Ruben De Visscher
Senior Product Security Consultant at DeviSec BV
Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium
Summary
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Top SchoolRuben De Visscher is a Senior Product Security Consultant and former staff software engineer with 12 years of experience blending secure-by-design practices with deep backend engineering. Based in Ghent, he moved from leading architecture and performance improvements for an HTML5 RDP product at Alludo to advising teams on OWASP SAMM assessments, code and architecture reviews, and hands-on product security at Toreon. He brings a rare mix of systems-level protocol experience (RDP, smartcard integration), Python/Django expertise, CI/CD and Rust adoption, plus a background in scientific image processing from the Royal Observatory. As founder of DeviSec BV he pairs consultancy with independent practice, and his open-source QA work on the prominent SunPy project reflects a commitment to robust, efficient testing in community-driven software. Known for mentoring engineers and resolving deep production issues, he excels at turning complex security requirements into practical, auditable solutions.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Erasmus Exchange Computer Science, Erasmus Exchange Computer Science at University of OsloMachine Learning, Machine Learning at Université catholique de LouvainMaster of Science Mathematical Computer Science, Master of Science Mathematical Computer Science at Ghent University
Dutch, English, French, German
Github Skills (9)
file-handling10
pytest10
python10
testing10
astronomy9
sun8
solar8
py8
numpy7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
sunpy/sunpy
Aug 2014 - Sep 2014
SunPy - Python for Solar Physics
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:9 commits in 13 days
Contributions summary:Ruben primarily focused on enhancing the testing framework for the `sunpy` project. They added comprehensive tests for gzipped FITS files, including support for multiple file extensions (.fts, .fit, .fits). Furthermore, the user made modifications to existing tests to ensure the accurate verification of data and updated test directory entry counts, reflecting a commitment to robust and reliable testing. They also optimized the test code for efficiency and maintainability.
physicspythonsolarsimulationpython-3
Awingu/django-pyodbc-azure
Oct 2018 - Feb 2022
Django backend for Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL Database using pyodbc
Contributions:2 PRs, 3 pushes, 4 branches in 3 years 4 months
pythonsql-serverdjango-rest-frameworkdjangomicrosoft-sql-server
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