Ben Garvin
Software Engineer at Studying at Cal Poly SLO
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Garvin is a Computer Engineering student and software engineer based in the San Francisco Bay Area with a decade of hands-on coding experience and a strong focus on cybersecurity. As CTF Lead for Cal Poly's Security Education Club and a former top high-school CTF competitor, he teaches competitive offensive security techniques and designs realistic challenges. His internships span cloud-native proof-of-concept work at Trustwave, early blockchain protocol implementation at Geeq, automated system validation at Astera Labs, and impactful web tooling for nonprofit LifeMoves. He also conducted supervised malware research uncovering novel covert channels and stealthy persistence techniques, demonstrating both offensive insight and a commitment to responsible disclosure. Ben combines low-level security research with practical software engineering across TypeScript, Rust, and systems testing, and seeks summer roles that let him blend programming exploration with cybersecurity impact.
10 years of coding experience
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoHigh School Diploma, Computer Science, High School Diploma, Computer Science at The Nueva School
Github Skills (32)
steam10
steamworks9
minecraft9
proton9
compatibility9
wine9
go-server8
server7
raycasting6
mediawiki6
rust5
parsing5
robot5
text-analysis5
robotics4
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
BenCantCode/Petra
Aug 2020 - Apr 2022
Contributions:33 commits, 28 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 7 months
BenCantCode/icm20948-async
Dec 2023 - Dec 2024
Embassy (embedded async) Rust driver for the ICM20948
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
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