Current  & past projects

Dark Arts Village – Core Member -2022

*Udacity Cybersecurity Engineer Nano Degree – 2020

Instructor Developer Infrastructure Security Course

* Pacific Hackers Association – 2020 – current

Co-founder and President

* Pacific Hackers Conference – 2018 – current

Founder and President.

* Hackmiami Conference  –  2012-Current

Rated TOP 50 Infosec Conference by CSO Magazine

Featured in Rolling Stone Magazine

* Kommand && KonTroll CTF  — 2012 -2017

Competitive hacking tournament capture the flag games. Featured in Rolling Stone Magazine.  Games featured at ISSA regional, international conferences, RSA Tech 2013, Bsides conferences, sponsored by government agencies including NSA.

*AKTAION — 2015- 2018

Co-created with Joseph Zadeh. Open-source Machine Learning exploits detection and active defense too. Featured at Black Hat 2016/2017.

*NOQRTR CTF — 2018 – Current

Real-life-based competitive capture the flag games.

*CHIRON — 2017 – 2018

Co-developed with Joseph Zadeh. First open-source home-based machine learning analytic and threat detection framework based on ELK and integrated with Aktaion. Presented at Black Hat Arsenal U.S and EU 2018.