Piyush Raj
Founder & Chief Executive Officer at Vedilink
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Summary
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Top SchoolPiyush Raj is a founder and CEO with 11 years of hands-on experience designing systems and building user-focused tools, currently leading a platform aimed at helping students thrive. He combines product instincts with deep security expertise—on weekends he hunts vulnerabilities and has responsibly disclosed flaws in devices and software used by organizations including UN and national governments. A prolific open-source contributor and former Google Code-In winner, his front-end work appears in notable FOSS projects and has influenced code used at Microsoft, NASA, and Google. Early roles ranged from building an OWASP-based IoT lab for Google Summer of Code to performing penetration tests alongside Deloitte for a university, showing a rare mix of offensive security, education, and product-building experience. Based in Bengaluru, he follows a iterate-build-break-learn loop and enjoys translating security lessons into safer, more usable systems.
10 years of coding experience
All India Secondary School Certificate Examination Science, All India Secondary School Certificate Examination Science at Gyan Niketan Public SchoolKendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
English, Hindi
Stackoverflow
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435kreached
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Github Skills (21)
javascript10
browser-extension10
css10
ui-design10
chrome-extension10
chrome-app10
front-end-development10
html10
chrome-plugin10
responsive-design9
website-design9
flickr8
github8
api8
data-structures6
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
fossasia/Connect-Me
Dec 2017 - Jun 2021
Connect-Me with FOSSASIA Chrome Extension :rocket:
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:45 commits, 33 PRs, 59 pushes in 3 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Piyush primarily contributed to the front-end aspects of the project. Their work involved modifying CSS and HTML files related to the Chrome extension's user interface, including changes to styling, layout, and animations. The commits demonstrate efforts to simplify project structure and update the README and credits within the Chrome extension's release directory. These changes collectively enhance the user interface and overall presentation of the extension.
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fossasia/gci17.fossasia.org
Dec 2017 - Jan 2018
FOSSASIA Google Code-In Website 2017/18 https://gci17.fossasia.org
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:37 commits, 33 PRs, 106 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Piyush primarily contributed to the front-end development of the FOSSASIA Google Code-In website. Their work included enhancing the user interface by adding new animations, integrating a responsive Flickr gallery, and implementing a "back to top" button. Furthermore, the user made crucial modifications to the website's structure, renaming files and updating links to improve navigation and user experience. These changes focused on visual enhancements, improved content organization, and overall usability of the website.
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