Richard Roberts

Associate Consultant

Washington, DC, United States12 yrs 2 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Ph.D. candidate focused on computer security research.
Experience in automated vulnerability detection.
Prototyped Microsoft Office Researcher tool.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cybersecurity and Software Development expert with a focus on research and prototyping.

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Skills

Core Skills

Frontend Development

Other Skills

CSSHTMLTypescriptKnockout.js

About

I am a Ph.D. student studying Computer Science at the University of Maryland's Maryland Cybersecurity Center (MC2) . My primary research interest is Computer Security. I am currently researching several topics including (but not limited to): measuring website and domain impersonation on the web, discovering the unintended consequences of Certificate Transparency, and investigating users' mental models of computer security and deception. More information on my research can be found on my personal website: www.richard.technology

Experience

12 yrs 2 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 6 mos

Average Tenure

8 yrs 10 mos

Current Experience

Cloudflare

Cryptography Research Engineer

Oct 2020 – Dec 2020 · 2 mos

University of maryland college park

Research Assistant

Aug 2017 – Present · 8 yrs 10 mos · Washington D.C. Metro Area

Max planck institute for software systems

Research Assistant

Aug 2017 – Feb 2019 · 1 yr 6 mos · Saarbrücken Area, Germany

Synack, inc.

2 roles

Data & Research (Remote Contractor)

Sep 2016 – Aug 2017 · 11 mos

Part time (15 hr/week), remote contracting work extending work done during during my summer internship with Synack. Some responsibilites include:
Research into automated detection solutions for new vulnerabilities.
Design efficient, automated port and service probing.
Utliize and maintain open-source vulerability scanners.

Vulnerability Detection and Analysis

May 2016 – Aug 2016 · 3 mos

Responsibilities same as those listed for the Synack remote contractor position.

Microsoft

Software Engineer

May 2015 – Aug 2015 · 3 mos · Redmond, Washington

Prototyped the Microsoft Office Researcher tool (https://blogs.office.com/2016/07/26/the-evolution-of-office-apps-new-intelligent-services-such-as-researcher-and-editor-in-word-and-outlook-focused-inbox-as-well-as-continued-powerpoint-innovation-with-zoom/).
Relevant technologies included CSS/HTML, Typescript, and Knockout.js.

Palantir technologies

Infrastructure Quality Engineer

May 2014 – Aug 2014 · 3 mos · Palo Alto, California

Created a mock dataset generator, and used mocked data for testing performance impacts at scale.
Relevant technologies included Java, JProfiler, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, and Elasticsearch.

University of pennsylvania

Teaching Assistant

Jan 2014 – May 2017 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Philadelphia

Teaching Assistant for CIS240, Introduction to Computing Systems. The class traces computing systems from transistors to machine code, assembly, and finally C. 4 semesters, 1 serving as head TA for the course.
Teaching Assistant for CIS331, Introduction to Networks & Security. The class surveys computer security topics including cryptography, web security, network security, application security, and security policy. 3 semesters.
Responsibilities include creating and grading assignments, holding weekly office hours, monitoring online discussion forums, and presenting seminars. Head TA responsibilities also include organization and management of other TAs.