Adam Chen — Security Engineer
• 20+ years in cybersecurity (since middle school) • 10+ years in software development • Rich experience spanning from infra/network to device/firmware/app/web/desktop (security), and applied AI/ML. Keywords: • Security Review, PenTest, OWASP 10, Memory Safety, Fuzzing, Vulnerability Management, AI, Machine learning, LLM, eBPF, XDP, IAM, VXLAN, Detection & Response, Secure SDLC, Threat Modeling, PySpark, GCP, AWS, AZure, K8s (Kubernetes), Network micro-segmentation, mTLS, IaC (Terraform), Identity Federation, React Native, Electron • Product pitch capability (sample: https://youtu.be/LyqxkyyUmGc) • Early contributor of Apache Arrow (C++) • The projects and materials on this LinkedIn page are OUT-OF-DATE, they were done 10+ years ago.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a cybersecurity expert with a focus on B2B and B2C solutions.
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Experience: 10 yrs 4 mos
Career Highlights
- Over 20 years of cybersecurity experience.
- Led security initiatives for 2 billion users at TikTok.
- Achieved significant growth in security services at Palo Alto Networks.
Work Experience
Security Engineer (1 yr 4 mos)
TikTok
Security Software Engineering (2 yrs)
Palo Alto Networks
Sr. Staff Engineer (5 yrs)
Baidu USA
Security Engineer (0 mo)
Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
Software Engineer (0 mo)
Northeastern University
Recitation Instructor (2 yrs)
Rising Antivirus
Security Engineer (0 mo)
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at Florida State University
Computer Science at Northeastern University
