Rafael Cárdenas

Software and Computer Engineer

Specialized in mobile devices, embedded computer systems, wireless communications, visual computing, and real-time controls. Focused on creating innovative solutions to complex, large scale and high impact technological challenges.

Rafael is currently CTO at Cívica Digital based in Monterrey, Mexico. He previously worked for four years as a Software Engineer at Google in Mountain View, CA, where he acted as Tech Lead in the iOS Location Platform (Google Maps) team and as Information Security Engineer in Google's Mobile Security team. He worked and collaborated in mobile apps like Google Search, Google+, Google Photos, Google Hangouts, and Google Calendar. He's a graduate of Tecnológico de Monterrey with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science.