Yan M is an advisor and serial founder with over two decades of experience building secure systems at the crossroads of cryptography, confidential computing, and space. He co-founded Cryptosat/Aptos Orbital to launch a tamper-proof orbital root-of-trust and was CTO/co-founder of Anjuna, delivering enterprise-grade confidential computing solutions that transparently encrypt sensitive workloads. A Stanford PhD with a research track record in side-channel attacks, mobile privacy, SNARKs and TEEs, he has spoken at BlackHat and RSA and published widely on applied security topics. Yan blends deep academic rigor with product-focused engineering—he also built BoxStream, a consumer cloud-music app that reached tens of thousands of users—demonstrating an uncommon ability to move from novel research to shipped products. Now advising next-generation space-crypto efforts from the New York area, he brings rare domain overlap across satellite hardware roots-of-trust, secure enclaves, and privacy-preserving protocols.
12 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Physics, Physics at IASA - Israeli Arts and Science Academy
Mathematics Computers Physics, Mathematics Computers Physics at The Open University of Israel
B.Sc. Electrical Engineering, B.Sc. Electrical Engineering at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies at Y Combinator
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Stanford University
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