Summary
Alejandro Sherman is a Senior Security Firmware Engineer with eight years of hands-on experience designing and hardening firmware for storage systems at Western Digital. Leveraging a Computer Science degree (3.86 GPA, Magna Cum Laude) from UC Riverside, he has progressed rapidly from HDD firmware roles into focused security engineering, demonstrating strong domain expertise in embedded systems and secure device workflows. Based in Corona, California, he combines applied research experience from university labs with production-grade development, shipping security features across product lifecycles. Known for moving quickly between roles and responsibilities, he brings both deep technical rigor and practical deployment experience to firmware security challenges.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, 3.86 Magna Cum Laude, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, 3.86 Magna Cum Laude at University of California, Riverside