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Arash Nikkar

Investor

Engineering Advisor at Modern Technical

San Francisco Bay Area

About

Engineering leader with experience at Meta and Lacework building large-scale systems and security infrastructure.

Experience

  1. MetaVP, Engineeringcurrent2024 — presentMenlo Park, California, United States
  2. LaceworkVP/Head of Engineering2021 — 2024
  3. FacebookVP, Engineering2013 — 2021Menlo Park, CA
  4. HuluPrincipal Software Development Lead2008 — 2013Los Angeles
  5. Alfred Mann FoundationSenior Software Engineer2004 — 2008Los Angeles

Skills & more

Ruby11Ruby on Rails11Linux1HTML 51JavaScript8jQuery2MySQL6Git11SphinxOnline Advertising3CoffeeScriptSoftware Development14
+3 moreScalabilityDistributed SystemsMobile Applications

Languages Farsi

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Colleagues at Modern Technical

Aaron Brown
Security Advisor at Modern Technical
Angie Lal
Security Engineering Advisor at Modern Technical
Ben Chuba
Pricing Advisor at Modern Technical
Ben Vinegar
Engineering Advisor at Modern Technical
Dakota McKenzie
Sales Advisor at Modern Technical
David Cramer
Founder/Engineering Advisor at Modern Technical
Jay Wallace
Engineering Advisor at Modern Technical
Jonathan Jaffe
Security Advisor at Modern Technical

Frequently asked questions

Who is Arash Nikkar?
Engineering leader with experience at Meta and Lacework building large-scale systems and security infrastructure.
Where does Arash Nikkar work?
Arash Nikkar is Engineering Advisor at Modern Technical.
Where did Arash Nikkar go to school?
Arash Nikkar studied at UC Santa Barbara (M.S., Computer Science); UC Santa Barbara (B.S., Computer Engineering).

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Also attended UC Santa Barbara235

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Shared employers

Also worked at Meta304

Nat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGDaniel GrossMeta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG and Safe SuperintelligenceDrew HoustonCo-founder & CEO of DropboxGabriel PereyraCo-founder & President of HarveyTinaInvestments & Portfolio Services Team Member at Clear VenturesMike ArpaiaComputer scientist working on machine learning and data infrastructure

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Also worked at Lacework5

Andreas SchneiderCyber Security Expert at TX VenturesSam PullaraManaging Director at Sutter Hill VenturesSreedhar RadhakrishnanPrincipal in Residence at Team Ignite VenturesMike DuongFounder at VegaVikram KapoorDirector at Lacework

Also worked at Facebook535

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundChamath PalihapitiyaFounder & CEO of Social CapitalJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockReed HastingsCo-founder of NetflixAndy FangCo-founder & CTO of DoorDash

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Also worked at Hulu16

Eric FengEconomic Empowerment | Gold House Ventures at Gold House VenturesMark AngelStrategic Advisor at Vertical Venture PartnersRob PostAdvisory Board at InVitro CapitalAshley ChiuVice President, Value Creation Team at Shamrock CapitalMichael SchreiberVenture Partner at SeventySix CapitalWin ChevapravatdumrongPartner at M13

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