Abraham Kang, Esq.

“I have had the absolute pleasure of work with and for Abe while at Venmo/PayPal. When we were without a team lead or manager he rose to the occasion! He helped lead, mentor, and guide the team for all our security initiatives. He is also a such a brilliant person to work with. He is very technical and can deep dive into the weeds of any problem. He is a very supportive engineer and manager. He is also naturally gifted in always teaching the team, from new Application Security attack techniques, to the latest Machine Learning, Data Modeling and Artificial Intelligence. I would work for and with Abe again in a heart-beat. Overall Brilliant person who embodies the mantra of life long learning. A valuable person to any company he works for. ”

“Abe is an absolute super star. His thirst for knowledge and learning knows no bounds. He is constantly learning and developing his skills and inspiring everyone around him to do the same. When he joined my team at Paypal/Venmo as the lead of Application/Product Security he made it his mission to excel and raise the bar in every aspect of his domain. During his skilled tenure our small but efficient team quickly transformed into a prodsec center-of-excellence and a powerhouse within the vast conglomerate of Paypal business unit security echo system. Abe was responsible for leading and enhancing a number of important aspects of our product security program. His ability for starting from a high level directive and translating it into an actionable plan was vital to our success as a product security team. Some of the notable initiatives included improving the accuracy and reliability of our vulnerability detection pipeline, conducting deep dive secure code reviews in a vastly complex and diverse code base, identifying and isolating problematic product areas and creating detailed action plans for making improvements, leading security architecture reviews and project deep dives with senior Ops, Dev, and product owners, developing and mentoring junior security engineers, leading internal education and training sessions across a wide variety of topics such security pen-testing, advance-level secure coding best practices, AI/ML practical applications, and more. Abe is also a visionary and a natural leader. He was instrumental in helping transform the team culture from a reactive/passive mindset towards a proactive doer/inventor and think outside-the-box attitude. Under his auspices the team filed at least 3 different patent applications. He led the effort on creating all the necessary documentation and leading the discussions with the int/ext legal counsels to finalize and submit the application packages. I’m so grateful and honored to have worked with him and am proud to call him a dear friend.”