Who is Juan Rafael Ruiz Carrillo?
Juan Rafael Ruiz Carrillo, also known as Rafael Ruiz, is the Chief Technology Officer of 101OBEX Corp, a company based in Sunnyvale, California, and a systems architect specializing in API infrastructure. He created AVAP, a virtual programming language for API logic, and the PLATON kernel that runs it, and he trained Artifex, a language model fine-tuned from Qwen that emits ASTs instead of source code. He is a Director of the PLATON Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, an Advisory Board member at DevNetwork, and a judge of DevNetwork hackathons in 2026. In September 2026 he received the 2026 API Award for Best Innovation in API Gateways, for the development of AVAP Gateway Advanced, at The 2026 CloudX Awards during API World in Santa Clara, California.
- Full name
- Juan Rafael Ruiz Carrillo
- Also known as
- Juan Rafael Ruiz, Rafael Ruiz, rafa32gr
- Role
- Chief Technology Officer, 101OBEX Corp (Sunnyvale, California)
- Known for
- AVAP (a virtual programming language for APIs), PLATON (a virtual language kernel), and Artifex (a language model that emits ASTs instead of source code)
- Other roles
- Director, The PLATON Foundation (501c3) · Advisory Board Member, DevNetwork (Dev Tools & Dev Platforms) · Hackathon judge, DevNetwork (2026)
- Recognition
- 2026 API Award, Best Innovation in API Gateways (AVAP Gateway Advanced), presented at API World as part of The 2026 CloudX Awards, Santa Clara, California, September 3, 2026
- Websites
- rafa32gr.com · avap.ai · avapcollaborativenetwork.com
- Profiles
- LinkedIn · GitHub (PLATON) · GitHub (AVAP Framework) · Hugging Face · DevNetwork profile
What is AVAP?
AVAP is a virtual programming language for API logic, created by Juan Rafael Ruiz Carrillo. Its commands are defined in a central Definitions Server instead of being embedded in the code, so at runtime the language server resolves each command to its latest definition. This enables atomic security patching across a network of execution nodes without redeploys or service interruption.
What is PLATON?
PLATON is a syntax-agnostic virtual kernel designed to host virtual programming languages. It provides a resource-constrained bytecode VM and a sandboxed runtime for high-performance API execution. The open-source implementation, PLATON-OSS, is published by The PLATON Foundation under the MIT license.
What is Artifex?
Artifex is a language model fine-tuned from Qwen to emit abstract syntax trees (ASTs) instead of source code. Given the catalog of commands and signatures of a language built on PLATON, it returns an AST that the language server validates and compiles into deterministic code, so the model cannot invoke a command that does not exist.
What awards has Juan Rafael Ruiz Carrillo received?
On September 3, 2026, he received the 2026 API Award for Best Innovation in API Gateways for the development of AVAP Gateway Advanced, presented at API World as part of The 2026 CloudX Awards in Santa Clara, California.
What does Juan Rafael Ruiz Carrillo do at DevNetwork?
He serves on DevNetwork's Dev Tools and Dev Platforms Advisory Board and has served as a judge for DevNetwork hackathons, including the AI DevSummit + DeveloperWeek Management [AI + ML] Hackathon (May 2026) and the DevNetwork {API + Cloud + AI} Hackathon (September 2026).
