Craig Pastro

Craig Pastro is a Software Engineer with extensive experience in authorization and security services. Currently working at Brex since February 2024, Craig previously contributed to Pangea, focusing on Authorization as a Service, and played a key role at Okta in developing OpenFGA and maintaining Auth0 FGA. Prior positions include leading payment integration at Paidy's Buy Now, Pay Later platform, enhancing reliability at Scalar, Inc. for distributed transaction management, and a solid academic foundation as an Associate Professor at Kyushu University alongside postdoctoral research at Kyoto University. Craig holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Macquarie University, an MSc in Computer Science from the University of Calgary, and a B.Sc. in Mathematics and Computer Science from Simon Fraser University.