David Adrian
Product Manager at Google
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Adrian is a product manager and former engineering leader with 14 years of experience building security-focused internet infrastructure and developer tools. Currently driving Chrome Security work at Google, he specializes in secure transports, memory safety, and web platform hardening while bridging product strategy and technical execution. He co-founded Censys and served as Principal Engineer at Nametag, bringing startup grit to large-scale product problems. An active open-source contributor and security researcher, he has made substantial back-end improvements to widely used internet scanning projects like ZMap, ZGrab2, and ZDNS to improve stability and modularity. With a PhD-level computer science background and hands-on history in low-level networking and dependency modernization (notably adding Go modules and refactoring for modern systems), he combines deep technical fluency with product leadership. Based in Washington, D.C., he balances rigorous engineering with practical product outcomes that improve internet-wide security visibility.
14 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Chelsea High SchoolDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science at University of Michigan
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Github Skills (34)
dependency-management10
tls1210
package-development10
plugin-development10
c-programming10
tls1310
mtls10
network-scan10
go10
dns10
libtls10
drupal-module10
scanner9
gnu-make9
build-system9
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
zmap/zmap
Sep 2013 - Jan 2023
ZMap is a fast single packet network scanner designed for Internet-wide network surveys.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:3 releases, 25 reviews, 449 commits in 9 years 6 months
Contributions summary:David contributed to the development of ZMap, a fast network scanning tool. The user focused on implementing and refining the output filtering capabilities, and also worked on the core components of the program, including code related to the low-level network access. They also refactored and improved existing code, including fixes to existing issues and adjustments for enhanced compatibility with modern systems.
network-scannerscanneripv4networkingsurveys
zmap/zgrab2
Aug 2017 - Jul 2022
Fast Application Layer Scanner
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 26 reviews, 69 commits in 4 years 10 months
Contributions summary:David contributed significantly to the `zgrab2` project, primarily focusing on enhancing the framework's functionality and module implementations. They refactored the codebase by removing pointer-to-interface usages and improving help handling. The user also added a new TLS module and implemented Go modules support to improve dependency management. Additionally, they refactored output handling to accept writers, enabling more flexible output configurations.
golangscannersecuritygo-applicationapplication-scanner
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