Neo Tan
Director, AntiVirus at Fortinet
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolNeo Tan is a seasoned antivirus leader with 11+ years driving malware, botnet and exploit research into production-grade detection at Fortinet, now serving as Director of AntiVirus and leading FortiAI development and releases. He combines deep reverse-engineering expertise with hands-on software engineering across Java, C++, C#, web front-ends and database systems, enabling both proactive AI-driven detection and traditional signature work. His trajectory from analyst to director reflects a rare blend of technical craft and product delivery, having built team capabilities in proactive detection and exploit research. Based in Burnaby, BC, Neo brings practical experience migrating enterprise systems and automating complex workflows—a background that informs his pragmatic approach to threat modeling and defensive engineering.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Degree, Computer Science, Degree, Computer Science at The University of British ColumbiaBritish Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)
Chinese, English
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Github Skills (107)
multidrag10
datagrid10
react-static10
editable10
javascript10
react-tabs10
react-component10
monorepo10
typescript10
build-system10
static-site10
lm-studio10
antd10
ui-design10
chrome-extension10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
neotan/jest-snapshot-delete-properties
Jun 2020 - Apr 2026
https://www.npmjs.com/package/jest-snapshot-delete-properties
Contributions:18 PRs, 13 pushes, 2 branches in 5 years 10 months
jestjavascriptpropertiesnpmjssnapshot
neotan/simda
Jan 2020 - Sep 2022
A light-weight alternative of Ramda.js
Contributions:1 review, 21 commits, 15 PRs in 2 years 8 months
ramdajs
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