Vadim Smirnov
Lead Software Developer at Acronis
Belgrade, Central Serbia
Summary
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Top SchoolVadim Smirnov is a lead software developer and cybersecurity-savvy engineer based in Belgrade, combining over two decades of hands-on experience in low-level networking, Windows internals, and secure system design with nine years of focused industry roles. He leads development at Acronis while running his long-standing consultancy ntkernel.com, bringing deep expertise in protocol analysis, kernel/user-mode reverse engineering, and encrypted-traffic interception from projects at IBM, Imperva and Intel. Vadim has designed network packet filters and VPN clients, built intrusive database traffic interception solutions, and consulted on malware and threat analyses—skills that make him equally at home with systems-level code and security investigations. A master’s-trained applied mathematician, he pairs rigorous analytical thinking with practical engineering, and quietly maintains a sustained commitment to learning and sharing in the security and networking communities.
9 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Applied mathematics, Master's degree, Applied mathematics at Institute of Cryptography, Telecommunications and Computer Science
English, Russian, Spanish
Github Skills (55)
vpn10
vpn-client10
windows10
packet10
openvpn10
wireguard10
manifest10
windows-service10
api10
filter10
mdt10
tunneling10
powershell10
winget10
package-manager10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
wiresock/winpkfilter_perftest
Oct 2016 - Mar 2018
Contributions:3 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
wiresock/proxifyre
May 2023 - Jan 2025
ProxiFyre: SOCKS5 Proxifier for Windows
Contributions:13 releases, 6 PRs, 32 pushes in 1 year 8 months
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