Dillon Reisman
Skadden Fellow at American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey
Newark, New Jersey, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDillon Reisman is a lawyer and computer scientist with a decade of experience at the intersection of technology, privacy, and civil rights, currently serving as a Skadden Fellow at the ACLU of New Jersey. He combines hands-on software engineering experience from Google and contributions to high-profile open-source projects like OpenWPM—a web privacy measurement framework—with legal training from NYU School of Law. Dillon has a track record of building privacy-preserving infrastructure, advising product teams on data protection, and implementing tooling to make user data more transparent and controllable. His background includes hands-on research in reverse-engineering and DARPA-funded projects, plus policy-focused roles at AI Now and Access Now, giving him a rare mix of technical depth and policy impact. Based in Newark, he focuses on translating complex technical issues into enforceable civil-rights protections and practical engineering solutions.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Princeton High SchoolDoctor of Law - JD, Doctor of Law - JD at New York University School of LawBachelor of Arts (BA), Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Computer Science at Princeton University
English, Spanish
Github Skills (9)
firefox10
python10
selenium9
web-development9
selenium-ide9
privacy8
javascript8
testing8
crawler7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
openwpm/OpenWPM
Apr 2016 - Apr 2017
A web privacy measurement framework
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:40 commits, 14 PRs, 30 pushes in 1 year
Contributions summary:Dillon contributed to the OpenWPM project by implementing and modifying various features related to web privacy measurement. Their work included adding functionality to the proxy, specifically integrating a status queue to gracefully handle browser termination. Additionally, the user updated and refactored command sequences and implemented new commands, such as saving screenshots and dumping page source, as well as added tests for these features. These changes enhanced the project's ability to collect and analyze web data while respecting user privacy.
firefoxprivacysecuritymeasurementpython3
dreisman/WebCensusNotebook
Dec 2016 - Jul 2017
Contributions:41 commits, 2 PRs, 64 pushes in 6 months
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