Augusto Mathurin

Prior to joining WBA as Technology Lead, Augusto was the Data Engineer at Ranking Digital Rights. He believes that the Internet is a key enabler for a better world. Mathurin was CTO of Lyris IT, a start-up based in Argentina dedicated to digital transformation projects. He also co-founded Virtuagora, a digital platform for civic participation, and Embajadores de Internet, a platform that connects the Internet governance ecosystem to Spanish-speakers.

In 2017, he was selected as the Internet Society’s 25 under 25 youth who were using the internet to make an impact in their communities and beyond. In 2019, Augusto started conducting research about the internet’s routing security and BGP interconnection in Latin America as an external consultant in LACNIC. He was also a MANRS research fellow in 2020.

Mathurin completed his engineering degree at the Universidad Tecnologica Nacional Santa Fe (Argentina), where he also taught for six years. He completed his Master’s degree in Public Policy and Management at the Universidad de Chile.