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Rafael Umann is the Founder and CEO of Azion Technologies, a global edge computing platform headquartered in Palo Alto, California. A serial entrepreneur who founded his first company - an ISP - at age 13, he went on to build and exit multiple startups before founding Azion in 2011. Under his leadership, Azion has grown into a recognized leader in edge computing, serving 45 of the top 50 Latin American e-commerces, processing over 10 billion monthly financial transactions, and winning awards from Santander X, Frost & Sullivan, and GigaOm. A Forbes Technology Council member and open-source contributor whose Linux kernel work powered the world's largest point-to-point wireless network, Umann is one of the most prominent voices on edge computing's role in the future of the internet.