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Karim Eldefrawy

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CTO & Co-Founder at Confidencial

San Francisco Bay Area

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Christian BuergerunlockedKarim: together at UC Irvine (2014–2016)
Karim: together at Lucent Technologies, Naperville, IL
×2Karim: together at Cisco Systems, San Jose, USA.
×5Karim: together at UC Irvine

About

Karim Eldefrawy is the co-founder and CTO of Confidencial Inc, where he also serves as acting CISO. The company provides enterprises with tools to identify, classify, and protect sensitive data through selective encryption. He has 20 years of experience in computer science, security, and privacy in distributed systems, has led DARPA-funded research projects, and has authored over 75 peer-reviewed papers and holds more than 32 issued U.S. patents.

CTO & Co-Founder at Confidencial

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First Spark Ventures, LlcMenlo ParkPerot JainDallas · $500K checksU.S. Air Forcesince 2023

Experience

  1. Confidencial IncCo-Founder & CTOcurrent2022 — presentMenlo Park, California, United States
  2. Confidencial IncMember Board Of Directorscurrent2022 — presentMenlo Park, California, United States
  3. SRI InternationalPrincipal Computer Scientist2017 — 2021Menlo Park, CA
  4. University of San FranciscoAdjunct Professor of Computer Science2018 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
  5. HRL LaboratoriesResearch Staff Scientist, Research Staff Member, Post-doc Research Staff2010 — 2017Malibu, California
  6. University of California Irvine (UCI)Adjunct Professor of Computer Science2013 — 2016Irvine
  7. University of California Irvine (UCI)PhD from Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Science2005 — 2010Orange County, California, United States
  8. ETH ZurichResearcher in the System Security Group at ETH Zurich2009Zurich, Switzerland
  9. AT&TSummer Intern at AT&T Shannon Labs2007
  10. SySDSoft (acquired by Intel in 2011)Embedded Systems and Software Systems Engineer and Developer2003 — 2005
  11. Cisco Systems, San Jose, USA.Summer Intern at Cisco Systems2002
  12. Lucent Technologies, Naperville, ILSummer Intern at Bell Lab's Lucent Technologies2001
  13. EricssonSummer Intern at Ericsson Radio Systems2000

Skills & more

Algorithms29Distributed Systems29Network Security14Computer Science8Cryptography7Machine Learning6Cloud Computing4Wireless3Wireless Networking1Software Engineering2Public Key Cryptography1Embedded Systems22
+9 moreC++PythonMatlabCJavaLinuxBashComputer SecuritySecure Computation

Languages Arabic · Binary · English · French · German

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Karim Eldefrawy?
Karim Eldefrawy is the co-founder and CTO of Confidencial Inc, where he also serves as acting CISO. The company provides enterprises with tools to identify, classify, and protect sensitive data through selective encryption. He has 20 years of experience in computer science, security, and privacy in distributed systems, has led DARPA-funded research projects, and has authored over 75 peer-reviewed papers and holds more than 32 issued U.S. patents.
Where does Karim Eldefrawy work?
Karim Eldefrawy is CTO & Co-Founder of Confidencial.
What companies did Karim Eldefrawy found?
Karim Eldefrawy founded Confidencial.
Where did Karim Eldefrawy go to school?
Karim Eldefrawy studied at UC Irvine (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bren School of Information and Computer Science); UC Irvine (Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Science); Cairo University (Master of Science (M.Sc.), Electrical Engineering).

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