Paul Makowski
Independent Researcher at Undisclosed
San Diego, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPaul Makowski is an independent researcher and seasoned vulnerability research leader with 11+ years of experience and three patents, specializing in offensive and defensive security technologies. As co-founder and CTO of PolySwarm he architected an incentive-driven anti-malware platform, recruited a global community of 450+ reverse engineers, and led a 13-person engineering team while interfacing with sales and VCs. His background includes DARPA-funded projects building autonomous program analysis tools, defensive implants for ICS/SCADA, and novel binary-hardening techniques, plus early vulnerability discovery work at CERT and McAfee. A DEF CON CTF winner with publications and a history at the NSA, he blends deep hands-on reverse engineering with product and go-to-market experience. Notably, his work has spanned both practical exploit development and research to make covert defenses deployable on untrusted infrastructure.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Engineering at Santa Clara UniversityMaster’s Degree, Information Security Technology and Management, Master’s Degree, Information Security Technology and Management at Carnegie Mellon University
Github Skills (70)
ethereum-contract9
firefox8
private-key8
san8
ethereum8
plug8
chrome8
chrome-extension8
penetration-testing7
security7
nyc7
contract7
python-client7
solidity7
diego7
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
myhndl/sd-infosec
May 2019 - Jun 2019
Mapping the San Diego Infosec Community
Contributions:57 commits, 4 PRs, 57 pushes in 18 days
diegomappingsaninfosec
polyswarm/e2e
Aug 2018 - Feb 2019
Contributions:7 PRs, 12 pushes, 6 branches in 5 months
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