John Viega
CEO And Co-Founder at NYU School of Engineering
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolJohn Viega is a seasoned security software leader and entrepreneur with over eight years of executive experience building and scaling security products, most recently as CEO and co-founder of Crash Override and previously leading Capsule8 through acquisition by Sophos. He blends deep technical roots—MS in Computer Science and early work on language design and static analysis—with hands-on product and engineering leadership across startups and large enterprises like McAfee and BAE Systems. A repeat founder and operator, he has run product, engineering, and strategy functions, overseen M&A diligence and integration, and taught computer science as an adjunct professor at NYU. His career spans both research and practical security operations, from creating CLASP and early static-analysis tech to shipping SaaS security at scale. Based in New York, he pairs academic rigor with commercial savvy and a knack for translating complex security problems into usable products. An often behind-the-scenes influencer in the security community, he has also led editorial and advisory roles that shaped industry thinking.
8 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
Wakefield SchoolMS Computer Science, MS Computer Science at University of Virginia
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (80)
python10
metadata10
c9910
metaprogramming10
ada10
hashtable10
elf10
wait-free10
stack10
bengali10
wrapping10
ring-buffer10
compiler10
lock-free10
procedural10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
crashappsec/con4m
Nov 2022 - Mar 2023
Configuration Language for Mortals
Contributions:12 reviews, 191 commits, 56 PRs in 3 months
configurationconfigconfiguration-languageyaml
viega/applied_crypto_2022_spring
Feb 2022 - Apr 2022
Programming assignments and other material
Contributions:3 reviews, 23 commits, 14 PRs in 2 months
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