Andrew Stern

About Andrew Stern

I am on a mission to bring digital security to the physical world. At DUST Identity, I work with world class companies and individuals to provide assurance to visually indistinguishable objects, removing counterfeit risk from critical supply chains.As the CEO of Revive Labs, we enable key backup and recovery for digital keys to protect enterprises and individuals.With a highly technical background I have expertise in hardware-based cybersecurity, zero-trust security, supply chain security, and advanced hardware attack and defense mechanisms (leveraging non-contact electromagnetic radiation and lasers).I am working to create innovative solutions to some of the world\'s leading cybersecurity threats. I excelled in academics and have been published in major semiconductor conferences and journals. Previously, I graduated from the University of Rochester majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering with a minor in Business. During my undergraduate career I conducted research at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics focusing on self-switching devices.

Experience

1. Founder & CEO

   Revive Labs

   Aug 2021 — Present · Brookline, MA, US

   Revive Labs provides key backup and recovery solutions to enterprise identity, credential managers, and crypto wallets. We enable passwordless solutions to offer their users backups that leverage other people, devices, or entities.I have lead customer outreach, customer success, pricing, company vision, system architecture design, legal and regulatory strategy, financial modeling, venture capital fundraising, outreach and promotional efforts, hiring, product management, personnel management, culture formation, cybersecurity and networking infrastructure, security posture, cloud deployments, developer tooling, CI/CD pipelines, and more.Tech Stack included- Cloud: Firebase, Supabase, GCP, Vercel, Heroku- Mobile: SwiftUI, Kotlin, Flutter- Core: Rust, Uniffi-rs- Web/Server: JavaScript, TypeScript(formerly known as Coremeleon, Inc.)

Education

• UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering

  Graduate Certificate, Hardware and Systems Security

  2016 — 2019

• University of Rochester

  Bachelor's Degree, Electrical and Computer Engineering Major and Business Minor

  2012 — 2016

• University of Florida

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Electrical and Computer Engineering

• University of Florida

  Master's degree, Electrical and Computer Engineering

  2016 — 2018

Skills

• Squash
• Logic Design
• Microelectronics
• Signal Processing
• C++
• Altera Quartus
• Unix
• Problem Solving
• Emacs
• Hspice
• Verilog
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Office
• Data Analysis
• English
• Robotics
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Arduino
• Electrical Engineering
• Matlab
• Analysis
• Teamwork
• Business
• Time Management
• Entrepreneurship
• C
• Programming
• Research
• Ni Multisim
• Assembly Language
• Origin C
• Troubleshooting
• Vhdl
• Simulations
• Manufacturing