Summary
Servio Palacios is a seasoned technology leader and researcher, currently serving as CEO of Mayan Mind, where he drives AI integration into secure, scalable architectures and leads cross-disciplinary teams, while actively contributing to AGAPECert, AuditGraph.io, and TrueNODB. A Purdue Ph.D. in Computer Science and Fulbright alumnus, he spans academia, government, and industry with a track record in information security, confidential computing, distributed systems, and graph databases. His work includes pioneering auditable computation for private graph data (AGAPECert) and leading NASA/JPL–funded efforts on secure graph databases, which he publicly presented at JPL. He has steered proposals and architectures for data sovereignty, edge computing, and secure IoT through The Qlever Company and related ventures, including securing USDA SBIR/STTR submissions. An active mentor and educator, he founded IoT4Kids to bring CS and IoT education to underrepresented communities, and he continues to push for ethical, auditable, and scalable tech—whether for education, space systems, or digital agriculture.
11 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Fulbright Pre-academic Program, English Language and Literature, General, 4.0, Fulbright Pre-academic Program, English Language and Literature, General, 4.0 at St. John's University
Master’s Degree, Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance, 4.0, Master’s Degree, Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance, 4.0 at Foro Europeo Escuela de Negocios de Navarra
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science at Purdue University
Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering, 3.7, Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering, 3.7 at Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana
Spanish, English