Nassim Eddequiouaq
Co-Founder & CEO at Bastion
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNassim Eddequiouaq is a security-focused engineer and entrepreneur with 12 years of experience building systems at the intersection of operating systems, cryptography, secure hardware and distributed systems. As Co-Founder & CEO of Bastion—an a16z-backed regulated stablecoin issuance platform—he combines product leadership with deep technical judgment from prior roles as CISO for crypto at Andreessen Horowitz and engineering lead positions at Facebook/Anchorage and Docker. His open-source contributions to high-profile projects like Notary and Docker CLI/credential-helpers show hands-on expertise in trust, credential storage and backend refactors that improve maintainability and security. Comfortable moving between research, product and low-level engineering, he has a track record of turning cryptographic and custody requirements into practical, auditable systems for regulated environments.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.) Computer Science, Master of Science (M.S.) Computer Science at EPITA: Ecole d'Ingénieurs en Informatique
English, French
Github Skills (18)
docker10
testing10
command-line-interface10
dockers10
go10
command-line10
trust10
credential-manager10
credentials10
cli10
apidoc9
api9
macos8
linux8
cni8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
docker/docker-credential-helpers
Mar 2017 - Jun 2018
Programs to keep Docker login credentials safe by storing in platform keystores
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 36 commits, 23 PRs in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Nassim primarily contributed to the `docker/docker-credential-helpers` repository by implementing and refining credential storage mechanisms. Their work focused on adding support for Docker credentials labels across various platforms, including macOS, Linux (secretservice), and Windows. They also fixed existing test cases and added new tests related to credential handling, specifically addressing potential errors in credential store interactions. Furthermore, the user refactored the codebase to ensure the integrity of credentials and validated server URLs.
docker-loginkeepsecuritystoringdocker
notaryproject/notary
Feb 2017 - Apr 2017
Notary is a project that allows anyone to have trust over arbitrary collections of data
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:67 commits, 4 PRs, 1 push in 2 months
Contributions summary:Nassim primarily focused on the back-end implementation within the Notary project. Their commits involved refactoring the code by injecting dependencies, restructuring classes, and removing obsolete functionalities, improving the code structure. Additionally, the user modified tests to accommodate the changes, contributing to enhanced code maintainability and reliability. Furthermore, they worked on the remote store, publishing metadata to support the project's trust features.
notarypythondockertrustarbitrary
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