Akash Trehan

Senior Software Engineer

Seattle, Washington, United States9 yrs 11 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in kernel security and virtualization technologies.
Led significant security innovations at Microsoft.
Strong mentoring and leadership skills in engineering.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cybersecurity expert with a focus on kernel security and virtualization technologies.

Contact

akash.trehan123@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Computer SecurityInformation Security

Other Skills

PythonCProgrammingC++BashDTraceDjangoArduinoCSSHTML5LaTeXDockerJavaPublic Speakingx86 Assembly

About

Aiming high, working hard and living life to the fullest!

Experience

9 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 3 mos

Average Tenure

6 yrs 7 mos

Current Experience

Microsoft

5 roles

Senior Software Engineer

Promoted

Sep 2025 – Present · 9 mos

Designing and delivering features in Windows Secure Kernel, Virtualization Based Security (VBS) Enclaves and DTrace to advance platform security for Windows and Azure.
Driving security innovations that protect hundreds of millions of users and developers worldwide.
Partnering across engineering, product, and security teams to define strategy and deliver resilient, developer-friendly security capabilities at the OS core.
Mentoring junior engineers, and leading interviews, shaping both technical excellence and the growth of the team.

Computer SecurityPythonCInformation SecurityProgrammingC+++2

Software Engineer 2

Mar 2022 – Aug 2025 · 3 yrs 5 mos

Expanded contributions beyond VBS Enclaves into Windows Secure Kernel and DTrace, strengthening security and observability at the OS core.
Released VBS Enclaves to the public, making it the first way for external developers to build on top of VBS and execute code in VTL1. Enclaves are also heavily used to secure Windows Recall AI feature on Copilot+ PCs.
Drove cross-functional collaboration across security, legal, developer tools, debugging, attestation and product teams to ensure compliance, robustness and developer readiness for public release.
Designed and built the Windows Secure Runtime Report framework, providing a scalable and extensible way to attest machine runtime state. Early adopters will include anti-cheat solutions and Azure services to strengthen trust and integrity.

Computer SecurityPythonCInformation SecurityProgrammingC+++2

Software Engineer

Promoted

Apr 2021 – Feb 2022 · 10 mos

Led the development of Virtualization Based Security (VBS) Enclaves support on ARM64, enabling broader adoption across Windows devices.
Partnered with internal stakeholders to bring more first-party customers onto VBS Enclaves, driving feature adoption, more real-world validation to set the stage for a public release.
Built foundational expertise in kernel security and virtualization technologies, setting the stage for future platform security innovations.

Computer SecurityPythonCInformation SecurityProgrammingC+++1

Software Engineer

Sep 2019 – Apr 2021 · 1 yr 7 mos

Research Intern

Jun 2019 – Aug 2019 · 2 mos

Working on making Decentralized Identity a reality
Manager: Dr. Satya Lokam, Senior Researcher, MSR India

Indian institute of technology, bombay

Teaching Assistant

Jul 2018 – Nov 2018 · 4 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Data Structures and Algorithms

Carnegie mellon university school of computer science

Research Assistant

May 2018 – Jul 2018 · 2 mos · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Security & Privacy - Programming Languages

University of california, santa barbara

Student Intern

May 2017 – Jul 2017 · 2 mos · Santa Barbara County, California, United States

Computer Security Lab
Guide: Prof. Giovanni Vigna and Prof. Christopher Kruegel
Used instrumentation-guided genetic algorithms in fuzzers to trigger unexpected behaviour in JS Engines
Made modifications to American Fuzzy Lop (AFL) which resulted in faster block coverage
Found a bug in Apple Safari’s javascript interpreter - JavaScriptCore
Generated environments for automated running of experiments using kubernetes and docker

Cyber security community (csec), iit bombay

Founder & Manager

Nov 2016 – Sep 2019 · 2 yrs 10 mos · IIT Bombay

Organize lectures and give talks on various topics related to hacking and upcoming trends in Cybersecurity
Conduct Capture the Flag sessions focused on teaching cyber attacks to students in an engaging way

Computer SecurityPythonC

Students' technical activities body, iit bombay

Web Convener

May 2016 – Apr 2017 · 11 mos · Bombay

Maintained and added features to all websites relating to the technical work in the institute
Developed new websites like Institute Hacker News to promote technical awareness and sharing of technical knowledge among students

Web and coding club, iit bombay

Volunteer

May 2016 – Apr 2017 · 11 mos

Coordinating events and heading cybersecurity sessions of one of the largest college programming clubs in India aimed at inspiring students to take up programming as a hobby.
Co-mentor of Rattlesnake, a project under the Seasons of Code initiative to teach python to beginners.