Principal engineer, aspiring Father of the Year.

I'm Rocky Warren, a software and security engineer based in Denver. Away from my keyboard, I've ridden across the United States on a motorcycle, across Canada on a train, and across Iowa on a bicycle.

Motorcycling over the Golden Gate Bridge

Getting MMS Working on GrapheneOS With Google Fi

January 13, 2023

Solve "MMS delivery failure; please contact Google Fi Support", "Account access only" and "Your SIM card couldn't be read" errors on GrapheneOS with Google Fi.

Connecting to Private RDS Databases From Your Local Machine

January 12, 2023

Connect to Relational Database Service (RDS) database instances in private Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) subnets from a local machine using EC2 bastion hosts (jump boxes).

Why I Quit Drinking

December 24, 2022

On my son's first birthday, I stopped drinking with the goal of reassessing after four months. I get asked why a lot. Here's the answer.

A (Relatively Easy To Understand) Primer on Multi-Party Computation

October 27, 2022

A primer on digital signatures and multi-party computation, a threshold signature scheme used to, among other things, securely sign blockchain transactions.

Work

Company
Brale
Role
Founding Principal Engineer
Date
2022 Present
Company
Vertex Software
Role
Principal Software Engineer
Date
2019 2022
Company
Dwolla
Role
Principal Software Engineer
Date
2012 2019
Company
Crucible
Role
Co-founder
Date
2014 2016
Company
John Deere
Role
Lead Software Engineer
Date
2006 2012
Company
University of Iowa
Role
Software Developer
Date
2006 2007
Company
Collins Aerospace/Raytheon
Role
Software Engineer Intern
Date
2005 2005

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