Christian Sharpsten
Principal Software Developer at US Army
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChristian Sharpsten is a Principal Software Developer with 13 years of experience specializing in low-level systems, binary exploitation, and reverse engineering. He currently leads advanced software efforts at ManTech while also serving as a Senior Software Developer and team lead in the US Army, blending defense-grade rigor with practical delivery. His background at West Point and early leadership co-running a Capture the Flag team underscores deep, hands-on expertise in offensive and defensive security techniques. Christian has a sustained interest in compiler theory and automated program analysis, informing his approach to building robust, analyzable systems. Colleagues rely on him to tackle the hardest debugging and exploitation challenges and to translate research-grade techniques into operational tools. He brings a rare combination of battlefield-tested discipline and research-oriented curiosity to complex software problems.
13 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science at United States Military Academy at West Point
Github Skills (28)
assembler9
tcp-protocol9
reverse-engineering8
keystone8
bandwidth8
x868
security8
x86-648
assembly8
powerpc7
musl7
mips7
arm7
sparc7
tcp6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
shareef12/driveranalyzer
Dec 2017 - Aug 2019
Contributions:1 release, 24 commits, 1 push in 1 year 8 months
shareef12/presentations
Nov 2017 - Nov 2019
Contributions:20 commits, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
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