Vladimir De Turckheim
Paris, Ile-de-France
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Top SchoolVladimir De Turckheim is a seasoned software engineer and co-founder with 11 years of expertise in web process instrumentation, application and industrial security, and deep involvement in the Node.js ecosystem as a five-year core maintainer and current OpenJS collaborator. He is the main author of the AsyncLocalStorage API, work that is progressing toward inclusion in the JavaScript specification, and has led AppSec tracer integration and security-focused enhancements at Datadog. Vladimir combines hands-on engineering—contributing security and tracing fixes to prominent projects like Datadog’s dd-trace-py—with product and team leadership from startups to open-source foundations. A frequent worldwide conference speaker and former CEO/co-founder, he brings a rare blend of protocol-level language design, practical instrumentation experience, and applied security expertise.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer's degree Information Technology, Engineer's degree Information Technology at Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de NancyThe University of SydneyBaccalauréat Scientifique, Baccalauréat Scientifique at Gymnase Jean Sturm
English, French
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Github Skills (9)
security10
trace10
tracer10
python10
apm10
pytest7
django6
flask6
flask-ask6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
DataDog/dd-trace-py
Jan 2022 - May 2022
Datadog Python APM Client
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Security Engineer
Back-end Developer & Security EngineerContributions:96 reviews, 177 commits, 26 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Vladimir's contributions primarily focused on enhancing the security and functionality of the Datadog Python APM client, particularly around AppSec features. They implemented changes to the AppSec processor to gather and process more HTTP request data for WAF rules, introducing new context items and configurations. Furthermore, the user worked on resolving issues, including header normalization and rate-limiting mechanisms, to optimize AppSec's performance and reliability. These changes included adjustments to the WAF integration and improved testing, demonstrating an understanding of both application security principles and tracing library implementation.
profilingpythonapm-clientapmsecurity
nodejs/security-advisories
Aug 2018 - Feb 2019
Security advisories for Node.js and the JavaScript ecosystem.
Contributions:13 commits, 13 PRs, 30 pushes in 6 months
node-jssecurityjavascriptadvisoriessecurity-advisories
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