Yuru Shao
Co-Founder at StudyX
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYuru Shao is a security-focused software engineer and founder with 13 years of experience building resilient systems from research to production. Currently co-founding GLAM to create a secure, decentralized asset management protocol, he blends hands-on engineering with product security leadership honed at Pinterest, where he led API, identity, and anti-automation initiatives. His background includes a PhD-level research trajectory at the University of Michigan and practical contributions to ICS/SCADA security tooling—enhancing Modbus and ENIP emulation in the notable Conpot honeypot. Based in San Francisco, he advises AI education startup StudyX and combines deep protocol-level expertise with a track record of shipping secure frameworks at scale.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) Computer Science at Wuhan UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science at University of Michigan
English, Chinese
Github Skills (5)
icss10
honeypot10
scada10
python10
modbus10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
mushorg/conpot
Jun 2017 - Aug 2017
ICS/SCADA honeypot
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:30 commits, 8 PRs, 19 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Yuru primarily contributed to the backend logic of the Conpot honeypot, focusing on the Modbus protocol implementation. Their work included modifying the `slave_db.py`, `slave.py`, and `modbus_server.py` files to handle specific Modbus requests, integrate external libraries, and address error conditions. The contributions enhanced the Modbus emulation capabilities of the honeypot. They also worked on ENIP server.
pythonsecurity-toolssecurityicsscada
glamsystems/glam
Mar 2024 - Mar 2025
GLAM is an onchain asset management and tokenization platform
to launch and manage investment products on Solana.
Contributions:134 reviews, 569 PRs, 813 pushes in 11 months
solana
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