Technology Innovation Institute
Santos Merino del Pozo is a Senior Director of Product Engineering and Security at Technology Innovation Institute since July 2023. Previously, Santos held various roles at Qualcomm, including Staff Engineer and Technical Lead for side-channel and threat analysis from April 2022 to July 2023. Prior to that, Santos was with Technology Innovation Institute as a Principal Cryptographer and Lead Cryptography Engineer, leading hardware cryptography and security research teams from June 2019 to March 2022. Santos's earlier experience includes a position as a Senior Security Researcher at DarkMatter LLC, a Security Analyst role at Inside Secure, a Research Assistant at Université catholique de Louvain, a Junior Researcher at Philips Lighting, and an internship focused on Java Virtual Machine development. Santos holds a degree in Computer Engineering from Universidad de Cantabria, completed in 2013.
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Technology Innovation Institute
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The future doesn’t happen by chance, it’s something we work hard to build. The Technology Innovation Institute (TII) is a pioneering global research institute that focuses on applied research and new-age technology. TII is the applied research pillar of the Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC) that was established to drive the R&D strategy of Abu Dhabi and the wider UAE. At TII, we attract the brightest scientific minds to help society find solutions to some of its most pressing challenges through working at the intersection of breakthrough technologies to ensure global impact. We catalyze change in the fields of alternative energy, advanced materials, autonomous robotics, biotechnology, cryptography, digital science, directed energy, propulsion and space technologies, secure systems and quantum engineering. We invest significantly in enhancing our cutting-edge research facilities and Centres. We enable access to substantial funding to ensure that our team has the best advanced technology work environment to drive our structured innovation roadmap. We don’t just have a powerful vision for the future – we’re already creating it.