Arun Sankar

Arun Sankar

Software Developer

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Graduate @Concordia University | Blockchain Developer | CyberSecurity Enthusiast

  • Education

    • Kumaraguru college of Technology

      2017 - 2021
      Bachelor of Engineering Computer Science

      Grade 8.8/10.0

    • Concordia University

      2022 - 2024
      Master of Engineering - MEng Information Systems Security 4.0/4.3

      Activities and Societies: Member of Concordia Cyber Stingers Member of Pentesting Team at Concordia. First place in Global CPTC #1, Canada Region.

  • Experience

    • IQube - Innovation Center

      Oct 2017 - Mar 2020
      Software Developer

      Worked on several projects, notable ones being.• Yugam - CRM system handling Events and Workshops (Website Backend / APIs / Devops)• Kash - Blockchain-based solution to handle transactions inside our college campus. (Backend)• Hotel Room Reservation System (Website Backend / APIs / Devops)• SmartHome Automation over MQTT (Web/Hardware)• Django, Postgres, Celery, RabbitMQ, Nginx, Docker, Vagrant

    • Indian Agricultural Research Institute

      Sept 2020 - Mar 2021
      Project Intern

      - Devised a faster R-CNN machine learning model for automating and accelerating the process of identification of the panicles and the spikelets within the panicles, under the guidance of researchers at IARI.- Analysed the phenotype variability in rice crops harvested in India.

    • Chainguards

      Apr 2021 - Oct 2022

      The majority of my work is focused on Smart Contracts on EVM compatible chains | Web3 Tx data processing and Mev

      • Blockchain Developer

        Jan 2022 - Oct 2022
      • Blockchain Developer

        Apr 2021 - Dec 2021
    • Independent Contractor

      Dec 2023 - Feb 2025
      Blockchain Engineer

      Specialized in the MEV framework, and concepts as PBS, MEV boost for validator MEV opportunities.Deployment of full and archive nodes and validator clients (execution and consensus clients) and chain explorers.

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Arun Sankar
      1st position in the Global Collegiate Penetration Testing | Canada Region. CPTC Oct 2023 Achieved 1st position in the Global Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition 2022 and 2023 in the Canada Region. This is a CTF event where Universities participate against each other and are ranked by vulnerabilities and their severity.
    • Awarded to Arun Sankar
      Honours student- Golden Key Honours Society Golden Key Sep 2023
    • Awarded to Arun Sankar
      Mahatma Gandhi Scholarship KCT - Anna University Jan 2021 Awarded to top performers of the batch.
    • Awarded to Arun Sankar
      Technical Icon of Batch - 2021 - Jan 2021