Brad Rubin (more formally known as Bradley S. Rubin, Ph.D.) is an Associate Professor at the University of St. Thomas in the  Graduate Programs in Software department where he teaches Computer Security, Advanced Computer Security, Information Retrieval, and Software Analysis and Design.  He joined UST in the Fall of 2003.

He is also Principal of Brad Rubin & Associates Inc., an IT consulting company specializing in security for small and medium sized businesses.

Brad spent 14 years with IBM in Rochester, MN, working on all facets of the AS/400 hardware and software development, starting with its first release. He was a key player in IBM's move to embrace the Java platform, and was lead architect of IBM's largest Java application, a business application framework product called San Francisco (now part of WebSphere). He was also chief technology officer for the Data Storage and Information Management division of Imation, as well as the leader of its R&D organization.

Brad has degrees in Computer and Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, and a Doctorate in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He has co-taught the Senior Design course in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Minnesota, and developed and taught the university's Computer Security course in Fall 2002 and Fall of 2003.  He holds 5 patents and 4 invention disclosures and has authored and been interviewed in a number of publications.

Brad is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a Member of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM).  He has been a long time advisory board member and the past chair of technology programs at BestPrep.