Mohamed Elsaban

Building secure, clean software.

Computer Science @ Carleton • Cybersecurity • Former national-level karate athlete

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About

I’m Mohamed Elsaban, a Computer Science student at Carleton University specializing in cybersecurity. I focus on building fast and accessible web tools while approaching security with a strong foundation in first principles. . Outside of tech, I trained as a professional athlete for over a decade in karate and bring that same discipline and focus into my engineering work.

Experience

Technical Solutions Lead

Office of Risk Management, Carleton University · Oct 2024 – Present
  • Build internal tools (forms, dashboards) with security-by-default and clear UX.
  • Automate workflows and improve data quality & reliability across teams.

Communications Security Lead

CU On Orbit (Satellite Design Team) · Jan 2024 – Present
  • Designed comms security plan for CubeSat: auth & encryption for uplink/downlink.
  • Built ground-station telemetry tooling (self-hosted) with alerting.

Web Dev & Ops

Freelance · 2023 – Present
  • Deliver clean, responsive websites with modern, maintainable frontends.
  • Focus on accessibility, performance budgets, and a11y best practices.

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