Arash Afshar is a highly skilled cryptography expert with extensive experience in applied cryptography and information security. Currently serving as a Senior Staff Applied Cryptographer at Coinbase since June 2021, Arash has contributed to the development of the Coinbase MPC Wallet and an open-source MPC library. Previous roles include Senior Cryptography Engineer at Polymath, where Arash designed protocols utilizing Zero Knowledge Proofs for the Polymesh Blockchain, and a Manager/Team Lead at Cisco focusing on the AMP Private Cloud solution. Arash's academic background includes a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Calgary, with research centered on secure two-party protocols. Additional experience encompasses information security roles at Saman Bank and Pars Pioneer Processing, along with software development responsibilities across multiple companies.
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