Rashed Abdel-tawab
Director, Mobile Products And Technology at CIS Secure
Manassas, Virginia, United States
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Top SchoolRashed Abdel-tawab is a technology and cybersecurity leader with 16 years of hands-on engineering and product experience, currently directing Mobile Products and Technology at CIS Secure and serving as a Project Director for the LineageOS community. He combines deep Android platform and build-system expertise—demonstrated by contributions to major AOSP-related projects and build automation for Open GApps and custom ROMs—with product strategy for secure mobility solutions used in FVEY, IC, DoD, and law enforcement contexts. Rashed has led multinational teams of 100+ engineers, turned startups into profitable operations, and shipped hardened mobile platforms at scale. Trained as a biomedical/biomaterials engineer with an MEng and entrepreneurship credentials from Clemson, he brings uncommon interdisciplinary insight—applying bioengineering rigor to security and systems design. He’s data-driven but comfortable trusting informed intuition, and he continually learns across domains to bridge research, product, and operational delivery.
15 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering - MEng, Biomedical/Medical Engineering, 3.96, Master of Engineering - MEng, Biomedical/Medical Engineering, 3.96 at Clemson UniversityHigh School, High School, High School, High School at Riverside High School
English, German, Spanish, French, Arabic
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Github Skills (25)
network-configuration10
scripting10
bash10
android-build10
makefile10
kernel10
automation10
script10
kernel-mode10
build-automation10
sh10
configurations10
automations10
shell10
system-configuration9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
AOSPA/android_vendor_pa
Jun 2018 - Jan 2020
Role in this project:
System Architect / Automation Engineer
System Architect / Automation EngineerContributions:31 commits in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Rashed primarily focused on modifying and configuring the kernel build system within the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). Their contributions involved adjusting compiler prefixes, incorporating prebuilt binaries, and updating make command paths to align with evolving build tool requirements. They implemented and refined features such as DTBO image generation and the integration of kernel-related variables into the Soong build system, streamlining the build process and enhancing modularity. Moreover, they added support for the ODM partition blob.
Rashed97/caf-kernel-msm-3.10
Apr 2015 - Apr 2017
Contributions:1375 pushes, 1611 branches, 6 tags in 2 years
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