Founder and Executive Director of the Coalition for a Baruch Plan for AI and the Trustless Computing Association. Rufo has been the visionary behind the Free and Safe in Cyberspace conference series since 2015, which advocates for a groundbreaking IT security paradigm—the Trustless Computing Paradigms—to harmonize personal freedoms with public safety. Previously, he was the founder and CEO of Participatory Technologies Srl, a company that provided open-source e-democracy solutions to transnational political organizations across three continents. As the Global Vice President at 4thPass, he pioneered the first Java mobile app store system, securing over 10 million euros in deals with major clients like Telefonica. As CEO, he increased the valuation of the Open Media Park, a planned second-largest media and cybersecurity technology park in Europe, from €3 million to €21 million.