Thomas Braun • Rust Developer
Expert Rust developer and software engineer specializing in P2P networking, distributed systems, and post-quantum cryptography. Creator of The Citadel Protocol - a revolutionary peer-to-peer secure communication framework built in Rust. Founder of Avarok Cybersecurity, delivering cutting-edge networking and security solutions.
Career Journey
My professional path has been focused on Rust development, cybersecurity, cryptography, and secure systems development, with a consistent theme of innovation across different roles.
Leading the development of cutting-edge post-quantum communication protocols. Created The Citadel Protocol, a Rust-based secure communications framework designed to protect against quantum computing threats. Providing expert Rust consulting services for complex systems development.
Applied cryptographic expertise to build secure financial systems. Contributed to the development of blockchain integration and digital asset custody solutions.
Engaged in research and development of simulation technologies. Applied technical expertise to engineering challenges in a high-performance computing environment.
Patent Achievement
Recognized as patent of the month by the largest R&D advisory firm in the US. The patent discloses a post-quantum session-layer protocol that has highly configurable security settings like matrix-based ratcheting, enforced per-packet perfect forward secrecy, multi-layered encryption, and more depending on application needs
Learning Journey
A diverse educational foundation spanning geospatial sciences, physics, and technical disciplines.
Bachelor of Science
Oregon State University
Specialized in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and spatial data analysis, providing a foundation for work with location-based systems and mapping technologies.
Studies in Physics
California Polytechnic State University
Pursued studies in physics for one year, gaining valuable knowledge in the fundamental principles of matter and energy that would later inform cybersecurity and cryptography work.
Honors Diploma
DHS
Received an Honors Diploma, demonstrating academic excellence and a foundation for future educational pursuits.
Expertise
A diverse technical skillset rooted in Rust development, computer security, cryptography and specialized domains.
Expert-level proficiency in Rust for systems programming, with extensive experience in memory safety, performance optimization, and professional consulting.
Deep understanding of cryptographic algorithms, protocols, and their implementations.
Extensive knowledge of network protocols, architecture, and secure communication systems.
Proficient in Java development with experience dating back to middle school.
Specialized knowledge in geospatial data analysis and geographic information systems.
Experience in designing and implementing artificial neural networks and deep learning systems.
Professional consulting services for Rust-based systems, focusing on performance, safety, and scalability.
Development of communication protocols secure against quantum computing threats.
Invention and implementation of novel cryptographic protocols for secure systems.
Comprehensive approaches to securing computer systems and network infrastructure.
Rust Portfolio
Leading Rust consultancy specializing in enterprise codebase migrations and high-performance systems. Showcasing expertise in transforming legacy systems to modern, memory-safe Rust implementations with proven performance gains and reduced operational costs.
Atlas is an open-source LLM inference engine written in pure Rust and CUDA, hand-tuned for NVIDIA DGX Spark. It ships as a single ~75 MB binary with no Python and no PyTorch, runs on edge-class accelerators, and scales across nodes with expert parallelism.
CertifiedCopy exports iPhone and Mac text messages to PDF or CSV entirely inside the browser. The SQLite engine, Apple's undocumented typedstream decoder and the PDF renderer are all compiled to WebAssembly and run on the reader's own machine, so nothing is uploaded — there is no server to upload it to. Every export opens with a SHA-256 record of the source file.
Premier Rust consultancy firm specializing in migrating legacy codebases to Rust. We help enterprises modernize their tech stack by converting C++, Java, Python, and other language codebases to performant, memory-safe Rust implementations. Expertise in large-scale migrations, performance optimization, and team training.
Revolutionary Rust-based peer-to-peer communication protocol implementing post-quantum cryptography. Built entirely in Rust for maximum performance and memory safety. Features advanced P2P networking capabilities with decentralized architecture, enabling secure distributed systems and blockchain-ready infrastructure.
Enterprise-grade cybersecurity platform built with Rust for core performance-critical components. Integrates The Citadel Protocol for secure P2P communications. Features Rust-based threat detection engines, network analysis tools, and distributed security monitoring across peer-to-peer networks.
High-performance neural network implementation in pure Rust, demonstrating the language's capabilities beyond traditional systems programming. Explores Rust's potential in AI/ML domains with focus on performance optimization, SIMD operations, and parallel computing for distributed training across P2P networks.
Distributed storage solution built entirely in Rust, leveraging peer-to-peer networking for decentralized data persistence. Implements content-addressable storage, distributed hash tables (DHT), and Byzantine fault tolerance. Showcases Rust's strengths in building reliable distributed systems.
Get In Touch
Interested in discussing cybersecurity, post-quantum communications, or potential collaborations? I'd love to hear from you.