Christian Hansen
Advisor at Cobalt
Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria
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Top SchoolChristian Hansen is a seasoned technologist and co-founder with 13 years building security-focused startups and engineering teams, best known for launching Cobalt.io and pioneering pentesting-as-a-service since 2013. With an academic foundation in Applied Physics (BSc/MSc) and early career experience in 3D finite-element simulations and structural dynamics, he bridges deep technical rigor with product and security engineering. He has held CTO and Distinguished Engineer roles across San Francisco, Berlin and Innsbruck, scaling both platform and operational practices for security delivery. Now advising startups and mentoring founders, he combines hands-on engineering instincts with strategic product judgment. An intriguing trait: his background spans firefighter hazmat training to synchtrotron x‑ray physics, reflecting a rare blend of practical risk management and scientific curiosity.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Modern experimental x-ray (synchrotron) physics and cosmology, Modern experimental x-ray (synchrotron) physics and cosmology at Københavns Universitet - University of CopenhagenBachelor project and attended courses in applied physics engineering, Bachelor project and attended courses in applied physics engineering at Grenoble INP - UGATechnical University of DenmarkFirefighter and rescuer Firefighting advanced first aid training for accidents involving harzardous chemicals, Firefighter and rescuer Firefighting advanced first aid training for accidents involving harzardous chemicals at Danish Emergency Management Agency
English, Danish, French, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (76)
python10
deep-learning10
content-security-policy10
tensorflow10
cookie10
headers10
machine-learning10
hsts10
middleware9
ml9
neural-network9
defaults9
rack9
deep-neural-networks9
referrer-policy9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
chrhansen/tensorflow.rb
Jul 2016 - Oct 2016
Contributions:3 PRs, 122 pushes, 24 branches in 3 months
chrhansen/Polygon
May 2013 - Jul 2016
Contributions:27 commits in 3 years 2 months
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