# Ragi Yaser Burhum

> Peruvian serial entrepreneur and technologist with 20+ years in tech. Founder of
> AmigoCloud (geospatial platform; Code for America, Stanford StartX) and ModeWalk
> (luxury e-commerce, acquired by Moda Operandi; Stanford StartX), plus a stealth
> crypto startup. Co-founder of OpenCovid-Peru. Currently building analytics for
> crypto compliance programs (KYC / anti-money laundering).

This is the personal website of Ragi Yaser Burhum (also written Ragi Burhum),
available in English (`/en/`) and Spanish (`/es/`). Both language versions carry
the same content.

## Key facts

- Nationality: Peruvian. Based in Miami, Florida.
- Career: GIS technology (Esri, Microsoft, NVIDIA, AmigoCloud), video games
  (Microsoft Flight Simulator at MS Game Studios), luxury e-commerce, and for the
  past several years crypto compliance analytics.
- Long-time open source contributor, particularly in the geospatial ecosystem.
  Code at [github.com/rburhum](https://github.com/rburhum).
- Software he wrote at Esri is used by most countries for census data collection,
  nautical charts, and national geographic information systems, and by US agencies
  including the Department of Defense, NASA, NGA, and the US Forest Service.
- COVID-19 work: wrote "El Martillazo y el Huayno" (March 2020), the first document
  in Peru explaining the pandemic's projected impact, and the first publication of
  R values at regional and city level in Lima with open source code. Co-founded
  OpenCovid-Peru, a volunteer data initiative that became the de facto reference for
  Peruvian press pandemic coverage. With Patrick Wieghardt, helped update Peru's
  official COVID-19 death toll using a methodology for countries with limited PCR
  testing, presented to the World Health Organization. Received a Presidential Thank
  You and acknowledgement from the Peruvian Congress.
- Interests: technology, artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency, blockchain,
  investing, startups, geospatial technology, gaming, cybersecurity, open source,
  open data, govtech, dogs.
- Contact and press inquiries: Twitter/X [@rburhum](https://twitter.com/rburhum).

## Pages

- [Home (English)](https://burhum.com/en/): Introduction and interactive globe.
- [Home (Spanish)](https://burhum.com/es/): Same, in Spanish.
- [About (English)](https://burhum.com/en/about/): Full biography.
- [About (Spanish)](https://burhum.com/es/about/): Full biography, in Spanish.
- [Press (English)](https://burhum.com/en/press/): Press kit, short/medium bios
  cleared for reuse, headshot, and press coverage links.
- [Press (Spanish)](https://burhum.com/es/press/): Same, in Spanish.

## Other sites

- [Guía Crypto](https://crypto.burhum.com): A Spanish-language tutorial on crypto
  trading, written by Ragi.
- [OpenCovid.pe](https://www.opencovid.pe): The OpenCovid-Peru initiative.
- [Medium](https://medium.com/@rburhum): Long-form writing, including
  ["El Martillazo y el Huayno"](https://medium.com/@rburhum/el-martillazo-y-el-huayno-278716f49938).

## Selected press

- [Peru corrects COVID-19 death toll, now worst in the world per capita](https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/peru-almost-triples-official-covid-19-death-toll-after-review-2021-05-31/) — Reuters, June 2021.
- [OpenCovid presentation to Congress and the Executive](https://www.opencovid.pe/congreso-ejecutivo) — OpenCovid.pe, 2021.
- [Sociedad civil reclamó al Ejecutivo datos reales de fallecidos por COVID-19](https://elcomercio.pe/peru/coronavirus-peru-sociedad-civil-reclamo-al-ejecutivo-datos-reales-de-fallecidos-por-covid-19-nndc-noticia/) — El Comercio, 2021.
- [AmigoCloud: la startup peruana de mapas que conquistó Silicon Valley](https://gestion.pe/tecnologia/amigocloud-startup-peruana-mapas-conquisto-silicon-valley-93726-noticia/) — Gestión, 2015.
- [Ragi Burhum: "El emprendedor está hecho para el riesgo"](https://www.udep.edu.pe/hoy/2018/03/ragi-burhum-el-emprendedor-esta-hecho-para-el-riesgo/) — UDEP, 2018.