Avesta Hojjati

Dr. Avesta Hojjati is the VP of Engineering at DigiCert. Prior to joining DigiCert, Avesti held a variety of roles at large enterprises such as Symantec and Yahoo, as well as being a founder and CEO at Security7 Inc., a penetration testing company. At DigiCert, Avesti leads the advanced development of a suite of cybersecurity products, including embedded/IoT device security, AI digital security, and post-quantum cryptography (PQC) solutions, in addition to influencing the M&A strategy. Avesti earned his Masters and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and his BS in Computer Science from Texas Tech University. He has authored over 20 journal/conference papers and is the inventor of 30 US patents, both granted and pending.