“Programming is understanding” - Kristen Nygaard
 

I see myself as a technology enthusiast and a generalist. I am constantly looking for ways to make the world a better place through technology.

I worked for Facebook (now called Meta) for the first part of my career building infrastructure to connect users with data centers and between each other (voice & video calling).

One of the highlights of my career was that in 2019 my team at WhatsApp discovered and investigated a spyware attack against WhatsApp, which was mentioned in this story from The New Yorker by Ronan Farrow, and the HBO documentary called Surveilled, released in Nov 2024.

In 2021 I joined Oscilar as a founding engineer, where I helped building an enterprise platform for risk management from scratch.

In 2024 me and Paxton Schwarz founded Hypermedia with the mission of making listening personal and interactive, and that’s what I’m currently working on. Please try our web app.

I like simple designs, complex human beings, and people who read my personal website.

Vrije Universiteit · Amsterdam, Netherlands
2010 - 2012
MSc, Parallel and Distributed Computer Systems
Politehnica University of Bucharest · Bucharest, Romania
2005 - 2009
BSc, Computer Science
'Mihai Viteazul' High School · Slobozia, Romania
2001 - 2005
High-School, Informatics
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