Egon Okerman
Application Security Researcher
Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium
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Top SchoolEgon Okerman is an Application Security Researcher at Sonar with a decade of experience building and securing software in Rust, TypeScript, and Python. He previously led research software efforts at THEO Technologies, where he redesigned low-latency streaming protocols and implemented multicast and light-field video playback systems, blending systems programming with media research. His background includes cum laude degrees from KU Leuven and an MEng from KTH, reflecting strong academic foundations in computer science. Egon pairs hands-on protocol and implementation work with offensive security skills, regularly competing in CTFs with team Lorem Ipsec and reverse-engineering games and apps for fun. He’s starting to publish write-ups on his reverse-engineering projects, promising a practical, researcher’s perspective on application vulnerabilities and media streaming internals. Based in Leuven, Belgium, he brings a rare mix of low-level systems expertise, security research, and multimedia protocol design.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Onze-Lieve-Vrouwinstituut Sint-Genesius-RodeBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Cum laude, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Cum laude at University of LeuvenMaster of Engineering - MEng, Computer Science, Master of Engineering - MEng, Computer Science at KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Dutch, English, French
Github Skills (46)
tabletop10
http9
hyper9
http-client9
rust9
discord8
twitch7
bypass6
slack6
cloudflare6
emoji6
cli5
nodejs5
chat5
python5
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
egonny/curriculum-vitae
Sep 2020 - Mar 2025
Digital CV soming soon
Contributions:1 release, 2 PRs, 18 pushes in 4 years 6 months
digital-cv
egonny/advent-of-code-notifier
Dec 2019 - Oct 2022
A simple notifier for changes in private Advent of Code leaderboards
Contributions:1 release, 12 commits, 10 PRs in 2 years 10 months
leaderboardsdiscordnotificationsslacknotifier
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