Ricardo Pontaza
Senior Post-Quantum Cryptographer at Technology Innovation Institute
Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
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Top SchoolRicardo Pontaza is a senior post-quantum cryptographer with over 15 years of combined industry and R&D experience, holding dual PhDs and a strong mathematical foundation from National Taiwan University and NYCU. He has led government-funded research and hardware-optimized implementations of quantum-resistant algorithms for Taiwan’s defense and industry partners (including TSMC), and now develops production-grade post-quantum cryptographic software for satellite and embedded platforms at the Technology Innovation Institute. His expertise spans computational algebraic number theory, ARM CPU/MCU optimizations, Verilog/FPGA prototyping, and rigorous C implementations with CI/CD and kernel-level security proofs of concept. Ricardo’s profile blends deep academic research—four grant-funded PQC projects during his PhD—with practical delivery to diverse government and private customers, demonstrating rare end-to-end capability from theoretical design to deployed firmware. Based in Abu Dhabi, he also publishes in TCHES and contributes as an artifact reviewer, signaling active engagement with the cryptographic research community.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at National Chiao Tung UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at National Taiwan UniversityMandarin Chinese, Mandarin Chinese at National Chengchi University
English, Spanish, Chinese, Russian
Github Skills (19)
xilinx-ise10
calculator9
hardware-designs9
verilog9
xilinx9
low-level-programming9
execution-time8
matrix-multiplication8
vhdl8
txt5
nuget4
64-bit4
profiling3
cpp3
armv73
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
pontazaricardo/Banguat_Variable_DataRetriever
Mar 2018 - Jun 2018
Contributions:73 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
pontazaricardo/Matlab_GUI_example
Jul 2017 - Aug 2017
Contributions:28 commits, 25 pushes, 1 branch in 16 days
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