Florencio Utreras

Florencio Ignacio Utreras Díaz (born 25 December 1951, Ancud) is a Chilean mathematician who is considered to be one of the fathers of the Internet in Chile.

Biography Utreras studied engineering mathematics at the University of Chile, graduating in 1975. Later, in 1979, he earned his doctorate in engineering at Université Grenoble Alpes in France.

In 1987, he directed the Chilean connection to BITNET, the computer network at City University in New York City and Yale University. In 1992, he contributed to the creation of National University Network , the main academic network for Latin America and the Caribbean.

In 1997, Utreras to start the strategic alliance between REUNA and CTC (now Movistar) to create Reuna2, the broadband network that connected between Arica and Osorno, at that time the most extensive network in Latin America.