Gautam Akiwate
Software Engineer at Apple
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolGautam Akiwate is a software engineer and researcher with 12 years of experience focused on the intersection of network security and systems, currently working on network security and privacy at Apple while holding a postdoctoral appointment at Stanford. His empirical research, funded by Digicert and Google, probes attacker strategies that threaten Internet stability and informs practical defenses for organizations. He brings deep systems expertise from prior roles spanning mobile computing, kernels, and next-generation storage at companies like Pure Storage and Qualcomm. A PhD in Computer Science from UC San Diego and a Stanford Ignite certificate in innovation position him to translate rigorous research into deployable, secure systems. Notably, he blends academic rigor with industry-grade engineering, routinely moving between long-term investigations and production-facing security work.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Stanford Ignite Certificate Program in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Stanford Ignite Certificate Program in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessUniversity of California, San DiegoBachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Information Technology, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Information Technology at COEP Technological UniversityPostdoctoral Researcher Computer Science, Postdoctoral Researcher Computer Science at Stanford University
Github Skills (16)
scanner10
dns-lookup10
cli9
dns9
coredns9
bob8
bisection3
django3
mozilla3
web-application3
harness2
frontend2
zone2
git-clone1
database1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
chezbob/chezbob2020-bobolith-prototype
Jul 2019 - Jun 2021
Development repository for... the Bobolith.
Contributions:7 PRs, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years
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