Sandro Pinto is a Research Scientist and Invited Professor at the University of Minho, Portugal. He holds a Ph.D. in Electronics and Computer Engineering. During his Ph.D., Sandro was a visiting researcher at the Asian Institute of Technology (Thailand), University of Wurzburg (Germany), and Jilin University (China). Sandro has a deep academic background and several years of industry collaboration focusing on operating systems, virtualization, and security for embedded, cyber-physical, and IoT-based systems. He has published several scientific papers in top-tier conferences/journals and is a skilled presenter with speaking experience in several academic and industrial conferences. Sandro is a long-term supporter of open source projects and is currently helping Hex-Five to make security practical at scale.