Tim Blazytko

Co-Founder

Ruhr Region9 yrs 11 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Expert in reverse engineering and binary analysis.
  • Part-time Chief Scientist focusing on software protection.
  • Experienced trainer in malware analysis and security assessments.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a cybersecurity expert specializing in reverse engineering and software protection.

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Skills

Core Skills

Reverse EngineeringMalware AnalysisSecurity Architecture DesignLeadership

Other Skills

TrainingTeam ManagementCryptographyComputer SecurityPenetration TestingSecurity AuditsPythonCRustTraining & DevelopmentSecurity AnalysisProgram AnalysisSecurity ResearchCode ObfuscationSoftware Protection

About

I'm a reverse engineering and binary analysis specialist (PhD, program analysis). I offer independent consulting and hands-on trainings across binary analysis, deobfuscation, malware investigations, vulnerability research, and security assessments. I’m also part-time Chief Scientist at Emproof, focusing on technical direction and advanced software protection for embedded systems. Details: https://synthesis.to

Experience

Emproof

3 roles

Chief Scientist

Promoted

Jan 2026Present · 2 mos

  • Focusing on technical direction and advanced software protection work for embedded systems.
Security Architecture DesignLeadership

Chief Scientist, Co-Founder

Promoted

Oct 2020Dec 2025 · 5 yrs 2 mos

  • Overseeing & driving research on the design & evaluation of software protection systems tailored to embedded devices.
Team ManagementSecurity Architecture DesignLeadership

Senior Security Engineer

Jun 2020Sep 2020 · 3 mos

  • managing a team that implements software protection techniques for deeply embedded devices
  • researching and building formally verified and architecture-agnostic code transformations

Self-employed

Independent Reverse Engineering Consultant & Trainer

Jan 2026Present · 2 mos

  • Independent reverse engineering and binary analysis: research, consulting, trainings and tooling.
  • applied RE (deobfuscation, malware investigations, complex targets)
  • vulnerability research and security assessments
  • trainings and workshops (conference + in-house)
  • tooling, automation and RE workflow/methodology support (plugins, playbooks)
  • Website: synthesis.to
Reverse EngineeringMalware AnalysisTraining

Ruhr university bochum

4 roles

External Lecturer

Apr 2022Present · 3 yrs 11 mos

  • Giving lectures on software protection.

Postdoctoral Researcher

Jun 2020May 2022 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • research on fuzzing & code (de)obfuscation
  • supervision of PhD students

Doctoral Researcher

Promoted

Jan 2016May 2020 · 4 yrs 4 mos

  • reverse engineering, program analysis and vulnerability research
  • code (de)obfuscation techniques
  • fuzzing, bug triaging and root cause analysis
  • symbolic execution, SMT solving, program synthesis and others
  • lectures and trainings

Student Researcher

Apr 2013Dec 2015 · 2 yrs 8 mos

  • virtual machine introspection for malware analysis
  • symbolic execution and SMT solving for automated program analysis

Lucerne university of applied sciences and arts

Lecturer

Sep 2020Present · 5 yrs 6 mos

  • Giving lectures on reverse engineering & malware analysis

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Security Consultant & Trainer

Nov 2014Dec 2025 · 11 yrs 1 mo

  • security audits and code reviews
  • auditing cryptographic implementations
  • security analysis of mobile applications
  • tool development for reverse engineering and malware analysis
  • trainings on reverse engineering, code (de)obfuscation, symbolic execution, SMT solving and others
  • delivered at public conferences (REcon, Hack In The Box, Hexacon, Ringzer0, RE//VERSE, TyphoonCon, NorthSec) & in private

Radically open security

Security Consultant

Nov 2014Jan 2017 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Cirosec gmbh

Security Consultant

Apr 2012Jul 2012 · 3 mos

  • security audits and penetration testing of web applications

Education

Ruhr University Bochum

Doctor of Philosophy - PhD — Information Security

Jan 2016Jan 2020

Ruhr University Bochum

Master of Science - MS — Information Security

Jan 2013Jan 2015

Ruhr University Bochum

Bachelor of Science - BS — Information Security

Jan 2009Jan 2013

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