Demi Getschko holds BSc, MSc, and PhD degrees in Electronic Engineering from the University of São Paulo in Brazil. Dr. Getschko is an Associate Professor in Computing Architecture at Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP) in Brazil. He is also Vice-President of the ISOC Brazilian Chapter, a Board Member of the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br), and CEO of the Brazilian Network Information Center (NIC.br). He has been a member of CGI.br since its creation in 1995 and took part in the team that established the first Internet connection to Brazil.

For his critical role in Internet development in Brazil, in 2014, he was elected the first Brazilian to appear in the Hall of Fame of the Internet in "Global Connectors" category for his "key role in establishing the first Internet connection in Brazil." In 2016, he was admitted to the Communications Merit Order at the "Officer Degree" to acknowledge his relevant services rendered to Communications. Editor-in-chief of "Revista .br" - publication of CGI.br since 2009. Since 2014, he has written fortnightly for Caderno Link - Digital Technology and Culture Publishing of O Estado de S. Paulo newspaper and Estadao.com portal.