Reza Fatahi
Founder at Causum
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolReza Fatahi is a founder and seasoned engineering leader with 12 years of experience architecting complex systems and driving automation from concept to production. He blends deep technical expertise—from low-level security tooling contributions like enhancing cargo-audit to AI-enabled cybersecurity portfolios—with broad domain experience spanning fintech, medtech, IoT, and media platforms. As Principal Research Scientist he managed a $10M DARPA/USAF project portfolio and holds multiple patents and publications, demonstrating an uncommon mix of research rigor and product delivery. A former PhD biomedical researcher and Marine Corps Lance Corporal, he brings disciplined, cross-disciplinary problem solving and a practical bent for fixing real-world vulnerabilities and operational gaps.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Biomedical Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Biomedical Science at University of Connecticut
Greek, English, Persian, Spanish
Stackoverflow
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71answers
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Github Skills (20)
cargo10
security10
rust10
command-line-interface9
dependency-management9
command-line9
apidoc8
api8
configurations7
configuration-file7
spritekit6
git-clone6
error-handling6
nodejs6
git-commit6
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
rustsec/rustsec
Oct 2019 - Oct 2019
RustSec API & Tooling
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 commits, 2 PRs, 4 comments in 1 day
Contributions summary:Reza primarily worked on adding and enhancing the functionality of the `cargo audit` tool, focusing on implementing a `fix` command to automatically resolve vulnerabilities. They introduced changes related to `cargo-edit` for upgrading vulnerable packages. The user modified the configuration settings, updated the presenter to handle the fix mode, and addressed documentation concerns related to the codebase. These changes involved interaction with core components of the security auditing tool, enhancing its capabilities.
checklistapisarifrustsecurity
aug2uag/Broker
Sep 2015 - Sep 2015
Contributions:14 commits, 21 pushes, 2 branches in 3 days
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