Jairo Gutierrez received the systems and computing engineering degree from Universidad de Los Andes in Colombia, the master’s degree in computer science from Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, and the PhD degree in information systems from the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

He is currently a professor in the department of computer and information sciences at Auckland University of Technology (AUT), New Zealand. From 2015 and until 2020, Professor Gutierrez was the deputy head of the School of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences also at AUT.

His current research is on Internet of Things security, networking and information security, telecommunications, next-generation networks, and cloud computing systems. He has published more than 150 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings.