Patrick Schleizer
Founder & Programmer at Qubes OS
Malta
Summary
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SeniorPatrick Schleizer is a founder and programmer with 11 years of experience building privacy-first, open source operating systems and tooling from Malta. He founded Whonix to provide resilient, anonymity-focused Internet access leveraging Tor and hardening against malware and IP leaks, and contributes to Qubes OS where his work underpins integrations like Qubes-Whonix used by SecureDrop. Patrick advises organizations and private clients on cryptocurrency security, operational security, and threat modeling, blending hands-on systems programming with strategic risk management. Recognized by leading privacy figures, he combines deep OS- and security-level engineering with community coordination and licensing compliance to deliver practical, auditable defenses for high-risk users and services.
11 years of coding experience
Github Skills (200)
vala10
btrfs10
ubuntu10
cryptocurrency10
install-script10
operating-system10
thunderbird10
memory-allocation10
init10
torrent10
debian-packaging10
real-ip10
file-sharing10
confirmation10
data-transfer10
Programming languages (27)
Github contributions (5)
adrelanos/msgcollector
Jan 2015 - May 2026
Contributions:172 pushes, 4 branches, 59 tags in 11 years 6 months
adrelanos/qubes-core-admin-linux-1
Jun 2016 - Jun 2022
Qubes component: core-admin-linux
Contributions:2 pushes in 6 years 1 month
core-componentadminlinuxqubes
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