Alex Oprea
Software Security Specialist at Sandvik
Stockholm, Sweden
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Oprea is a Stockholm-based Software Security Specialist with 10 years of hands-on experience securing Linux and embedded platforms using C/C++, Python and scripting to harden products and integrate security tooling into CI pipelines. He has led security architecture and IEC 62443 compliance efforts across industrial and connected products, translating regulatory and customer requirements into technical controls and testable requirements. Alex combines low-level kernel and platform work—such as kernel patching, PAM-based auditing and NTP rearchitecting—with product security program leadership, incident and CVE analysis, and developer training. Known for methodical, pragmatic problem solving, he also supports external communications and marketing on product security, bridging technical teams and customers. His background spans telecom, industrial automation and endpoint security, giving him uncommon depth in both embedded Linux internals and formal security processes.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc) Embedded systems, Master of Science (MSc) Embedded systems at KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyPOLITEHNICA București National University for Science and Technology
Romanian, English, Swedish
Github Skills (1)
openwrt1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
iaoprea/lede-fork
Oct 2017 - Mar 2018
Contributions:4 pushes in 5 months
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iaoprea/netifd
May 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:1 push, 2 branches in 4 days
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