# Boris Belov

> Senior Software Engineer at Freedom Financial Network

Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/borisbelov

Experienced software developer and architect with track of record building enterprise security software products. Specializing in RESTful services, distributed systems, security and compliance. My experience will allow me to serve as a technical consultant for product design and architecture, improving customer experience as well as sales operations.

Skills: Java, Enterprise security and compliance, REST web services, distributed systems.

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ Achieve
Jan 2020 – Present

### Staff Software Engineer @ 8x8
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | San Jose, CA
I assist in designing and implementing company’s eCommerce solution (8x8 Express) to allow
business customers to on-board the phone system. I identify and resolve performance bugs to improve the stability of the management platform.

### Principal Software Engineer/Co-Founder @ HyTrust
Jan 2008 – Jan 2018 | Mountain View, CA
I collaborated with clients and prospects on requirements gathering. I reverse-engineered VMware vSphere Management and NSX SDKs, constructing an inline proxy to authorize user operations and to provide granular logging. I designed and implemented the automation of multiple security configuration hardening guides (PCI, NIST, etc) for VMware vSphere platform. I led the design and implementation for integration of various authentication protocols. I implemented HMAC authentication across microservices.

 ◆ Completed proof of concept and presented a prototype to venture capitalists that led to round A financing of the company.
 ◆ Developed attribute and role-based access control policy engine and authorization framework.
 ◆ Accomplished seamless integration with Active Directory for enterprises seeking non-native Microsoft applications.
 ◆ Formed the Support Escalation Team to provide help desk technical support for stakeholders.

### Software Engineer IV @ Cisco Systems, Inc
Jan 2007 – Jan 2008 | San Jose, CA
I maintained checkpoint library and optimized performance of checkpoint library for CRS-1 and CRS-3.

### Senior Software Engineer @ Fabric 7 Systems, Inc
Jan 2004 – Jan 2007 | Mountain View, CA
I implemented server provisioning and FRU (card/chassis) management CIM providers. I assisted in designing platform management framework to control multiple fabric-enabled chassis including Fabric CLI based on DMTF SMASH CLP specifications, resources, and server management workflows.
 
◆ Led the design and product development of the Cisco iOS-like CLI engine to support legacy system and enhance scalability and performance.
◆ Led front panel software stack enhancements involving firmware and platform components.

### Software Engineer @ McAfee
Jan 1999 – Jan 2004 | Santa Clara, CA
I supported the system call interception engine on Solaris for company's host-based intrusion prevention product. I created automation-testing procedures in UNIX and provided technical support for customer service. 

◆ Investigated and worked on resolving customer escalations.
◆ Served as the SQA lead for a team of five engineers using agile software development methods.

### Software Engineer @ Bindview Corporation
Jan 1996 – Jan 1999


## Education
### Satistics in Computer Science
Bar-Ilan University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/bbelov
- Portfolio: http://www.hytrust.com/

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Last updated: 2026-04-12