# Kai Mast

> Distributed/Decentralized Systems Researcher | Rust Enthusiast

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/kaimast

## Work Experience
### Senior Protocol Engineer @ Provable
Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States
Working on Aleo's consensus protocol and a few other exciting things.

### Assistant Professor @ San Jose State University
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | San Jose, California, United States
A short but rewarding experience teaching at a California State University.

### Postdoctoral Researcher @ University of Wisconsin-Madison
Jan 2020 – Jan 2024
- Developed new mechanisms for serverless computing using WebAssembly
- Investigated key-value stores (LevelDB, RocksDB, ..)
- Created a new blockchain course for undergraduate students

### Graduate Research Assistant @ Cornell University
Jan 2014 – Jan 2020 | Ithaca, New York Area

### Intern @ Microsoft Research Cambridge
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016

### Thesis Student @ Intel Corporation
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014
Mix of soft- and hardware development. Learned several new programming languages and skills here, like Scala or Verilog.

### Student Employee @ Siemens Healthcare
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013
Development of new user interfaces for healthcare devices.

### Student Employee @ Elektrobit (EB) - Automotive
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013
Worked on EB Guide, a tool for building HMI for cars.


## Education
### Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Computer Science
Cornell University

### Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Computer Science
Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kaimast
- Website: https://kai-mast.de

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Source: https://flows.cv/kaimast
JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/kaimast/resume.json
Last updated: 2026-04-01