Shashank Agrawal

VP of Engineering

San Francisco, California, United States9 yrs 5 mos experience

Key Highlights

Over a decade of experience in computer science.
Leading blockchain security at Coinbase.
Expertise in cryptography and secure technologies.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech expert specializing in blockchain security and cryptography.

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Skills

Core Skills

BlockchainCryptographyInformation Security

Other Skills

CryptocurrencySecurityEthereumData PrivacyDistributed AlgorithmsDistributed SystemsComputer ScienceAlgorithmsLaTeX

About

With over a decade of experience in computer science, currently leading blockchain security at Coinbase, my career is rooted in pioneering secure and innovative technologies. At Western Digital and Visa, I honed my skills in cryptography, contributing to significant advancements in security. My mission is to empower organizations to navigate the complex landscape of blockchain technology securely, leveraging my expertise to foster cutting-edge solutions. As part of the Coinbase team, I am committed to integrating robust security practices that align with the organization's vision for a trustworthy digital currency ecosystem. (AI generated)

Experience

9 yrs 5 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 3 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 3 mos

Current Experience

Coinbase

2 roles

Senior Engineering Manager, Protocol Security

Promoted

Feb 2025 – Present · 1 yr 4 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · Remote

Blockchain Security Research Engineering Manager

Jun 2022 – Jan 2025 · 2 yrs 7 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · Remote

BlockchainCryptocurrencyCryptographyInformation SecuritySecurity

Iosg ventures

Advisor

Sep 2023 – Aug 2024 · 11 mos

Western digital

Senior Technologist, Security & Cryptography

Jun 2020 – Jun 2022 · 2 yrs · Milpitas, California, United States

Conducted research on security and cryptography problems.

Visa

2 roles

Senior Staff Research Scientist | Team Lead

Promoted

Jul 2019 – May 2020 · 10 mos · Palo Alto, California

Drove research agenda in three areas:
multi-party computation, to build secure and cost-effective key-management and identity-management solutions;
cryptographic proofs, to bring privacy and scalability to blockchain products; and,
authentication, to design secure and usable ways to authenticate users.

Staff Research Scientist

Oct 2016 – Jun 2019 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Palo Alto, California

The university of texas at austin

Postdoctoral Fellow

Apr 2016 – Oct 2016 · 6 mos · Austin, Texas Area

Host: Brent Waters
Center: Information Assurance and Security
Worked on the security of encryption schemes that allow arbitrary computation on encrypted data (functional encryption schemes).

Microsoft

3 roles

Research Intern

Jan 2016 – Apr 2016 · 3 mos · Greater Seattle Area

Mentor: Melissa Chase
Group: Cryptography Research
Developed a fast and usable attribute-based encryption scheme FAME, a scheme that allows fine-grained control of encrypted data.

Research Intern

Jun 2014 – Aug 2014 · 2 mos · Greater Seattle Area

Mentor: Melissa Chase
Group: Cryptography Research
Built a framework to simplify the design and analysis of attribute-based encryption schemes.

Cryptography

Research Intern

Jun 2012 – Jul 2012 · 1 mo · Bengaluru Area, India

Mentor: Vipul Goyal
Group: Cryptography and Complexity
Investigated the efficacy of hardware tokens for secure computation.

Cryptography

Google summer of code

Web Developer

May 2009 – Aug 2009 · 3 mos

Organization: Sakai
Mentor: Amyas Phillips
Developed a rich text inline editor for Sakai, an open-source course management system, which allows users to edit elements on the fly within an HTML page.

Cryptography