Mark Nelson
Founder at University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
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Top SchoolMark Nelson is a founder and visiting professor in Honolulu who blends deep research in Intel SGX and confidential computing with two decades of hands-on systems architecture and product delivery. He leads Applied Enclaves, developing an enclave-per-library/process model that treats malware containment like a biological quarantine to drastically reduce attack surfaces while remaining backward compatible. At the University of Hawaii he teaches reverse engineering, C/C++, data structures and runs a SCADA security lab, and his Ph.D. work reimagines usermode process partitioning to limit lateral movement between compromised components. Previously he drove unified communications and security architecture at HP, delivering interoperable enterprise solutions and large-scale program wins. Mark’s profile pairs academic rigor—Ph.D. qualifying exams passed and active literature review—with practical MVP engineering and a clear appetite for strategic partnerships to bring paradigm-shifting cybersecurity into mainstream use. An unusual strength is his ability to translate low-level protocol and systems experience into deployable hardware-enforced security designs that protect legacy software without requiring source changes.
11 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering at California State University, ChicoInformation and Computer Science, Information and Computer Science at University of Hawaii at Manoa
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (37)
compile10
doxygen10
java9
guard9
elasticsearch8
swig8
reverse-engineering8
git-repository8
scada8
search-engine8
intel8
msr7
power-management7
sgx7
intel-sgx7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
marknelsonengineer/DTMF_Decoder
Oct 2022 - Dec 2022
Contributions:5 releases, 331 commits, 160 pushes in 2 months
marknelsonengineer/ee205_animal_farm_reference
Mar 2022 - Nov 2022
Contributions:1 release, 316 commits, 125 pushes in 7 months
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