I am currently pursuing MS in Computer Science from Stony Brook University, New York and actively seeking a summer internship position in IT industry. Prior to attending university, I worked with Intel Security for McAfee Email Gateway product team where my role was to improve Camelus and Hydra spam engine effectiveness in combating email threats, fixing bugs and delivering security signatures on daily basis to the customers. I completed my undergraduate study in Computer Science from Barkatullah University, India with an overall grade of 8.18 on the scale of 10. My area of interests includes Operating Systems, Data Structures & Algorithms, Kernel Programming and Information Security.

Research Engineer @ •Contributed towards McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) Camelus and Hydra engine enhancements and developed Campaign Manager Review Tool that improved the operational efficiency by more than 20%. •Worked closely with other team members to find proactive solutions for combating email threats on MEG and SaaS using Domain Keys Identified Mail, Sender Policy Framework, IP & Domain reputation, and translated them into functional codes. •Developed compiled regular expressions code, IP & Domain classifiers to automate detection of spam e-mails that improved the spam catch rate within three months of joining. •Worked closely with technical support team to address customer issues and provided custom solutions as per customer needs. From May 2013 to August 2015 (2 years 4 months) Bengaluru Area, IndiaAssociate Security Researcher @ Worked as an Associate in Messaging Security at McAfee Labs, an Intel Company. From May 2012 to May 2013 (1 year 1 month) Bengaluru Area, IndiaAssistant Systems Engineer @ Developed a website using .NET and C# to facilitate premium purchases and recommending suitable health premium based on various parameters provided by the user. From December 2011 to April 2012 (5 months) New Delhi Area, India

Master’s Degree, Computer Science @ Stony Brook University From 2015 to 2016 Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Computer Science, 81.8% @ Barkatullah Vishwavidyalaya From 2007 to 2011 High School and Intermediate, Science @ Tulsi Ram Maheshwari Public School From 1993 to 2007 Vinayak Mittal is skilled in: Perl, C, C++, Data Structures, Java, Algorithms, Security, SQL, Linux, Core Java, Distributed Systems, Unix, MySQL, Shell Scripting, Eclipse