I fell in love with computers early—building PCs, teaching myself to code, and chasing distributed systems, AI, and security. In 2017 I discovered Go at SANS and joined my first GopherCon a year later. The community’s pragmatism shaped my approach: ship real code, measure outcomes, share what works. Today I help run the GopherCon CTF, training 160+ engineers a year.

Professionally, I’ve spent 18+ years building and securing robust, scalable systems—pioneering security automation, OT/ICS deep packet inspection, and runtime AppSec. My work is measured in deltas: +65% IDPS precision, major FP reduction, and −95% MTTR.

At CodePros, I lead an automation‑first OT/ICS & detections studio (Go‑first). We ship productized offers—OT/ICS DPI Accelerator, IDPS Effectiveness Boost, Security Automation Jumpstart, Protective DNS Assessment / Deployment, and Runtime AppSec Enablement—through Labs→POC→Prod or Build‑Transfer‑Operate. We prove impact with precision/recall, FP rate, Gbps & CPU/GB, MTTR, and POC→Prod conversion.

I also serve as Principal Security Engineer at QuantumScape, focusing on automation, detection engineering, and incident response.

Outside of work: photographer, PADI‑certified SCUBA diver, and relentless bread‑baker chasing the perfect sourdough.

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