Herman Obst is an Industrial Engineer from Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. He has been leading multiple software projects, ranging from the healthcare industry and data science to blockchain. In 2022 he led a team that worked on the reimplementation of the Cairo VM in Rust and its integration into StarkNet; currently rewriting StarkNet in Rust. He also co-authored the book [Data science in Julia for Hackers](https://datasciencejuliahackers.com/).