Christien Rioux
President at Lacework
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChristien Rioux is a seasoned software and security engineer with 14 years of experience building low-level systems, compilers, binary analysis tools, and game engines, now leading the Veilid Framework as President. He co-founded and architected Veracode’s flagship binary analysis offerings and has driven security and observability innovations at Lacework and Flowmill, combining deep systems programming with practical product delivery. His background spans high-throughput data pipelines, eBPF and kernel networking, application security scanning, and compiler/decompiler design—skills honed earlier through work at Apple, Symantec, @stake and L0pht. Based in Los Angeles, he blends entrepreneurial leadership with hands-on engineering, routinely shipping large, production-grade codebases and founding companies that commercialize research. Beyond software he creates 3D art, game assets, electronic music, and designs digital electronics, reflecting a polymathic approach to engineering and creative problem solving. He’s notable for translating cutting-edge security research into scalable products and for sustaining long-term technical vision from prototype to market.
15 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
SB, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, SB, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technologyก็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็ก็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็ก็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็ก็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็ก็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็
English
Github Skills (95)
crypt10
openmp10
gpu10
operating-system10
opencl10
gpgpu10
fpga10
hash10
vscode-extension10
vscode10
mpi10
line-counter10
assembler10
simd10
multiarch9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
crioux/turbo-linecount
Dec 2015 - Apr 2018
Superfast Line Counter
Contributions:49 commits, 3 pushes, 1 comment in 2 years 4 months
line-counter
L0phtCrack/jtrdll
Nov 2014 - Oct 2021
Contributions:144 commits, 110 pushes, 4 comments in 6 years 11 months
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