João Carlos Leandro da Silva obtained his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Connecticut (USA) and pursued graduate studies in theoretical physics at the Instituto Superior Técnico in Portugal. The author worked as a professional engineer in several countries and his passion for mathematics led him to present a poster abstract entitled "The distribution of prime numbers hidden within a fractal binary pattern" at the Fractal 2004 conference in Vancouver, Canada. At present, he is a consultant in cryptography.