Zachary Wade
CTO at CompassRx
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZachary Wade is a seasoned technology leader and CTO based in San Francisco with 11 years of experience shaping security-minded software and hardware-enabled products. He currently leads CompassRx as CTO, driving the future of pharmacy, after co-founding and building ML-driven SaaS platforms at Zensors and Nuvo. At Zensors, he turned research into a general-purpose ML platform for visual sensors, working cross-functionally with customers, engineers, and investors to bring the product to market. His earlier stints include founding engineer roles and a track record in security-oriented engineering (CTF write-ups and reverse engineering) as evidenced by contributions to security-focused projects and write-ups. He blends hands-on software engineering with a maker mindset—interested in hardware, tinkering, and practical, scalable solutions. An alumnus of Carnegie Mellon University with a BS in Computer Science, he brings rigorous technical training to product leadership, shipping mindful, auditable systems at scale.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and TechnologyBachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University
Github Skills (11)
ctf10
reverse-engineering10
cryptography10
c119
exploit9
c179
assembly8
assembler8
des7
python7
sql3
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
pwning/public-writeup
Oct 2016 - Mar 2019
CTF write-ups by Plaid Parliament of Pwning
Role in this project:
Security Engineer
Security EngineerContributions:11 commits, 4 PRs, 7 pushes in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Zachary's commits primarily involve write-ups for Capture the Flag (CTF) challenges, focusing on reverse engineering, cryptography, and web exploitation. They provided a write-up for a Hitcon CTF challenge, analyzing and documenting vulnerabilities. The user demonstrated expertise in analyzing compiled code (sha1.c) and the vulnerabilities of cryptography applications. This indicates a focus on identifying, understanding, and documenting security flaws.
network-toolsctfwrite-upsplaidparliament
bluepichu/roadrunner
Dec 2016 - Oct 2017
Contributions:26 commits, 12 PRs, 25 pushes in 10 months
plotly-dashpythondashbuttons
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