Varun Patil

Varun Patil is a skilled software engineer and research scientist with extensive experience in network security, data networking, and system administration. Currently employed at Operant Networks, Varun focuses on building secure networks for nuclear and solar infrastructure. Previous roles include serving as an institute system administrator at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, and a software engineer at Mercari, Inc. Varun also gained valuable experience as a research scientist at Meta, working on WhatsApp core messaging privacy infrastructure, and as a graduate student researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles, investigating named data networking. Varun possesses a Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, as well as a Master of Science and a Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science from the University of California, Los Angeles.