Felipe Zipitria

Felipe Zipitria is a seasoned computer security expert with an MSc from Universidad de la República in Uruguay and over 20 years of technical experience. His career has evolved from SRE, DevOps, and SysAdmin roles into specialized security domains, with the past five years dedicated to Application Security and Cloud SecOps. Throughout his career, he has provided security consulting services for more than a decade, establishing himself as a trusted advisor in the field.
Beyond his professional practice, Felipe is deeply committed to education and open-source community leadership. He teaches Computer Security Fundamentals to undergraduate students and Web Application Security to graduate students at Uruguay’s public university. Since 2013, he has served as Uruguay Co-Chapter Leader for OWASP, and has been a core contributor to OWASP CRS as a developer and co-leader since 2021. He is also part of the OWASP Coraza leadership team, driving innovation in Web Application Firewall development. His dedication to nurturing the next generation of security professionals is evident through his four consecutive years as a Google Summer of Code mentor, where he guides students into open-source and OWASP initiatives.