Michel Machado
CTO at Boston University
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolMichel Machado is a seasoned technology leader and CTO with 15 years of experience building and operating large-scale Internet infrastructure, currently based in Boston. He blends hands-on systems engineering with academic research, driving production-grade network and DDoS mitigation work while exploring future Internet architectures as a visiting researcher at Boston University. Michel has deep expertise in back-end systems and network security—contributing to open-source projects like the F3 flash-fraud tool and the Gatekeeper DDoS protection system where he improved packet handling, BPF integration, and core algorithms. He has led infrastructure and registrar operations at Digirati, one of Brazil’s largest shared-host providers, and has a track record of turning protocol research into deployable Linux XIA implementations. An experienced mentor and educator, he has organized multiple Google Summer of Code cohorts and taught cloud applications at Tufts, combining practical deployment experience with academic rigor. His background as an engineer and PhD researcher gives him a rare ability to navigate both low-level protocol design and high-level operational challenges.
15 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de JaneiroDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science at Boston University
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Github Skills (14)
c1710
dpdk10
filesystem10
c1110
io10
ddos-protection10
networking9
architecture9
icmp9
architectures9
system9
command-line-tool9
linux-kernel8
performance-optimization8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
AltraMayor/f3
Dec 2011 - Dec 2022
F3 - Fight Flash Fraud
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & System Architect
Back-end Developer & System ArchitectContributions:1 release, 21 reviews, 254 commits in 11 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Michel primarily worked on implementing core features and addressing bugs within the project, adding a reporting feature for the `f3read` output and fixing memory card issues. They refactored and improved existing code to address warnings and other code-related issues, improving overall portability and usability of the tool. The user also implemented substantial changes in the form of refactoring code, implementing new algorithms and adding new features to the software, including the addition of a manual and semi-automatic reset functionality.
fightfraudflashfake-flashflash-test
AltraMayor/gatekeeper
Jul 2016 - Nov 2022
The first open-source DDoS protection system
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:11 releases, 232 reviews, 598 commits in 6 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Michel made significant contributions to the core functionality of the DDoS protection system. These contributions focused on enhancing the performance of the system, particularly related to the handling of ICMP packets and improving the efficiency of the LPM table iterations. The user also implemented improvements to the communication and management of policy decisions, by including support for BPF (Berkeley Packet Filter) and integrating it into the core system. Furthermore, the user added new examples of policies to help in the configuration of the system.
ddos-protectiondpdkddosddos-mitigationanti-ddos
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