Salessawi Yitbarek
Senior Systems Software Engineer Platform Security Architect
Portland, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSalessawi Yitbarek is a Senior Systems Software Engineer and Platform Security Architect with eight years of deep expertise in firmware and hardware security for high-performance data center products. Currently at NVIDIA after leading CPU and hardware security research and architecture at Intel, he designs and prototypes platform protections that balance robust threat mitigation with practical performance trade-offs. He holds a PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan and brings a research-driven approach to applied security engineering. His background spans academia and industry—from graduate research and teaching to internships at AMD and early software roles—giving him an unusual blend of theoretical rigor and hands-on implementation experience. Known for translating complex microarchitectural vulnerabilities into actionable design changes, he focuses on scalable, auditable security controls for modern compute platforms. Based in Portland, Oregon, he combines systems-level thinking with firmware-level craftsmanship to secure next-generation infrastructure.
8 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc, Electrical and Computer Engineering, B.Sc, Electrical and Computer Engineering at Addis Ababa UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science and Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science and Engineering at University of Michigan
Github Skills (9)
nodejs2
backend2
mongodb2
backend-api2
api2
commcare1
cpu1
exploit1
rest-api1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
salessa/compwned
Nov 2017 - Aug 2020
Contributions:29 commits, 30 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 10 months
salessa/salessa.github.io
Aug 2020 - Aug 2020
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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