Alex Lanzano
Senior Embedded Software Engineer at wolfSSL
Hoboken, New Jersey, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Lanzano is a Senior Embedded Software Engineer with nine years of experience specializing in Linux kernel and embedded systems development, currently contributing to wolfSSL's TLS/DTLS projects. He has a strong track record in board bring-up and driver development across multiple platforms, and is an active upstream Linux kernel contributor. His work on wolfSSL repositories demonstrates deep C-language expertise and a security-minded approach, including fixes for memory leaks and cryptographic implementations like ECC and SHA3. Alex holds an MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering and blends low-level systems engineering with practical security engineering—an uncommon mix that helps him bridge hardware bring-up and secure communications stacks. Based in Hoboken, NJ, he has experience at L3Harris and AIS and has extended hypervisor support early in his career, showing a persistent focus on virtualization and system integration.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Electrical and Computer Engineering, Master of Science - MS Electrical and Computer Engineering at Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science, Binghamton UniversityBachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science at State University of New York at Plattsburgh
English
Github Skills (19)
ssl10
tls1210
memory-management10
c1110
tls1310
security10
c1710
mtls10
sys10
cryptography10
libtls10
dtls10
embedded10
webcrypto-api9
cryptoapi9
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
wolfSSL/wolfssl-examples
May 2017 - Jun 2017
Example applications using the wolfSSL lightweight SSL/TLS library
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Security Engineer
Back-end Developer & Security EngineerContributions:39 commits, 5 PRs, 3 comments in 6 days
Contributions summary:Alex primarily contributed to the `dtls` examples, focusing on fixing memory leaks and addressing merge conflicts. Their work involved modifying C code within the `wolfssl-examples` repository, which focuses on applications using the wolfSSL lightweight SSL/TLS library. The changes show expertise in handling and managing memory within a security context, specifically concerning TLS/DTLS implementations.
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wolfSSL/wolfssl
Aug 2017 - Apr 2019
The wolfSSL library is a small, fast, portable implementation of TLS/SSL for embedded devices to the cloud. wolfSSL supports up to TLS 1.3 and DTLS 1.3!
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:33 commits, 8 PRs, 2 comments in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Alex primarily contributed to the wolfSSL library by modifying and refining existing C code. The commits involved code adjustments in several files, including those related to TLS, internal functions, ECC, and SHA3 implementations. The changes reflect efforts to improve functionality, fix potential issues, and remove merge conflicts within the TLS/SSL library's core functionalities.
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