Francisco Vial-Prado

Francisco Vial-Prado is a seasoned cryptography expert with extensive experience in both industry and academia. Currently serving as a Senior Cryptography Engineer at Fortanix since 2021, Francisco previously worked as a Cryptography Engineer at ProtonMail from August 2019 to 2021 and as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Instituto Milenio Fundamentos de los Datos from 2017 to 2019. Francisco holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Cryptography from UVSQ Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, complemented by a Master's degree in Mathematics from École Polytechnique and a Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) in Astronomy from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Francisco also possesses a Diplome de Perfectionnement from Conservatoire de Versailles.