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Renan Dias

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Director, Engineering at VTS
📍 Canada

Renan is a results-driven Director of Engineering at VTS with over 10 years of expertise in application and cloud security. A University of Liverpool graduate, he is recognized for architecting DDoS protection for twitter. com and holds certifications in Kubernetes and Google Cloud. People often describe him as talented, visionary, and smart.

His passion for security was sparked by the book "Digital Fortress. " He is dedicated to building tech communities, having organized numerous events, workshops, and livestreams. At a previous company, he earned an award for his outstanding community service, cultural impact, and philanthropic work.

Unique fact: He architected a solution at Twitter to protect against DDoS attacks of up to 300, 000 requests per second without impacting performance.

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Experience
13 Years
Current Role
Director, Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Canada
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AI in Security
He actively discusses leveraging AI for security, including for vulnerability correlation, reducing false positives, and securing AI agents in corporate environments.
AppSec Programs
He has published articles and presented on building mature application security programs, focusing on shifting security left and educating developers on secure coding.
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Career

Work history

4-2026
Director, Engineering
VTS
10-2025 - 4-2026
Manager, Engineering
VTS
4-2025 - 10-2025
Manager, Security Engineering & Platform Infrastructure
VTS
2-2024
Technical Advisory Board Member
ArmorCode Inc.
12-2022 - 4-2025
Manager, Security Engineering
VTS
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Education
2013 - 2014
Bachelor's Degree
University of Liverpool
2012 - 2015
Computer Science
FEI
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