Reethika Ramesh
Principal Researcher at Palo Alto Networks
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolReethika Ramesh is a Principal Researcher and security specialist with a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Michigan and eight years of experience investigating user-centric, ecosystem-wide security and privacy issues. She has an extensive publication record (10 top-tier security papers including USENIX Security and NDSS) and a proven ability to take projects from ideation to real-world impact, including 29 responsible disclosures and fixes in multiple VPN providers. Her work has influenced policy discussions and consumer advocacy—collaborations have been cited by members of Congress and covered by over 110 global news outlets, from The New York Times to Forbes. At Palo Alto Networks she translates network security research into products that protect millions of users, and earlier contributions include an award-winning VPNalyzer and an anti-fraud system published in USENIX Security. Beyond publications, she combines large-scale measurement, user studies, and engineering to reveal how consumer tools fail in practice, and she has a track record of leading student teams and cross-industry collaborations. Based in California, Reethika blends rigorous academic grounding with practical threat-driven product development and responsible disclosure experience.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of MichiganBachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science at Vellore Institute of Technology
English, Tamil, Hindi
Github Skills (8)
traceroute10
networking9
go-packages9
censorship-circumvention9
measurement9
go7
algorithms1
geolocation1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
brave/zerotrace
Jun 2022 - Aug 2022
Go package that provides an implementation of the 0trace traceroute technique to determine the round trip time to a remote client.
Contributions:57 reviews, 160 commits, 23 PRs in 2 months
go-packagestraceroutegomeasurementnetworking
reethikar/zerotrace-eval
Feb 2023 - May 2023
Evaluating the serverside that runs zerotrace and websocket RTT measurements
Contributions:21 reviews, 3 PRs, 22 pushes in 3 months
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