Richard Żak
AI Engineer at Enarx
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRichard Żak is an AI Engineer with 13 years of software and security experience, currently applying research-grade AI to production systems at Booz Allen Hamilton while maintaining leadership in confidential computing as an Enarx maintainer. He combines deep practical knowledge of Trusted Execution Environments (Intel SGX/SNP), remote attestation, and X.509/CRL-based revocation with hands-on backend engineering in Rust and WebAssembly. A longtime educator and adjunct professor, he teaches malware and machine learning courses and has a graduate MPS in Cybersecurity and a data science certificate from UMBC. He also advises startups and volunteers in civic tech, bringing a rare mix of applied security, cloud infrastructure, and teaching experience. Notably, his open-source contributions helped harden Enarx’s enclave attestation and CRL workflows—bridging research, tooling, and production security.
13 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
UMBC
Stackoverflow
814reputation
72kreached
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Github Skills (17)
confidential-computing10
sgx10
it-security10
security10
rust10
cryptography9
x5099
webassembly9
html6
cuda6
disassembly6
validation6
nvcc6
python6
numpy6
Programming languages (27)
Github contributions (5)
enarx/enarx
Mar 2022 - Jan 2023
Enarx: Confidential Computing with WebAssembly
Role in this project:
Backend & Security Engineer
Backend & Security EngineerContributions:117 reviews, 8 commits, 50 PRs in 10 months
Contributions summary:Richard primarily contributed to the backend infrastructure of the Enarx project, focusing on secure enclave attestation and CRL (Certificate Revocation List) management. They implemented features related to fetching, caching, and validating CRLs for both SGX and SNP environments, enhancing the security posture. Their work involved modifying core backend code, implementing secure enclave features, and integrating with platform-specific security mechanisms. They also contributed to tooling for the enclave environment.
confidential-computingwebassembly
malwaredb/data
Sep 2023 - Jun 2026
Some data for your MalwareDB instance
Contributions:5 reviews, 1 PR, 28 pushes in 2 years 10 months
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