Alexander Rao
Software Engineer at College of Computing at Georgia Tech
Morrisville, North Carolina, United States
Summary
👤
Senior🎓
Top SchoolAlexander Rao is a software engineer specializing in secure boot and firmware security, currently building secure boot solutions across Cisco’s Business Units in the Security & Trust Organization. A US citizen based in Morrisville, NC, he holds a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering and an MS in Computer Science from Georgia Tech, with research experience in hardware-level cryptography, networking, and RHEED analysis using ML techniques. With nine years of hands-on experience spanning firmware, MATLAB consulting, energy systems, and web development, he blends deep hardware understanding with practical software delivery. Outside core firmware work he teaches as a graduate TA, reflecting a commitment to mentorship and translating complex low-level concepts for learners. Notably, his background bridges academia and industry—applying neural networks and PCA to physical instrumentation before moving to production-grade secure boot engineering.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, General Education, 4.22/4.00, High School Diploma, General Education, 4.22/4.00 at Holland Hall SchoolMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology
English
Stackoverflow
170reputation
3kreached
6answers
1question
Github Skills (65)
ruby10
linux10
homebrew10
api9
rust9
blogger9
remark9
build-system9
macos9
package-manager9
compiler8
unsafe8
reserve8
markdown8
rust-lang8
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
alexhrao/MealPlanner
Jun 2017 - Jul 2017
Contributions:37 commits, 56 pushes, 8 branches in 1 month
alexhrao/textric
May 2021 - Jun 2021
Next-Generation Messaging Service with a focus on Privacy
Contributions:39 commits, 4 PRs, 23 pushes in 27 days
next-generationprivacymessagingmessaging-servicewith-service
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.