range of experiences in software engineering, research, and teaching.

Luis Diogo Couto earned a Master of Science (MSc) degree in Computer Engineering from Universidade do Minho from 2009 to 2011. Following that, from 2012 to 2015, they obtained a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Computer Engineering from Aarhus University. In addition to their formal education, they hold a certification as a Professional Scrum Master I from Scrum.org, although the date of completion is not provided.