James Webb
Chief Executive Officer at Elliptic Systems Ltd
Hereford, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolJames Webb is a CEO and founder with nine years of experience building security-focused networking and hardware companies, including Ultra Horizon and Elliptic Systems. He holds a First Class MEng from the University of Bristol and spent five years as a Research Associate in Bristol’s cryptography group working on side-channel hardened RISC-V for the SCARV project. His background spans applied cryptography, obfuscated VPN technology, and PCB manufacturing—reflecting a rare combination of systems-level research and hands-on hardware production. James has contributed to widely used open-source infrastructure such as pfSense by improving OpenVPN resilience and admin synchronization, underscoring his practical focus on secure, reliable deployments. Based in Hereford, he blends academic rigor with entrepreneurial drive to deliver specialist cryptographic software and bespoke hardware for high-performance secure networking. A less obvious strength is his repeated habit of founding companies to vertically integrate critical capabilities, ensuring tight alignment between research, product and manufacturing.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Hereford Cathedral SchoolMaster of Engineering (MEng), Computer Science, First Class, Master of Engineering (MEng), Computer Science, First Class at University of Bristol
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Github Skills (11)
firewall10
php10
openvpn10
freebsd10
networking9
system-administration9
configuration-management9
authentication8
user-authentication8
xmlrpc7
xml-rpc-client7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
pfsense/pfsense
Jun 2019 - Mar 2020
Main repository for pfSense
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 3 PRs, 8 comments in 8 months
Contributions summary:James primarily focused on enhancing the OpenVPN functionality within the pfSense firewall. Their contributions included adding the ability for OpenVPN instances to resync on IP changes and at boot, along with improvements to the efficiency of resync checks. Furthermore, the user modified the system to synchronize admin accounts, addressing a specific issue related to account management. These changes indicate a focus on improving the stability, configuration, and user management of the firewall's VPN capabilities.
pfsensefirewallfreebsd
jwsi/dns-server
Dec 2018 - Jan 2019
Authoritative DNS Server using AWS Dynamo DB written in Python
Contributions:54 commits, 10 PRs, 10 pushes in 1 month
awsdnspython
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