Roman Walch
Co-Founder, Lead Cryptographer at TACEO
Graz, Styria, Austria
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Top SchoolRoman Walch is a co-founder and lead cryptographer at TACEO GmbH with 11 years of hands-on experience translating advanced cryptographic research into practical privacy-enhancing products. He holds a PhD in Cryptography from TU Graz and has deep expertise in FHE, MPC, ZKPs and domain-specific symmetric primitives, developed through research roles at Know-Center and IAIK. Roman blends academic rigor—his doctorate was passed with distinction—with startup pragmatism, shipping cryptographic engineering solutions since TACEO’s inception. Based in Graz, he also has a background in teaching systems and programming, and an unusual practical streak from earlier roles as an IT support specialist and paramedic, reflecting a pragmatic, service-oriented approach to complex security problems.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Electrical Engineering, passed with distinction, Electrical Engineering, passed with distinction at HTBLVA Anichstraße, InnsbruckDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, passed with distinction, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, passed with distinction at Technische Universität Graz
Github Skills (16)
crypto10
circom10
privacy-enhancing-technologies10
encryption10
cryptography10
homomorphic-encryption10
fresco10
mpc9
secure-computation8
rust-crates6
multi-party-computation4
placeholder3
rust2
compiler1
valgrind1
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
TaceoLabs/co-snarks
Jul 2024 - Apr 2026
Tooling for creating collaborative SNARKs for Circom and Noir circuits.
Contributions:235 reviews, 95 PRs, 1366 pushes in 1 year 9 months
circom
isec-tugraz/CoronaHeatMap
May 2020 - Jul 2022
Contributions:24 commits, 21 pushes in 2 years 2 months
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